Author:Nicci French
Catch Me When I Fall is a chilling novel of murder, madness and a woman on the edge from the Top Ten bestselling author, Nicci French
You're a whirlwind. A success. You're living life on the edge. But who'll catch you when you fall?
Holly Krauss is a city girl burning the candle at both ends. Despite a comfortable home life, a tough job and friends who admire her, she secretly enjoys taking reckless, dangerous walks on the wild side.
But Holly can't keep those worlds separate forever. Soon enough her secret life bleeds into her safe one and everything spirals out of control. She's making mistakes at home and at work, owes money to the wrong people - and now it seems that someone's stalking her. Could it just be paranoia or is she in very real danger?
And who can you trust when you can no longer trust yourself?
A masterful thriller, dark and disturbing
—— Linda FairsteinA scary breakneck ride
—— Tess GerritsenAnother intriguing episode in this fine series
—— Sunday TelegraphThe Girl of his Dreams is an artful examination of family ties as well as a clear-eyed survey of the pros and cons of political correctness
—— Evening StandardThe seventeenth title in an excellent, unflagging series...The Girl of His Dreams marks an evolution, even a quiet revolution, in Leon's storytelling
—— TLSDonna Leon has a talent for scene-setting and plot-twisting which has hooked in millions of fans, and if you've never sampled their wares, there couldn't be a better place to start than this
—— Sunday TelegraphGorgeously written . . . the seventeenth book in this superlative series restates Leon's themes with more intensity than usual
—— Marilyn Stasio , The New York Times Book ReviewAn unusually political novel, this is as gripping and readable as any in the Reacher series.
—— The TimesIt's a testament to Lee Child's superb story-telling skills that...the interest doesn't flag for an instant...Like Reacher, Child doesn't do things by halves.
—— Yorkshire Evening PostGripping and addictive...Reacher's stripped-down life is echoed by Lee Child's lean and spare prose.
—— Irish IndependentOne of the genre's most enduring heroes. Tough, solitary, righteous and incorruptible, [Reacher] harks back to another great fictional detective, Philip Marlowe.
—— Glasgow HeraldA new Jack Reacher novel arrives as the year's first red-hot beach book...the success of these books rests partly on the big, hulking shoulders of their charismatic hero...one of the most enduring action heroes on the American landscape.
—— New York TimesThis haunting, stand-alone novel is a subtler work than Child's previous output and offers a sensitively handled romantic sub-plot to boot.
—— Daily Telegraph