The Intruders
By (Author) Michael Marshall
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
22nd September 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller: organised crime
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
823.914
Paperback
496
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 29mm
360g
Now a major BBC TV show, starring John Simm. Taut, menacing, sinister, gripping, intelligent, action-packed everything you could want from a thriller.
When ex-LAPD patrol cop Jack Whalens wife goes missing on a routine business trip to Seattle, his world is shaken.
Meanwhile, a ten-year-old girl vanishes from a beach in Oregon after an encounter with a sinister stranger but it gradually becomes clear that shes very far from defenceless.
Searching for answers in the shadowy secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and darker than he ever feared.
A nerve-wracking story, full of twists New York Times
A jaw-dropping mystery that makes a hairpin turn on nearly every page Entertainment Weekly
A good, taut thriller, with lots of action and a very gripping ending Guardian
Devilishly clever a tautly crafted page-turner of the highest order Bookpage
Bestseller Marshall outdoes his own high standards with this potent blend of suspense, paranoia and just plain creepiness a provocative and supremely intelligent thriller Publishers Weekly
Sinister Mirror
Marshall ratchets up the paranoia New York Daily News
Captures a sense of the menacing inevitable Time Out
Subtle, satisfying and really scary Kirkus Reviews
Michael Marshall lives in north London with his wife Paula, and is currently working on screenplays and his next book, while providing two cats with somewhere warm and comfortable to sit.