Him: A dark and gripping love story with a heartbreaking and shocking ending
By (Author) Clare Empson
Read by Nathalie Buscombe
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
9th April 2019
4th April 2019
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
400
Width 128mm, Height 194mm, Spine 32mm
260g
'Gripping and heartbreaking' Laura Marshall, author of FRIEND REQUEST
'Dark and addictive' Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS'So emotionally true' Sophie Kinsella, author of the SHOPAHOLIC series'You're stuck there, aren't you Right at the end. And I wonder if it might help to go back to the beginning, to put everything in some kind of order.'Catherine has witnessed something so traumatic that she can't speak. Or won't speak.The doctors say the only way forward is to look into her past.Catherine needs to start with HIM.Fifteen years ago she met Lucian at university and fell into a passionate love affair. They were meant to be together forever. But something happened. Something that destroyed them.Catherine married someone else. Had two children. She moved on - or so she thought. Now Lucian is back, showing her how different life could have been.But going back to the beginning won't change the ending.In fact, it might be the thing that finally breaks her...What a wonderful debut! It was dark, addictive and ultimately heart breaking.
- Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost ThingsGripping and kept me guessing - and so emotionally true. - Sophie KinsellaHim is dark, gripping, original and totally heartbreaking. Clare Empson writes like a dream: taut and sophisticated, not a word wasted. I loved this book. - Francesca Jakobi, author of BitterCaptivating, tense and heartbreaking - Rosie Walsh, author of The Man Who Didn't CallClare is a journalist with a background in national newspapers - small business editor, finance correspondent and fashion at the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Express, freelance for The Sunday Telegraph, The Sunday Times, the Evening Standard and Tatler amongst others. She currently works as editor/founder of experiential lifestyle website www.countrycalling.co.uk.