Likeness in Stone - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034079402X ISBN 13: 9780340794029

Synopsis

When the body of Helena Warner is discovered, it awakens memories of the murder of an Oxford student 20 years ago. Why would anyone have wanted the beautiful Helena dead? And why are her three closest friends and fellow undergraduates still colluding to conceal the murderer's identity?

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Review:

'Chilling first novel . . . absorbing and genuinely surprising'
Guardian

One of the best thrillers you'll read this year (Cosmopolitan)

Absorbing and genuinely surprising (Guardian)

'An absorbing, clammy novel full of moody frissons, desperate longings and the tragedy of lives gone wrong'
Marcel Berlins, The Times

Well written, intelligent and chilling (Manchester Evening News)

'A compelling psychological thriller with echoes of Barbara Vine and Minette Walters. Well written, intelligent and chilling, it demonstrates an unusual assurance in a first novel. Convincing on every level, this is a fascinating debut which delivers plenty and promises more'
Val McDermid, Manchester Evening News

'Gripping, occasionally ghoulish, psychological thriller . . . Cracking pace and cleverly plotted'
Daily Telegraph

A murky and compelling story

Adept at handling the drip-drip of information, it was smoothly, efficiently tricky (Daily Express)

'Complex and compelling. This is an unbelievably good debut novel'
Coventry Evening Telegraph

A compulsive story

'Full of dark suspense, a grippping psychological crime debut that cleverly combines the themes of guilt, love and betrayal with loyalty and cunning'
South Wales Argus
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A strong plot (Night & Day)

'Oxford whodunnits never seem to lose their cosily gruesome appeal, and Wallis Martin's first novel of high tables and mortuary slabs is no exception'
Independent

'Chilling, goulish and compulsively page-turning, this novel is exceptionally good for a debut offering'
Liverpool Echo

'A neatly-paced, cleverly constructed psychological thriller'
Choice

'A gripping and intelligently plotted thriller with a chilling and totally unexpected twist at the end'
Cambridge Evening News

'A sense of pure chill is conjured up at times and there are enough twists and turns in the plot to keep the reader guessing to the end. A confident and accomplished book that should see Ms Wallis Martin become a part of the crime and mystery establishment'
Doncaster Free Press

'An intense, exceptionally accomplished debut. Fans of Minette Walters' moody British puzzlers will find it irresistible'
Kirkus Reviews

'Occupies Barbara Vine territory in that it is a tense psychological thriller where the deeply buried past erupts from its watery grave and and threatens to destroy the present. What sets it apart is Martin's narrative voice, which is both more intimate and more oblique than Vine's'
Val McDermid, The Times

From the Publisher:

Critical acclaim for "A Likeness in Stone"
"A Likeness in Stone", which was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award, was filmed as a two-part drama by the BBC. It was published to exceptional reviews. The following are just a few:

`This chilling novel is absorbing and genuinely surprising'. (Guardian)

`This is a compelling psychological thriller with echoes of Barbara Vine and Minette Walters. Well written, intelligent and chilling'. (Val McDermid - Manchester Evening News)

`Gripping, occasionally goulish thriller in which a body turns up after 20 years and sets in train both new investigations and new crimes. Cracking pace and clevery plotted. (Mike Ripley - Daily Telegraph) `Very impressive and a most assured book - wonderfully rich in atmosphere, too'. (Susan Moody)

`In this stylish anatomy of a murder, Martin explores how a single ac of violence can wreck not only the life of one person, but of everyone involved with the crime, including those trying to solve it. Intelligent and impeccably plotted, this is one of the best thrillers you'll read this year'. (Cosmopolitan)

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 034079402X
• ISBN 13: 9780340794029
• Binding: Paperback