Dead Clever - Softcover

Thomas, Scarlett

3.38

434 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034071834X ISBN 13: 9780340718346

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 1999

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A girl found dead on campus - raped, murdered, headless. A university gripped by fear. Just the place for a bit of peace and quiet.

Lily Pascale dumps London - (well, the relationship was turning sour) - and heads home for rest and relaxation. But a part-time job at the university lands her right in a murder enquiry. She can't help getting involved and soon she is following a trail of bizarre clues and codes that lead her into a realm of drugs and something unimaginably sinister. The first killing was just the beginning, leading towards a dreadful conclusion - unless Lily can put the pieces of the puzzle together in time.

Scarlett Thomas's debut crime novel heralds a fresh and vibrant voice and a hip new heroine in detective fiction

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Review:

With any luck, this will turn out to be the first of many novels starring Lily Pascale, a 25-year-old university lecturer with a taste for crime fiction and a talent for stumbling into trouble . . . Devon will never seem so safe and welcoming again (OPTIONS magazine)

Debutant Scarlett Thomas has hit the ground running and leaves us eagerly anticipating Lily's next outing. DEAD CLEVER vibrates with life, trembles with death and from time to time really is dead clever (REGINALD HILL)

An ingeniously constructed and well-paced thriller (Kingsbridge Gazette)

From the Publisher:

Why I was grabbed by Scarlett Thomas's arresting new voice
The minute I first read Scarlett Thomas's manuscript, I knew I'd found something special. DEAD CLEVER is different; it's in a traditional crime genre, but our detective heroine is 25-year-old Lily Pascale, a literature lecturer who takes no prisoners. She's utterly modern, unshockable and unashamedly clever. Then there's the mystery itself - twisting, complex and gripping. And it could only happen in the nineties. Scarlett has since followed DEAD CLEVER with two more excellent mysteries starring Lily Pascale, IN YOUR FACE and SEASIDE. She's entrancing new fans every day with her sharp writing and incredible imagination (how does she think of those plots!). Read one and find out why Scarlett Thomas is a name to watch.

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