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The Dead Don’t Speak

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22nd February 2024

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781529348347

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‘Compelling’ IAN RANKIN
‘Stunning’ SUNDAY TIMES

The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew.

A city that’s no longer safe…
An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss – they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts.

A detective in the path of danger…
DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case – but she’s never been one to play by the rules. When her colleague Amy comes to her asking for help, DI Birch finds it impossible to resist the challenge – and soon, her life is on the line.
Will she crack the case before it breaks her? Or has she finally met her match?
A gripping crime thriller for fans of Susie Steiner, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid – guaranteed to keep you up all night…

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW:
‘Thought-provoking’ Mail on Sunday
‘A crackerjack read’ Val McDermid
‘Meticulous and compelling’ Ian Rankin
‘Thoughtful and well-written’ Guardian
‘Compellingly written’ Daily Mail
‘Stunning’ Erin Kelly
‘Absorbing and thought-provoking’ The Times

Reviews

Praise for Claire Askew:
Erin Kelly
A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion
i newspaper
Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut
Irish Examiner
Askew has delivered a peak-page turner and fans of crime-fiction will be left with a cliffhanger ending and a pronounced desire to learn where DI Birch turns up next...
Marie Claire
Compelling
Sunday Times Crime Club
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural
Heat
Utterly captivating