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For Death Comes Softly
For Death Comes Softly
Oct 25, 2024 10:24 AM

Author:Hilary Bonner

For Death Comes Softly

The fourth and most compelling novel from one of the most exciting new crime writers to emerge in recent years, Fanatical love, dangerous obsession and a terrible deadly secret. . . . Detective Chief Inspector Rose Piper flees to a remote island off the North Devon coast for a much-needed break, her marriage over. Unexplained events on the island put Rose's life in danger - but throw her into the path of Robin Davey, charismatic owner of the island. When further tragedy pushes Robin and Rose together, Rose succumbs to an obsessive love affair. But she begins to fear that her preoccupation with her personal life is affecting the case she is working on. And what are the sinister secrets about the island and about the man she is involved with?

Reviews

A NEW TWIST TO A DECADES OLD MYSTERY


1990
A young woman goes missing while backpacking in Thailand.

She is never seen again.

2016
Her bones are discovered 6000 miles away in an English field and, within hours, the boyfriend who reported her disappearance all those years ago is dead.

So begins a hunt to solve her murder that will take DI Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd into a dark and terrifying world of corruption and deadly secrets, where murder is commonplace, and nothing and nobody is safe…

—— from the publisher's description

Hang on tight!

—— Harlan Coben

A potent cocktail of thrills

—— Guardian

Keeps the action breakneck

—— Time Out

Doesn't let up till the very last

—— Daily Mirror

This latest thriller demonstrates just how good he has become … Thrilling and twisty, it never lets up

—— Daily Mail

breathless

—— Sunday Times

An addictive thriller full of gritty details and fast frenetic action.

—— Sunday Mirror

An adrenaline rush of a read.

—— My Chestnut Reading Tree

The Bone Field is one of those intriguing novels that surreptitiously gets under your skin.’

—— Jaffa Reads Too

A series? By Simon Kernick? Yes please! [A] powerful, fast moving and intoxicating tale.

—— Love Reading

I want to see where the twist at the end leads to!

—— The Booktrail

High Energy, action packed reading that’ll keep your heart rate high and your attention glued to the pages … To be able to maintain such a high level of action and suspense is a real skill and Simon Kernick is a master of the thriller.

—— Damp Pebbles

[A] heart pounding, blood pressure raising thriller … Gird your loins for a fast paced read, full of thrills, spills and unrelenting action

—— Raven Crime Reads

9/10. When it comes to a white knuckle action ride nobody does it better

—— Peterborough Telegraph

Judging by the pace, the twists and the turns that energise The Bone Field, it could be a series well worth following

—— Shots eZine

The only thing that bothers me about that is the long wait until the next book in The Bone Field

—— Off-The-Shelf Books

Bring on the next chapter

—— Sun

Truly unputdownable. The Bone Field is an intriguing novel that really gets under your skin … This fast-paced book is certain to keep you gripped to the very end

—— Dorset Echo

The Bone Field by Simon Kernick is dark, thrilling and totally addictive, do not miss it

—— Dot Scribbles

Truly unputdownable

—— The Press Association

What a great read, it had me gripped from beginning to end

—— Mystery People

Fast-paced with a gripping plot, nasty villains and heroes who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, The Bone Field is an action-packed thriller that’ll keep you firmly on the edge of your seat

—— Culture Fly

Full of tension, questions, secrets and lies... a spectacular finish with fireworks and an unbelievable turn

—— @Agi_mybookshelf

A gripping and meaty book ... a must read for anyone who loves a domestic psychological thriller.

—— @LynseyMummaDuck

A terrific book - compelling and exquisitely told by an author with exceptional talent

—— Bestselling author, Susan Lewis

A great read with an astonishing twist

—— People's Friend

Goes straight on the shelf marked 'unputdownable'... scenes of great beauty and moments of great drama ... a splendid debut.

—— Robert Miller , Redburn Review

A great thing to read

—— Inside Soap

A fast-paced mystery thriller ... Thanks to Cotterell's convincing characters, you'll find yourself questioning right and wrong, and how far a woman should go to protect her family.

—— Cosmopolitan

All I can say is WOW! If you are a fan of the psychological thriller genre, then this needs to go on your 'must get' list... Excellent.

—— @bookkaz

The story is clever, well-paced and well-constructed

—— Irish Independent

The Book of Mirrorsis a very clever and well written novel

—— Reading in Wellies

It keeps you guessing right to the last page and, even afterwards, leaves you wondering how much of what we accept as reality exists only in our own minds

—— Bridport News

I found The Book of Mirrors extremely difficult to put down

—— For Winter Nights blog

An entertaining, clever story, told in an engaging manner that fit the story. I’ll be keen to read more work by EO Chirovici in the future

—— From First Page to Last blo

This is an interesting, well-written book with plenty of layers and depth ... E.O. Chirovici writes really well, and creates a novel which you’ll want to keep reading. It’s different and deliciously deep, drawing you in as you try to unravel the details

—— Snazzy Books

Set for global success

—— Daily Express

This intelligent multi-layered psychological thriller examines human memory, recollection, self-delusion and how memories can be manipulated. If you want to immerse yourself in a compelling ‘whodunit’, this book will not disappoint!

—— Candis

An absorbing thriller

—— Fantastic Fiction blog

I couldn't put it down

—— Brew and Books Review blog

This is cerebral crime in the manner of Umberto Echo and Paul Auster ... Readers will be spurred on to keep turning the pages by feeling that the ending will reveal not just what the truth is, but what is Truth

—— Daily Telegraph

A gripping yarn

—— Sunday Times (Ireland)

There’s so much to like about The Book of Mirrors. The story is clever, well-paced and well-constructed

—— Belfast Telegraph

Even the twists have twists

—— i paper

Chirovici has written a very clever book. The plot twists and turns, backtracks and goes round in circles, so you can never be quite sure where it’s going to go next.

—— Watford Observer

The Book of Mirrors will keep you up until you’ve finished it

—— Metro

Twisty novel full of unexpected developments and untrustworthy characters

—— Sunday Times Culture

Chilling

—— Steph’s Book Blog

a must read

—— Femina

An intriguing whydunit underpinned by a treatise on memory, as a number of witnesses create a cat’s cradle of conflicting testimony designed to keep the reader guessing to the very end

—— Irish Times

The Book of Mirrorsengages on a number of levels. Chirovici delights in leading the reader down various blind alleys and keeps us turning the pages

—— Times Literary Supplement
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