Good Girls Don't Die: a gripping serial killer thriller with jaw-dropping twists
By (Author) Isabelle Grey
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
14th October 2014
9th October 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
823.92
Paperback
448
Width 134mm, Height 198mm, Spine 31mm
302g
Sometimes the danger is too close to see. A dark and gripping crime thriller introducing DI Grace Fisher.
Accused of grassing up a fellow officer and driven brutally out of home and job, DI Grace Fisher is thankful to survive some dark times and find haven with the Major Investigation Team in Essex. Any hopes of a quiet start to her new life are dashed by the discovery of the body of a female student, last seen at a popular bar in Colchester. Grace has her first case.When a second student, also out drinking, is murdered and left grotesquely posed, the case becomes headline news.Someone is leaking disturbing details to a tabloid crime reporter. Is it the killer Or a detective close to the caseWith another victim dead, and under siege by the media, the murder inquiry hits a dead end. The review team brought in to shake things up is headed by Grace's old DCI. Who is going to listen to her nowAssured, convincing and especially good on . . . the delicate - and often dodgy - nature of the relationship between the police and the press * Guardian *
An absorbing, well-written whodunnit set in a corner of the world as it actually is in the year 2014 * Literary Review *
Absolutely convincing, sad, touching - and horrifying too * N J Cooper *
This fast-moving novel combines clever plot twists with a surprising delicacy of feeling * Sunday Times *
Isabelle Grey is a television screenwriter whose credits include Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA award-winning Accused: Tina's Story as well as over thirty-five episodes of Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Rosemary and Thyme, The Bill and Wycliffe. She has also written non-fiction and been a magazine editor and freelance journalist. Isabelle's previous novels include two psychological thrillers, The Bad Mother and Out Of Sight as well as four books in the DI Grace Fisher series, Good Girls Don't Die, Shot Through the Heart,The Special Girls and Wrong Way Home. Isabelle grew up in Manchester and now lives in north London.