Life or Death
By (Author) Michael Robotham
Little, Brown Book Group
Sphere
16th July 2015
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Thriller / suspense fiction
823.92
Short-listed for CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger 2015 (UK)
544
Width 200mm, Height 130mm, Spine 34mm
354g
Why would a man escape from prison the day before he's due to be released
Audie Palmer has spent a decade in prison for an armed robbery in which four people died, including two of the gang. Seven million dollars has never been recovered and everybody believes that Audie knows where the money is.For ten years he has been beaten, stabbed, throttled and threatened almost daily by prison guards, inmates and criminal gangs, who all want to answer this same question, but suddenly Audie vanishes, the day before he's due to be released.Everybody wants to find Audie, but he's not running. Instead he's trying to save a life . . . and not just his own.Life or Death is a nerve-shredding thriller with the heart and soul so often missing from lesser crime and suspense novels. I couldn't stop reading, yet I didn't want Audie's story to end. Robotham is an absolute master. - Stephen King
I love this guy's books. Try this one and you'll see why - Lee Child[A] superbly exciting thriller... Beautifully written and full of poignancy - Sunday MirrorStart reading Life or Death and you'll want to stay curled up in an armchair with one of the best thrillers you'll read this year - Good Book GuideMichael Robotham is a former feature writer and investigative reporter, who has worked in Britain, Australia and America.
His debut thriller, The Suspect, introduced clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin and sold more than a million copies around the world. The nine-book series is being adapted for the screen by World Productions (makers of Line of Duty and Bodyguard), starring Aidan Turner. Michael's standalone thriller The Secrets She Keeps has also been the basis of two BBC TV series. He has twice won the prestigious UK Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, as well as the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for When She Was Good, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. Michael lives in Sydney.