The Boy Who Fell: An unputdownable mystery thriller from the author of After the Fire (An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery Book 5)
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The Boy Who Fell: An unputdownable mystery thriller from the author of After the Fire (An Inspector Tom Reynolds Mystery Book 5)
By (Author) Jo Spain
Quercus Publishing
Quercus Publishing
27th June 2019
United Kingdom
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General
Fiction
823.92
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Paperback
368
Width 152mm, Height 232mm, Spine 30mm
460g
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THE FIFTH TOM REYNOLDS MYSTERY FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT LIE
'Fiendishly clever...' - Irish Sunday IndependentKids can be so cruel. They'll call you names. Hurt your feelings.Push you to your death. In the garden of an abandoned house, Luke Connolly lies broken, dead. The night before, he and his friends partied inside. Nobody fought, everybody else went home safely. And yet, Luke was raped and pushed to his death. His alleged attacker is now in custody. DCI Tom Reynolds is receiving the biggest promotion of his career when a colleague asks him to look at the Connolly case, believing it's not as cut and dried as local investigators have made out. And as Tom begins to examine the world Connolly and his upper class friends inhabited, the privilege and protection afforded to them, he too realises something.In this place, people cover up for each other. Even when it comes to murder.Discover more DI Tom Reynolds with the next instalment of the acclaimed series, After the Fire.For even more Jo Spain, be sure to check out her most exciting and thrilling work yet, The Perfect Lie.Reviews
Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive - Sunday Mirror
Refreshing and... full of twists - The ExpressA stunning read, and Jo's protagonist has very firmly planted himself as a leading Irish fictional detective - Woman's WaySpain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale - Daily MailA brilliantly dark tale - Mail on SundayA clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride - Irish IndependentBrilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end - PrimaA scathing overview of the Celtic Tiger years . . . [a] vivid portrait of a fascinating monster - Irish TimesAuthor Bio
JO SPAIN is a full-time writer and screenwriter. Her first novel, With Our Blessing, was a finalist in the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition and she's become a regular Top Ten Irish bestseller with her subsequent eleven novels. Jo co-writes and produces the internationally acclaimed Harry Wild TV series and is currently working on several TV productions, including the adaptation of her own Detective Tom Reynolds series. Jo and her family live in Dublin.
