The Calling - Hardcover

Wolfe, Inger Ash

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593061357 ISBN 13: 9780593061350

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2008

Synopsis

A small town - sleepy, remote, safe and unprepared when a deadly visitor comes calling ...Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef of Port Dundas, Ontario is making her way toward retirement with something less than grace. Hobbled by a bad back and a dependence on painkillers, and blindsided by her recent divorce, sixty-one-year-old Hazel has only the constructive criticism of her old goat of a mother to buoy her. But when a Port Dundas woman is found murdered in her home - with no sign of resistance and her mouth sculpted into a strangely meaningful shape - Hazel's bickering department springs to life. And as more bodies are found, Hazel must confront a clamoring press and the town's rumour mill whilst she edges ever closer to this terrifying, gruesomely inventive serial killer.

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Review:

A superbly written novel with a brilliantly conceived and realized plot...unforgettable. -- Globe & Mail, Canada

A wonderful, creepy, twisty novel. You'll want to devour it all in one sitting -- PETER ROBINSON

So impressive I couldn't put the damned thing down... genuine surprises, twists and turns that will keep you turning pages quickly and too late into the night. -- LA Times

That rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It's twisty, sharp and very, very creepy--and Det. Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer
-- Gillian Flynn, author of Sharp Objects

The most enthralling, creepiest, grizzliest book I've read in years. -- CHELSEA CAIN, author of Heartsick

Unforgettable.
-- Globe & Mail, Canada

You're in the hands of a master storyteller. The Calling is a stunner - dark, surprising and utterly compelling

-- MO HAYDER

From the Publisher:

Perfect for fans of Thomas Harris, Karin Slaughter or even Fargo, this is a thrilling, chilling, sinister crime novel with an all-too believable, dark villain at its core.

The killer truly is the stuff of nightmares and yet, cleverly, the gruesome and the terrifying give way to some really fun characterisation. What Inger Ash Wolfe achieves to great effect is the perfect balance of light and dark excitement. The Calling is a race against the clock, beautifully written and thoroughly absorbing from beginning to end.

It is also the first in a series featuring the very real Hazel Micallef, and readers will want to meet her again!

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0593061357
• ISBN 13: 9780593061350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400