Halfway House (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Orenda Books, London, 2024
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Paperback. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and that's just the beginning The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent' Mark Billingham Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form Doug Johnstone [Lou] is irresistible and very funny The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing Literary Review _______ Theyre the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou ODowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman __________________________ Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny an amazingly talented writer Michael Wood A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny Chris Whitaker Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this Sun On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Halfway House (Paperback)
- Author
- Helen FitzGerald
- Publisher
- Orenda Books, London
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1914585704
- ISBN 13
- 9781914585708
'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event … magnificent' Mark Billingham
‘Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell – this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form’ Doug Johnstone
‘[Lou] is irresistible and very funny … The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing’ Literary Review
_______
They’re the housemates from Hell…
When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O’Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find … working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders.
Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer – all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou…
And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything – including her life.
Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman…
__________________________
‘Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny … an amazingly talented writer’ Michael Wood
‘A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll
Praise for Helen FitzGerald
**Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year**
'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny’ Chris Whitaker
‘Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings
'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson
'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin
'Sublime' Guardian
'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards
'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying’ Erin Kelly
'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times
'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat
'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph
'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this’ Sun
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