Overview
Even good people do bad things . . . in the new standalone bestseller by the UK's most spine-tingling thriller writer, winner of the prestigious Edgars Best Novel of the Year. The Victim- A teenage girl has been brutally murdered on her way home from school. The cryptic message 'all like her' is crudely written on her body. The Silence- The dead girl's friends are deeply shocked and upset, but they all refuse to reveal anything about her last movements. Who are they protecting? And what more do they know? The Fear- Headstrong Detective Inspector Zoe Benedict knows exactly how she wants to work this case. But Zoe's own dark past, if exposed, may jeopardize the search for justice . . . and destroy her too. Tense, thrilling and brilliantly original, Hanging Hill reveals the evil side of human nature and the terrible things normal people can do...
Full Product Details
Author: Mo Hayder
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.380kg
ISBN: 9780553824346
ISBN 10: 0553824341
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 29 March 2012
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
An authentically disturbing, gripping winner Financial Times 20110402 With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there. A chiller to the very end The Times 20110416 She handles the plot with all the expertise and flair that her earlier work leads you to expect Sunday Times 20110424 Hayder is an excellent writer ... She has the priceless ability to keep you turning the pages ... especially with the novel's sly and beautifully finessed twist in the tail Spectator
Author Information
MO HAYDER left school at fifteen. She worked as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She had an MA in film from The American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University UK. Mo was the Sunday Times bestselling author of ten stunning crime novels, including the Jack Caffery series. Her fifth crime novel Ritual was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Crime 2009 and voted Best Book of 2008 by Publisher's Weekly. She won the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2011. Gone, her seventh novel, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award and her novel Wolf was nominated for Best Novel in the 2015 Edgar Awards, and is currently being adapted for the BBC. Set primarily in an alternate universe, her most recent novel, The Book of Sand, is the first in a series published posthumously under the author name THEO CLARE. Mo Hayder was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2020 and passed away in July 2021. She leaves behind a husband and a daughter, a powerful legacy of books, and an incredible number of people who loved and admired her.
