Just One Bite: A Novel (Timothy Blake) - Hardcover

Heath, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1335952845 ISBN 13: 9781335952844

Publisher: Hanover Square Press, 2019

Synopsis

“Heath’s boundless imagination and singular voice have produced a truly unique thriller.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author, on Hangman

The shocking, fast-paced and queasily funny follow-up to Jack Heath’s international bestselling thriller, Hangman

Timothy Blake, ex-consultant for the FBI, now works in body disposal for a local crime lord. One night he stumbles across a body he wasn’t supposed to find and is forced to hide it. When the FBI calls Blake in to investigate a missing university professor, Blake recognizes him as the dead man in his freezer.

Then another man goes missing. And another.

There’s a serial killer in Houston, Texas, and Blake is running out of time to solve the case. His investigation takes him to a sex doll factory, a sprawling landfill in Louisiana and a secret cabin in the woods.

As they hunt the killer together, FBI agent Reese Thistle starts to warm to Blake—but she also gets closer and closer to discovering his terrible secret.

Can Blake uncover the killer without being exposed himself?

About this title

About the Author

First published as a teenager, Jack Heath is the award-winning author of more than twenty fiction titles for young adult and middle-grade readers. He lives in Australia.

Review

“I devoured Just One Bite. Jack Heath is alarmingly skilled in all things dark and sinister. Luckily he is also bitingly, outrageously funny.” —Sarah Bailey, bestselling author of The Dark Lake

"Timothy Blake is a brilliant creation, guided by his own wayward moral compass, full of contradictions and black humor. Fast-paced and compelling, suspenseful and comic. Just One Bite is a terrific read." —Chris Hammer, international bestselling author of Scrublands

“Jack Heath’s writing is tight, twisted, and terrific. He’s given us a monster to root for, a monster who makes us laugh, a monster who will follow you around well after you’ve finished reading. Keep the lights on at night and you should be fine. Maybe hide the cutlery too.” —Paul Cleave, international bestselling author of A Killer Harvest

"Jack Heath does an astonishing job of continuing to make the reader root for the cannibal detective. ... Highly recommended!" —Carpe Librum

“A funny, chilling, thought-provoking book with a killer ending. So to speak.” —The Sydney Morning Herald

“Just One Bite (and Hangman) are not for the faint of heart, but they are damn good thrillers that will have you turning pages... What I can appreciate about Blake’s character is that he knows exactly who and what he is – he knows what he’s doing is wrong but he also doesn’t know how to curb his behaviours, despite trying – and he’s a delightfully complex anti-hero who the reader can be empathetic towards, even when he’s doing really horrible things... creepy and engaging and thrilling in equal measures.” —Noveltea Corner

“There are multiple and complex strands to this novel which, as it progresses to its dénouement, gradually become entwined... Timothy is a complex character and, in the hands of a lesser writer, it would be almost impossible for the reader to develop much sympathy for him. However, Jack Heath has written enough about Timothy, his tragic background and his moral system for the reader to – at least – have some understanding of why he does what he does.” —Queensland Reviewers Collective

“This compelling thriller opens at a brisk and grisly pace and keeps the reader engaged as it veers down some dark and disturbing paths.” —Canberra Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Hanover Square Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1335952845
• ISBN 13: 9781335952844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352