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The Silent Ones: an unsettling psychological thriller with a shocking twist
On sale
18th June 2015
Price: £9.99
He’ll do whatever it takes to find his missing sister. But playing a killer is a dangerous game…
‘Eerie, smart and brutal – this is a proper chiller’ HEAT
Darren Evans was only eleven when his sister Carly disappeared, along with four other teenage girls.
Eventually, a woman confessed to their murders. But Olivia Duvall never told the police where the girls’ bodies were buried.
Ten years later, Darren gets a job in the psychiatric hospital where Olivia was committed, hoping he can make her tell him his sister’s fate once and for all.
And so begins a chilling game of cat and mouse – one which will put Darren and those he loves in danger…
‘Eerie, smart and brutal – this is a proper chiller’ HEAT
Darren Evans was only eleven when his sister Carly disappeared, along with four other teenage girls.
Eventually, a woman confessed to their murders. But Olivia Duvall never told the police where the girls’ bodies were buried.
Ten years later, Darren gets a job in the psychiatric hospital where Olivia was committed, hoping he can make her tell him his sister’s fate once and for all.
And so begins a chilling game of cat and mouse – one which will put Darren and those he loves in danger…
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Reviews
A fresh, fiendishly twisty and very different take on the serial killer thriller, with characters so utterly compelling you won't be able to put the book down. Highly recommended!
'A psychological drama that grips from first to last'
A tight-plotted, too-close-for-comfort thriller that races to the finish. Pacey and disquieting, Knight's debut hints she might be a successor to Sophie Hannah's queen of suspense crown.
'Crackles from first page to last.'
Eerie, smart and brutal - this is a proper chiller
Praise for THE FIRST CUT
Knight's first novel, Wink Murder, was smart, well-written, and genuinely thrilling, and I raved about it. This is her fourth, and it is even better. She has created a terrific villain, fiendishly clever.
The resourceful self-reliance of the imperilled heroine Nicky . . . the large cast and complicated happenings make an intriguing . . . read and Ali Knight writes well.
Top notch suspense! From first page to last, Knight delivers as she plunges an ordinary married couple into a steadily growing horror of past lies, fresh betrayals and murderous revenge.
'A really enjoyable read.'
'A fast-paced whodunit.'
'It is some time since I have been so completely absorbed and taken out of myself . . . This is Ali Knight's second book and it is hard to imagine how she can beat it, but I hope to goodness that she does!
Jo Nesbo, Stephen King, Patricia Cornwell and Ali Knight
Praise for WINK MURDER
Psychological crime writing at its best . . . A story full of jeopardy and menace.
The new Silence of the Lambs, complete with female Hannibal Lecter and a cracking twist. Sensational.
This thriller will have you on the edge of your seat desperate to read more. Perfect for fans of James Patterson . . . I was left completely shocked with the twist at the end.
[A] suspenseful Hitchcockian tale . . . [one of the] top ten crime books to take on holiday
'A deliciously complicated, compelling psychological thriller. A well thought out, beautifully crafted piece of crime fiction.'
'Expect the unexpected, intense from the opening page!'
'Tightly-plotted, high-pitched psychological thriller . . . what bright new talent Ali Knight does so successfully, and with a welcome fresh eye, is broach the great divide between public and private space.' ****