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House of Bones
Oct 25, 2024 6:26 PM

Author:Annie Hauxwell

House of Bones

1961. In the drawing room of an imposing Hong Kong residence, a British lord brutally assaults a young Chinese boy. His grandson watches, helpless. But he will never forget.

Wapping, London, present day. It’s a warm spring in the capital, and heroin addict Catherine Berlin feels the clammy breath of the past on her neck. Battling to stay clean, and bearing the scars of her most recent case, she is struggling to outpace her demons.

An old contact has offered her a job investigating a violent attack by a seventeen-year-old public schoolboy, a Chinese orphan on a prestigious scholarship. The victim has gone missing, and the boy’s patron, a shadowy peer, claims the case is being manipulated by the Chinese government. Seduced by the boy’s vulnerability and the peer’s allegations, Berlin journeys to Hong Kong, where she uncovers a conspiracy that reaches from the Pearl River Delta to the Palace of Westminster…

House of Bones is the fourth novel in the inimitable Catherine Berlin series, and a breathtaking and blood-spattered thriller.

Reviews

Vividly-drawn characters and fast-moving action make this a lively read.

—— Sunday Times Crime Club

With focused, trenchant writing, this is a clear demonstration that Hauxwell is the real deal.

—— Independent Online

Wonderful . . . not only are there eleven short stories featuring our elderly and eccentric detectives, but there are notes on all the regulars and also a divine cartoon of the Peculiar Crimes Unit premises . . . Fowler delivers a feast of cases with that slightly skew-whiff view. This really is great stuff

—— CRIMESQUAD magazine

Nobody does it better... nobody!

—— Stephen Coonts

Just about the best storyteller in the business

—— New York Post

[Dolan] is able to tackle sensitive subjects without sensationalism

—— Joan Smith , Sunday Times, Crime Book of the Month

One to watch for as missing this would be a crime. ... I tend not to ‘score’ the majority of my reviews but I do like to flag titles I will rank at 5/5 – After You Die joins that small band of my top rated reads

—— GrabThisBook.net

Intelligent and deeply compassionate, shot through with sly humour and never failing to be anything but totally gripping, AFTER YOU DIE is a superb new entry in the DI Zigic and DS Ferreira series that confirms Dolan as one of crime fiction’s brightest rising stars

—— Chris Ewan, author of #1 bestseller, Safe House

Eva Dolan's brilliant Zigic and Ferreira are back. Expect twists, shocks and above all – searing honesty from a writer with an uncanny eye for the truth of what ails us

—— Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for Someone Else's Skin

Another superlative thriller from Eva Dolan. Zigic and Ferreira are fast becoming one of my favourite crime-fighting duos

—— Mason Cross, author of The Samaritan

Starts with a bang and never lets up. After You Die is beautifully-written, hard-hitting and impossible to put down. It cements Eva Dolan's deserved reputation as the brightest new star in the UK's crime fiction firmament

—— Mark Edwards, author of The Magpies and Follow You Home

A beautiful portrayal of the turmoil that lies beneath the dead calm of small, tight-knit communities

—— Marnie Riches

Eva once again takes us into the dark and tragic world of hate crime. Enthralling and heartbreaking in equal parts, her latest is an absolute must read

—— Emma Kavanagh, author of Falling

Sharp, punchy and right on the money, the genius of Eva Dolan’s work is in the way she shines a light on the country’s marginalised and dispossessed.

—— Nick Quantrill

The DI Zigic and DS Ferreira series just keeps on getting better and better

—— Howard Linskey, author of The Drop and No Name Lane

Twisty, unsettling, perceptive and humane, this is social-realist crime fiction at its most compelling

—— Helen Giltrow, author of The Distance

Eva Dolan is my kind of writer. In her hands, the mystery novel becomes a tool for counting the cost of crime, and giving voice to those who are being left behind. With After You Die, Dolan proves she’s exactly the kind of writer we need in crime fiction. She speaks for those on the fringes of society

—— Jay Stringer

Angry, driven and entertaining, Dolan's procedurals have become essential reading. Crime writing that makes you feel, then makes you think

—— Harry Bingham

Dolan delivers again. A hard-hitting hate crime mystery, played out by dynamic characters, designed to haunt. After You Die showcases the author's nigh-on-supernatural empathy for a wounded society

—— Gerard Brennan, author of Undercover

After You Die is pacy, suspenseful, and expertly plotted. With a cast of richly drawn characters, it covers some dark and topical issues, which are tackled with understanding and skill. An extremely well-crafted book which confirms Eva Dolan's place as one of our most talented crime writers.

—— Amanda Jennings

Very well-written thriller.

—— Jessica Mann , Literary Review

Hard-hitting, tragic, compelling and timely.

—— Jon Coates , Daily Express

This harrowing plot requires all of Dolan’s skills as a novelist, confirming that she is able to tackle sensitive subjects without sensationalism.

—— Joan Smith , Sunday Times

It’s both a skillfully constructed crime story and a sobering reflection on the extent to which the disabled are the minority to whom we find it all too easy to show a blind eye.

—— Mail on Sunday
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