If I Tell

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An edge-of-your-seat story with fantastic female leads from an exciting new voice in crime-writing A girl covered in blood. A missing man. A cryptic fairy tale. Detective Laura Shaw seems to have it all- a supportive husband, a happy two-year-old and a great career. She is her team's top interviewer, brilliant at coaxing victims to open up. Then, she meets Jenny - a 14-year-old assault victim - and the fa ade crumbles. Jenny's stepfather is missing, the blood on her clothes is not her own and Laura can't interpret the fairy tale she keeps repeating. But Jenny isn't the only one with secrets. With every hour that passes, Laura loses more of her grip, grappling with the biggest question of all- Is every life worth saving

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Utterly immersive and brilliantly told * Irish Independent *
Daringly dark and packs a huge emotional punch - an exceptional crime debut that lingers in the memory long after the last page -- Catherine Ryan Howard
An intense, emotional and utterly compelling narrative that deftly leads us into the dark places of ordinary lives -- Jake Arnott
Thrilling and utterly compulsive -- Liz Nugent
Heartbreaking, haunting and hypnotic -- Patricia Gibney

Author Bio

Gill Perdue is a writer and dancing teacher. She worked as a primary school teacher for fifteen years and has published four books for children, the first of which, Adam's Starling, won a Bisto Award as best first children's book of the year. The Interview is her first crime thriller for adults. Its sequel Lockstep will be published in 2023. Gill lives in Dublin with her husband and their dog. Their two grown-up daughters live in London (but keeping their places warm are a pair of disdainful cats).