Author:Sheila Quigley,Rachel Bavidge
A young woman walks home by herself, the tapping of her high heels the only sound. At two o' clock in the morning, it's cold, the streets are deserted and she thinks she's all alone. Waiting for her, sleeping soundly in his bed, is her baby son. When he wakes the next morning his mother still isn't back. She's never coming back. Because the streets weren't as deserted as she thought.
Three women are dead and Detective Inspector Lorraine Hunt is searching for a serial killer. In Houghton-le-Spring it's Feast week, a time when all hell is let loose as the fair comes to town, and a frenzy of celebration and decadence provides a temporary distraction from the grim realities of everyday life. It's not a good time to be searching for a stranger. It's not a good time to be a woman alone...
This is a real page-turner: the plot is gritty, the characters well-drawn, and the everyday lives of an underclass society are successfully illustrated...
—— Woman MagazineClive Cussler is hard to beat
—— Daily MailUnquestionably entertaining
—— Daily ExpressDelivers what it promises
—— Financial TimesBig, bruising actioner...Child's great strength lies in spelling out exactly how explosive things are made to happen...Cathartic stuff, expertly delivered
—— Literary ReviewGritty stuff with a high body count and intricate plotting that keeps the pages turning
—— Irish IndependentA taut thriller by a British writer who handles the American suspense novel well'
—— Yorkshire Gazette & HeraldPlenty of twists and plenty of excitement...another real page-turner
—— Sunday TelegraphThe Doll Princess carries the unmistakably pungent air...of deftly invoked squalor and menace, and is an impressive genre effort
—— Lee Monks , Chimp MagazineTom Benn's debut novel is a long overdue good thing in many senses... and there is much to recommend, not least Benn's sturdy grip on vernacular... What's more , he's a good writter of action - a scene in the top room of a nightclub on Deansgate early in the novel is particularly good
—— BookmunchThe Doll Princess is a promising, foul-mouthed debut in which gangsters and good guys fight for supremacy in a Manchester that resembles a war zone
—— Julia Handford , Seven (Supplement to Sunday Telegraph)immerse yourself in the language and the rhythm of the narrative and you're in for a fast and consuming ride through dark territory
—— Keith Walters , Booksandwritersa crime novel unlike any other; the voices of real people can be heard throughout its pages
—— Kathryn Flagner , We love this book
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