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Oct 6, 2024 9:26 PM

Author:Stella Rimington

At Risk

Former Director of MI5 Stella Rimington brings the high-stakes world of intelligence to life in AT RISK – the first novel in her bestselling series featuring MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle.

For MI5 officer Liz Carlyle, the nagging complications of her private life are quickly forgotten at Monday’s counter-terrorism meeting. An invisible may have entered mainland Britain.

An ‘invisible’ is a terrorist who is an ethnic native of the target country, who can cross its borders unchecked and move about unnoticed – the ultimate nightmare. By the time they're identified, it may be too late.

The intelligence operation that follows will test Liz to the limit. Who or what is the target? Where and who is the invisible? With each passing hour the danger increases.

But as Liz desperately sifts through the incoming intelligence, she finally realises a truth that could prove deadly: her ability to get inside her enemy’s head is the only hope of averting disaster...

But the clock is ticking - and anyone could be at risk.

Reviews

A cracking good thriller

—— The Observer

Intelligent... Undeniably pacy

—— The Guardian

This is something rare: the spy novel that prizes authenticity over fabrication

—— Mail on Sunday

Rimington makes adroit use of her expertise as former MI5 chief

—— The Sunday Times

Tense and terrifying

—— Cosmopolitan

The Secret Service background is exceedingly convincing

—— Evening Standard

First class

—— Douglas Hurd , New Statesman

A dark and compulsive read - deftly plotted and chillingly believable

—— Juliet West, author of BEFORE THE FALL

A dark page-turning debut of friendship, deceit and lies.

—— Woman & Home

Will one mistake shatter their lives? A cleverly written story about how the past, and one moment of regret, can catch up with you in the most unexpected of ways

—— IMAGE magazine

Intriguing and meticulously crafted . . . the gradual unfolding of consequences is beautifully done . . . An accomplished novel by an imaginative story-teller.

—— G. J. Minett, author of THE HIDDEN LEGACY

A tense, intriguing and meticulously crafted read that is very hard to put down.

—— Sunday Post

If you're going to read this book, you might want to set some time aside, because once you've begun you'll find it hard to focus on anything else.

—— WI Life

Absolutely LOVED this. What a page-turner!

—— The Unmumsy Mum

I was hooked all the way through . . . One of those books you may find yourself still reading at two am.

—— Magnet magazine

As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn't be able to put this down . . . I thoroughly enjoyed it

—— Good Housekeeping

Unforgettably dark and complex

—— Woman & Home

Part psychological thriller, part homage to slasher flicks and film noir, FINAL GIRLS has a little bit of everything: a suspicious death, a damaged heroine, an unwelcome guest who trades in secrets, and not a single character you can trust. Plenty of nail-biting fun!

—— Hester Young, , author of THE GATES OF EVANGELINE

Smart and provocative, with plenty of twists and turns, FINAL GIRLS will have the reader racing breathlessly toward its shocking conclusion

—— Sophie Littlefield, , award-winning author of THE GUILTY ONE and THE MISSING PLACE

There are uncommon books and films that crack the ‘safe place,’ that have us forgetting it’s only a story. Nobody knows exactly how this is done, but when it’s done, we know it. Final Girls is operating on that plane; you will check your own arm for a wound a character suffers, you will look across the room when a character hears someone coming, and you will wonder if you yourself have the mettle to endure being a Final Girl.

—— Josh Malerman, , author of BIRD BOX

Sager cleverly plays on horror movie themes from Scream to Single White Female, creating an homage without camp. Despite comparisons to Gone Girl, this debut’s strong character development and themes of rebirth and redemption align more closely with Flynn’s Dark Places

—— Booklist (starred review)

As poetic and intricate as it is a page-turner . . . a delicious, utterly satisfying novel that needs to be savoured

—— Katy Regan , author of The Story of You

From the strange, almost dream-like opening pages, I was transfixed by this novel . . . I was especially moved by the depiction of the relationship between the sisters - both tender and strained, and the utterly evocative sense of place. A beautiful and compelling story

—— Clover Stroud , author of The Wild Other

A richly evocative mystery

—— Gransnet, Best Summer Reads

Critical acclaim for Black Rabbit Hall

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Beautifully, poetically written and reminiscent of everything from I Capture The Castle to Hansel And Gretel. Eve Chase is a name to watch

—— Daily Mail

Black Rabbit Hall's beautifully crafted mystery is a delight I want to experience again and again . . . make Chase's debut the one to pack in your suitcase *****

—— Stylist

Atmospheric, with echoes of du Maurier, this haunting novel enchanted me

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

There's something about tales of mysterious old buildings that have the ability to set hairs on end. In this one, two intertwining stories explore the magnificence of Black Rabbit Hall and the dark secrets behind its walls. Perfect sunlounger fodder

—— Red Online

Black Rabbit Hall pulls you like a sleepwalker into a beautiful, hazy story about a grand Cornish home full of character and thunderclap memories, we found ourselves breathless with anticipation. Eve Chase's debut novel is like a prolonged and beautiful daydream, celebrating the enduring power of place in our lives

—— iBooks Books of the Month

A cracking pool-side saga

—— Good Housekeeping

Black Rabbit Hall is a seductive wonder of a novel; with echoes of Daphne du Maurier and Dodie Smith, it pulls you irresistibly into its world where nothing is quite as it first appears

—— Elizabeth Fremantle

Black Rabbit Hall completely swept me away. Glorious, beautifully written. I absolutely loved it

—— Lisa Jewell

Expertly crafted, dark, beautiful and utterly enthralling

—— Rowan Coleman

A deliciously intriguing novel whose rich sense of time and place bear more than a few echoes of du Maurier's best

—— Alex Marwood , Edgar Award-winning author of The Wicked Girls

A stunning new writer has arrived - gripping and heart rending, this novel is full of original characters which don't let you forget them

—— Katie Fforde

Family secrets, forbidden lust, and a family of four extraordinary children who'll stick with you long after they've scattered off the page. Eve Chase kept me up with her gorgeous descriptions of a crumbling Cornwall estate and the unruly brood who meets tragedy within its walls

—— Miranda Beverly-Whittemore , New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet
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