Skin: (Jack Caffery Book 4): the terrifying and compelling thriller from bestselling author Mo Hayder
By (Author) Mo Hayder
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
1st January 2010
19th November 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
464
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 27mm
314g
DI Jack Caffery and Police Diver Flea Marley join forces in Mo Hayder's terrifying new bestseller This dark and disturbing, edge-of-your-seat thriller from bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder is perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter. Full of twists and turns, it's an unmissable, engrossing read... 'Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers. She is the bravest writer I know' -- Karin Slaughter 'Warped ... bloodthirsty ... No matter how much you despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, Hayder is brilliant at making you read on' -- Daily Telegraph 'A story I found hard to put down.' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping to the very end' -- ***** Reader review 'My night-time reading - so good it's a wonder l go to sleep at all!' -- ***** Reader review 'A proper page-turning thriller' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************************************* YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THIS KILLER WANTS... When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one morning, everything points to suicide. That's how the police want it too- all neatly squared and tidied away. But DI Jack Caffery is not so sure. He is on the trail of someone predatory - someone who hides in the shadows. And for the first time in a very long time, he feels scared. Police Diver Flea Marley is working alongside Caffery. With the traumas of her past safely behind her, she's beginning to wonder whether their relationship could go beyond the professional. But then she finds something that changes everything. Not only is it far too close to home for comfort - it's so horrifying that she knows that nothing will ever be the same again. And this time, no one - not even Caffery - can help her ...
Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers. She is the bravest writer I know -- Karin Slaughter
Warped ... bloodthirsty ... No matter how much you despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, Hayder is brilliant at making you read on * Daily Telegraph *
Hayder is the closest we've got to Stephen King ... the goriest thriller writer this side of the pond * Mirror *
Hayder's gory insights into the dark are compelling * Guardian *
Fast paced and absorbing ... complex and gripping * Guardian *
Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers you will ever read. Her first novel, Birdman, was hailed as a 'first-class shocker' by the Guardian and her follow-up, The Treatment was voted by the Times one of 'the top ten most scary thrillers ever written'. In 2012 Gone won the prestigious Edgars Best Novel award. Mo left school at 15 and has worked as a barmaid, security guard, English teacher, and even a hostess in a Tokyo club. She has an MA in film making from the American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. She now lives in England's West Country and is a full-time writer. For more information on Mo Hayder and her books, see her website at www.mohayder.net