What You Pay For: Shortlisted for McIlvanney and CWA Awards

Author:   Claire Askew
Publisher:   Hodder & Stoughton
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9781473673083


Pages:   352
Publication Date:   22 August 2019
Format:   Paperback
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What You Pay For: Shortlisted for McIlvanney and CWA Awards


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FROM THE AUTHOR OF ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS, WHICH WON THE MCILVANNEY DEBUT PRIZE '(a) meticulous and compelling novel about the aftermath of a major crime and its effect on the affected families and investigating officers both. Set in Edinburgh, too' - Ian Rankin 'Askew asks intricate moral questions, while never ignoring the rigours of crime' - Daily Mail DI Helen Birch faces a terrible choice - family or justice? - in the gripping second novel from the author of All the Hidden Truths DI Birch joined the police to find her little brother, who walked out of his life one day and was never seen again. She stayed to help others, determined to seek justice where she could. On the fourteenth anniversary of Charlie's disappearance, Birch takes part in a raid on one of Scotland's most feared criminal organisations. It's a good day's work - a chance to get a dangerous man off the streets. Two days later, Charlie comes back. It's not a coincidence. When Birch finds out exactly what he's been doing all those years, she faces a terrible choice: save the case, or save her brother. But how can you do the right thing when all the consequences are bad? As she interrogates Charlie, he tells his story: of how one wrong turn leads to a world in which the normal rules no longer apply, and you do what you must to survive. From one of the most acclaimed new voices in crime fiction, What You Pay For is a brilliantly tense and moving novel about the terrible disruption caused by violence and the lines people will cross to protect those they love.

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Author:   Claire Askew
Publisher:   Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:   Hodder & Stoughton
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.437kg
ISBN:  

9781473673083


ISBN 10:   1473673089
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   22 August 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Praise for ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS - . Stunning debut... compellingly written. - Daily Mail Gripping, heartbreaking and horrifyingly plausible. I couldn't tear myself away from this book. Claire Askew is a stunning new voice in crime fiction. As scarily plausible as it is utterly captivating, this is an absorbing and unforgettable debut. - Heat Moving and memorable. - The Sunday Times


An intricate, pacy, risky and intriguing novel. -- Jenn Ashworth Splendid debut... thoughtful and well-written. * Guardian * Moving and memorable. * The Sunday Times * As scarily plausible as it is utterly captivating, this is an absorbing and unforgettable debut. * Heat * Gripping, heartbreaking and horrifyingly plausible. I couldn't tear myself away from this book. Claire Askew is a stunning new voice in crime fiction. -- Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said Stunning debut... compellingly written. * Daily Mail * Praise for ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS * . *


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Claire Askew's debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.

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