A Line of Blood

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A chilling psychological thriller about family the ties that bind us, and the lies that destroy us. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go.
You find your neighbour dead in his bath.
Your son is with you. He sees everything.

You discover your wife has been in the mans house.
It seems she knew him.

Now the police need to speak to you.

One night turns Alex Mercers life upside down. He loves his family and he wants to protect them, but there is too much he doesnt know.

He doesnt know how the cracks in his and Millicents marriage have affected their son, Max. Or how Millicents bracelet came to be under the neighbours bed. He doesnt know how to be a father to Max when his own world is shattering into pieces.

Then the murder investigation begins

Reviews

I read this in one sitting, gripped from the opening page by the twisty plot and a family so damaged I couldn't bear to leave them Clare Mackintosh, author of I LET YOU GO

Ben McPherson has a very distinctive voice, and A LINE OF BLOOD is cleverly put together Val McDermid

McPherson displays a rare skill for creating characters with depth in a world that is splintering around them Daily Mail

A chilling and compelling read, beautifully written
Renee Knight, bestselling author of DISCLAIMER

Gripping from the get-go, A LINE OF BLOOD will have readers wondering what they might be capable of in the face of the terrible isolation of self within a family running off the rails Tami Hoag #1 New York Times bestselling author of COLD COLD HEART

It is both an extraordinary novel and thriller, and brilliantly written Claire Kendal, bestselling author of THE BOOK OF YOU

A beautifully-written psychological thriller Mark Edwards

A tense, touching, smartly written thriller with a very clever twist. McPherson is an impressive new voice Tim Lott

A hugely impressive debut, well written and psychologically acute; a devastating depiction of a family tearing itself apart Paul Johnston

Author Bio

Ben McPherson was born in Glasgow and grew up in Edinburgh, but left Scotland when he was eighteen. He studied languages at Cambridge, then worked for many years in film and television in London. In 1998, after working a forty-eight-hour shift, he went for a drink at the Coach and Horses in Soho and met the woman he would go on to marry. Similarities to the characters in A Line of Blood end there. Ben now lives in Oslo with his wife and their two sons. He is a columnist for Aftenposten, Norway's leading quality daily newspaper.