All She Burns
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25th March 2027
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FIRE INVESTIGATOR BY DAY. SERIAL ARSONIST BY NIGHT.
Dr Catherine Jenkins – known as Red – is the UK’s best fire investigator. Called out to crack the origins of deadly blazes, she understands fire like no one else. Because Red has a secret: she’s a serial arsonist.
It’s a powerful addiction born from painful memories better left buried, but she can keep it in check – most of the time. And if she slips up, she’s always in a position to cover her tracks. But after her brother has twins, trauma bursts from the haze of Red’s past – and in desperate need of release, she burns down an empty derelict house just to keep breathing.
The next day, she is called to the scene by the police, led by the indomitable DS Lina Karim. Red’s tasked with establishing the origins of the blaze. Simple, routine work.
Except this time is different: a body has been found.
Who is the victim? Did Red cause their death? Or does somebody know more about her than they should?
As Red and Lina get closer, more than one game of cat and mouse is being played, but one thing is for sure:
someone is going to get burned.
ALL SHE BURNS is the start of an astonishing new crime series perfect for fans of Kathy Reichs, Karin Slaughter and Lisa Jewell, featuring an unforgettable main character and twists that will leave you breathless.
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PRAISE FOR ALL SHE BURNS:
🔥 ‘One of my favourite books of the year! A dark, twisty thriller with morally grey characters and plenty of suspense’ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
🔥 ‘A scorcher of a debut that burns with tension from its opening pages. I’m already impatient to read the next instalment. It’s twisty and propulsive. . . a real page-turner!’
SARAH PINBOROUGH
🔥 ‘At once an enthralling study of obsession, trauma and guilt as well as a furiously page-turning thriller’ CHRIS BROOKMYRE
🔥 ‘One of my favourite books of the year! It was like if Dexter Morgan was a female arsonist’ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
🔥 ‘Grips from the first page – a scorching debut’
HEATHER CRITCHLOW
🔥 ‘Such a tasty premise delivered beautifully with a twisty plot, stylish writing and a well-drawn cast of believable characters’
NIKI MACKAY
🔥 ‘I couldn’t look away. The tension just kept building’
⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
🔥 ‘Unique, bold and shocking . . . will draw you in and not let go till the final page. Sensational’
CHRIS BRIDGES
🔥 ‘Wonderfully twisty . . . I raced through the final chapters. It is so easy to be swept up in the story. I thoroughly enjoyed it’
JAMES OSWALD
🔥 ‘Such a strong debut. I can’t wait for Red’s next case in the next book in the series!’ ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
🔥 ‘It’s taut, it’s slick, it’s brilliantly researched and it’s everything you could want in an origin story. Utterly smokin’ and thoroughly brilliant!’
G. D. WRIGHT
🔥 ‘Crackles and snaps with jeopardy from start to finish’
RICHARD T. KELLY
🔥 ‘Such a strong debut. I can’t wait for the next one!’
⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW
🔥 ‘I raced through this and loved it . . . lights up from the first word’
RACHEL WOLF
🔥 ‘What an original, emotional, propulsive read. I inhaled it!’
JENNY KNIGHTSBY
🔥 ‘A red-hot debut. I raced through this page-turning twisty tale. All She Burns is a fiery cat-and-mouse story that will grip you from the very start. I loved it.’
KATE GRAY
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Red is a compelling protagonist. . . a fast-paced thriller that grips from the first page. Assured and powerful - a scorching debut!
Unique, bold and shocking. This sharply written and fast-paced thriller will draw you in and not let go till the final page. Sensational.
I adored Red so much. Spiky, cynical and with a soft heart underneath it all. She's my favourite kind of flawed protagonist - utterly compelling . . . This book (and series) has such a tasty premise and it delivers beautifully with a twisty plot, stylish writing and a well-drawn cast of believable characters. Charlotte's assured and slick debut is an exciting start to this scorching new series.
It's a wonderfully twisty tale and I raced through the final chapters. Charlotte writes such compelling, fluid prose it is easy to be swept up in the story. The subject itself is fascinating and scary in equal measure. There is something mesmerising about fire, and Charlotte captures that fascination perfectly. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
A scorcher of a debut that burns with tension from its opening pages. This series has such an original hook which is executed brilliantly - I'm already impatient to read the next instalment. It is twisty and propulsive. . . a real page-turner!
Charlotte Essex has created an original and unforgettable detective. All She Burns is an utterly riveting story. The novel puts us right inside Red's conflicted head, and it has the driving pace and dramatic momentum of top-drawer crime fiction - it crackles and snaps with jeopardy from start to finish.
Tightly plotted with a protagonist who leaps from the page, All She Burns lights up from the first word. Raced through it. Loved it.
A super impressive debut. All She Burns gives so much more than its terrific hook; with layers of complexity and a masterclass in the sympathetic flawed protagonist - I was rooting for Red right from the beginning and thinking about her long afterwards. What an original, emotional, propulsive read. I inhaled it!
What an incredible debut! Red is a wonderful character, in a series that is destined to run and run. It's taut, it's slick, it's brilliantly researched and it's everything you could want in an origin story. Utterly smokin' and thoroughly brilliant!
At once an enthralling study of obsession, trauma and guilt as well as a furiously page-turning manhunt thriller.
A red-hot debut. I raced through this page-turning twisty tale. All She Burns is a fiery cat-and-mouse story that will grip you from the very start. I loved it.
A compelling thriller which had me truly gripped. Red is a memorable, fiery investigator with true main character energy and the arson details were as mesmerising as staring into a bonfire. It's great!