Persons Unknown: The Sunday Times bestseller, Richard and Judy pick and Guardian Book of the Year: Book 2 (Manon Bradshaw) - Softcover

Steiner, Susie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008123373 ISBN 13: 9780008123376

Publisher: The Borough Press, 2018

Synopsis

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

‘I loved it ... Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' VAL MCDERMID

Second literary thriller from bestselling author of MISSING, PRESUMED.

A brutal murder. A detective with no one left to trust.

A YOUNG MAN MURDERED
A city banker bleeds to death yards from a Cambridgeshire police headquarters.

A DETECTIVE OUT OF HER DEPTH
DI Manon Bradshaw’s world is turned upside down when the victim turns out to be closer to her than she could have guessed.

WHO SHOULD SHE BELIEVE?
When even her trusted colleagues turn their backs on her, it’s time to contemplate the unthinkable: are those she holds dear capable of murder?

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Review:

Praise for PERSONS UNKNOWN:

‘I loved it ... Persons Unknown is like walking on quicksand, for reader and detective alike' VAL MCDERMID

‘I doubt I’ll read a better crime novel this year’ MARK BILLINGHAM

‘Stylish, literary crime fiction at its very best’ PETER JAMES

‘[Steiner] solidified the promise of last year’s debut, Missing, Presumed, with another hyper-realistic police procedural’ Guardian: Books of the Year 2017

‘Susie Steiner goes from strength to strength: Persons Unknown is by turns tense and tender, gripping and moving, and always beautifully written. I didn’t read this book so much as live it: DI Manon Bradshaw is so convincingly human that I often wonder what she’s up to now’ ERIN KELLY, author of He Said, She Said

'Bradshaw is an engaging heroine, full of self-doubt and contradiction, but whose caustic wit gleams through the grim murder inquiry' Daily Mail

'Steiner has a quirky, evocative prose style that is often very funny and her novels are highly entertaining and full of memorable, well-rounded characters' Sunday Express

'Winning prose, sympathetic characters and an appreciation of life’s joys as keen as a knowledge of its dangers' Wall Street Journal

'A smart and funny rumination on motherhood' New York Times

'Strikingly modern...It is refreshing to see a detective grappling with real life dilemmas but they never get in the way of the plot, which is clever and original. A series to watch from a confident writer who draws even minor characters with care and sympathy' Sunday Times

‘The best new crime series in years’ SARAH PERRY, author of The Essex Serpent

‘An ingeniously and extravagantly plotted, multi-voiced thrillride ... wise and witty ... beautifully written’ Irish Times

‘Superb storytelling – a joy to read. I am hooked on Manon Bradshaw’ RENEE KNIGHT, author of Disclaimer

Book Description:

A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick 2018

About this edition

• Publisher: The Borough Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0008123373
• ISBN 13: 9780008123376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384