After You Die (3) (Zigic & Ferreira) - Hardcover

Dolan, Eva

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910701017 ISBN 13: 9781910701010

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2016

Synopsis

A gas leak leads to the discovery of two bodies—a mother and her severely disabled teenage daughter—in the third installment in Eva Dolan's gripping series following two detectives from the Hate Crimes Unit. Was the target of the killer the mother or daughter?

Dawn Prentice was already known to the Peterborough Hate Crimes Unit. The previous summer she had logged a number of calls detailing the harassment she and her severely disabled teenage daughter were undergoing. Now she is dead, stabbed to death, while Holly Prentice has been left to starve upstairs. DS Ferreira, only recently back serving on the force after being severely injured in the line of duty, had met with Dawn that summer. Was she negligent in not taking Dawn’s accusations more seriously? Did the murderer even know that Holly was helpless upstairs while her mother bled to death? While Ferreira battles her demons, determined to prove she's up to the frontline, DI Zigic is drawn into conflict with an official seemingly resolved to hide the truth about one of his main suspects. Can either officer unpick the truth about mother and daughter, and bring their killer to justice?

About this title

About the Author

Eva Dolan was shortlisted for the Crime Writers’ Association Dagger for unpublished authors when she was just a teenager. She is the author of Long Way Home and Tell No Tales.

Review

"Elegantly crafted, humane and thought-provoking. She’s top drawer" (Ian Rankin)

"So fluid and easy to read, and her characters are becoming like old friends now" (James Oswald, bestselling author of the Inspector Maclean series)

"Excellent... a masterfully written whodunnit... Eva Dolan has positioned herself firmly at the top table of contemporary British crime writers." (CrimeFictionLover)

"A thoughtful and contemporary thriller" (Deirdre O’Brien Sunday Mirror)

"The authority of Dolan’s writing grows from book to book" (Barry Forshaw Financial Times)

"[Dolan] is able to tackle sensitive subjects without sensationalism" (Joan Smith Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month)

"One to watch for as missing this would be a crime. ... I tend not to ‘score’ the majority of my reviews but I do like to flag titles I will rank at 5/5 – After You Die joins that small band of my top rated reads" (GrabThisBook.net)

"Intelligent and deeply compassionate, shot through with sly humour and never failing to be anything but totally gripping, AFTER YOU DIE is a superb new entry in the DI Zigic and DS Ferreira series that confirms Dolan as one of crime fiction’s brightest rising stars" (Chris Ewan, author of #1 bestseller, Safe House)

"Eva Dolan's brilliant Zigic and Ferreira are back. Expect twists, shocks and above all – searing honesty from a writer with an uncanny eye for the truth of what ails us" (Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for Someone Else's Skin)

"Another superlative thriller from Eva Dolan. Zigic and Ferreira are fast becoming one of my favourite crime-fighting duos" (Mason Cross, author of The Samaritan)

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910701017
• ISBN 13: 9781910701010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400