Kind of Cruel: Culver Valley Crime Book 7 - Hardcover

Sophie Hannah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340980699 ISBN 13: 9780340980699

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General, 2012

Synopsis

When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change.

She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . .

She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . .

She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of . . .

About this title

Review:

'An exploration of memory and the way trauma lives on in the present. Cool, calculating and utterly chilling, Kind of Cruel is another compulsive book from Hannah, to be gulped down with all the lights on and someone to grab when the sense of menace grows too great.'

(Observer )

'[Hannah] has outdone herself with Kind Of Cruel. Her trademark precision-layered structure creates a multi-dimensional maze that holds at its centre a revelation which is truly hair-raising, even by Hannah's standards.'

( Independent on Sunday )

'An audacious puzzle of a novel that is impossible to second guess. There are clues on virtually every page but only when you reach the final chapter does it become apparent how they slot together . . . Crime novels are often dismissed in literary circles for not being literary enough. Yet Kind Of Cruel is exactly the intelligent, reflective and stunningly written novel that has "literary" critics swooning and judging panels lining up to reward. The fact that it has a police investigation at its heart is a plus, not a minus, and makes for one hell of a journey.'

(Sunday Express )

'Hannah excels at dissecting human behaviour, and the way she describes little acts of cruelty can send real chills down the spine.'

(Psychologies )

'Intricately plotted and pleasingly sinister, it's guaranteed to get under the skin'

(Good Housekeeping )

'Fast-paced prose makes this a suspense-filled page-turner with a vividly unsettling atmosphere.'

(The List )

'This taut, intelligent psychological thriller . . . opens up a lot for reading groups to get their teeth into . . . intensely satisfying personal read.'

(New Books magazine )

'[Sophie Hannah] has perfected the psychological thriller, always with strong female characters, and always with a high degree of edge-of-the-seat peril.'

(Bookseller )

'A writer of prodigious talent . . . This is a jaw-droppingly assured book which sometimes feels as if there's a plot twist on every page . . . This reader was left speechless with admiration . . . a truly sensational book.'

(Daily Express on LASTING DAMAGE )

'For those who demand emotional intelligence and literary verve from their thrillers, Sophie Hannah is the writer of choice.' (Guardian )

'One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination.' --(The Times )

Book Description:

The brilliantly chilling seventh crime novel by the critically-acclaimed queen of psychological suspense.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0340980699
• ISBN 13: 9780340980699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384