"An impressive slice of domestic suspense... McPherson is a dab hand at creating realistically flawed characters to whom one just about manages to give the benefit of the doubt, and the ending... is still shocking."--The Guardian
Fascinating. From the first page of A LINE OF BLOOD, I was hooked. I couldn t put it down! --Lisa Jackson, "New York Times" bestselling author"
McPherson displays a rare skill for creating characters with depth in a world that is splintering around them. --"Daily Mail" (UK)"
An impressive slice of domestic suspense McPherson is a dab hand at creating realistically flawed characters to whom one just about manages to give the benefit of the doubt, and the ending is still shocking. --The Guardian"
Gripping from the get-go, A Line of Blood will have readers wondering what they might be capable of in the face of the terrible isolation of self within a family running off the rails. --Tami Hoag, #1 "New York Times" Bestselling author of "Cold Cold Heart""
A family drama packed with suspense. --"The Sunday Post" (UK)"
Many good novels pose the question: how should you act in certain circumstances? This is the question McPherson puts, and the answer that he finds for his characters seems to me admirable and yet morally dubious. This is how it should be. --"The Scotsman" (UK)"
McPherson s mystery is carefully constructed, a literary house of cards. Layer upon layer of revelation increases the tension. --Kirkus Reviews"
McPherson s debut prolongs suspense until the dreadful truth becomes undeniable, raising the questions of how these well-drawn characters will survive and how justice is best served. --Library Journal"
A compelling read for its vivid portrait of a family whose secrets are hidden behind a mask of normalcy until a violent act rips it away This is a novel for those who like their suspense written in dark tones. --New York Journal of Books"
"A Line of Blood" delves deep into family dynamics for a psychological thriller with realistic twists that builds to a surprising denouement [An] elegantly constructed plot reveals the secrets that bind these characters as well as pull them apart An engrossing - and very dark - domestic thriller. --Washington Post"
To say that the book is fascinating and hard to put down would be an understatement.... Former relationships and shameful episodes in Alex and Millicent s lives keep coming to light, making the tangle increasingly snarled rather than more understandable. And this quite effectively heightens the suspense. --ReviewingtheEvidence.com"
"Fascinating. From the first page of A LINE OF BLOOD, I was hooked. I couldn't put it down!"--Lisa Jackson, New York Times bestselling author
"McPherson's mystery is carefully constructed, a literary house of cards. Layer upon layer of revelation increases the tension."--Kirkus Reviews
"McPherson's debut prolongs suspense until the dreadful truth becomes undeniable, raising the questions of how these well-drawn characters will survive and how justice is best served."--Library Journal
"A compelling read for its vivid portrait of a family whose secrets are hidden behind a mask of normalcy until a violent act rips it away... This is a novel for those who like their suspense written in dark tones."--New York Journal of Books
"McPherson displays a rare skill for creating characters with depth in a world that is splintering around them."--Daily Mail (UK)
"Gripping from the get-go, A Line of Blood will have readers wondering what they might be capable of in the face of the terrible isolation of self within a family running off the rails."--Tami Hoag, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Cold Cold Heart
"A family drama packed with suspense."--The Sunday Post (UK)
"Many good novels pose the question: how should you act in certain circumstances? This is the question McPherson puts, and the answer that he finds for his characters seems to me admirable and yet morally dubious. This is how it should be."--The Scotsman (UK)
"A Line of Blood delves deep into family dynamics for a psychological thriller with realistic twists that builds to a surprising denouement... [An] elegantly constructed plot reveals the secrets that bind these characters as well as pull them apart... An engrossing - and very dark - domestic thriller."--Washington Post
"To say that the book is fascinating and hard to put down would be an understatement.... Former relationships and shameful episodes in Alex and Millicent's lives keep coming to light, making the tangle increasingly snarled rather than more understandable. And this quite effectively heightens the suspense."--ReviewingtheEvidence.com
Ben McPherson is a television producer, director, and writer and for more than ten years worked for the BBC, among other outlets. He is currently a columnist for Aftenposten, Norway's leading quality daily, and lives in Oslo with his wife and two children.