Engram
By (Author) Keith Baker
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
3rd August 2000
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
823.914
480
Width 111mm, Height 30mm, Spine 178mm
249g
After four years in a coma following a near-fatal car crash, Meg Winter suddenly, miraculously, regains consciousness. But as she begins to pick up the pieces of her life, one area of the past remains a mysterious, impenetrable blank. She has no memory of the crash, no idea how she came to be in a car with a man whose name means nothing to her - and no idea why he was murdered at the roadside while she was left for dead. But someone, it seems, is very concerned that her memories might return. Suddenly Meg finds herself in a deadly race against time to solve the mystery of that fateful night four years ago and discover why her memories are so dangerous - before someone puts her back to sleep forever.
Redolent of Highsmith, this is a taut, well-orchestrated piece - THE TIMES
Vivid and frightening...an intelligent thriller - TLSKeith Baker burst on the literary scene in 1996 with the wonderful INHERITANCE, an imaginative thriller... That novel revealed Baker to be a writer with a strong gift for story-telling and a sharp eye for detail. He has continued in the same vein with his third novel, ENGRAM... In a genre where cliche often predominates, Baker shows that he can write strong, clean, fluid English and his dialogue is authentic. A joy to read for any thriller buff - Eugene McEldowney, IRISH TIMESKeith Baker is a former Head of News and Current Affairs, BBC Northern Ireland and the author of two previous acclaimed thrillers. He lives in County Down.