Black Thorn
A slow-burning, multi-layered mystery about families and their secrets and lies
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Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Winner and author of Fragile, returns with another compulsive thriller, which questions how much you really know about your neighbours.
Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in the knowledge that it had been created just for them.
But six weeks later, paradise is lost. Six people are dead. And Blackthorn Ashes is left abandoned and unfinished, its dark shadows hiding all manner of secrets. One of its surviving residents, Agnes Gale, is determined to find out the truth about what happened. Even if that truth is deadlier than she could have ever believed possible.
Black Thorn is a "creepy and atmospheric tale, beautifully and sensitively written" (The Guardian), perfect for fans of Belinda Bauer and Tana French.
About this Author
Sarah Hilary's debut novel, Someone Else's Skin, won the 2015 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer's Book of the Month ("superbly disturbing") and a Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller, it has been published worldwide. No Other Darkness, the second in the DI Marnie Rome series, was shortlisted for a Barry Award in the US. Black Thorn is her second standalone novel, following Fragile.
Reviews
"I've loved Sarah's work from the beginning. She's a brave writer, shifting tone and subject matter, always surprising. Above all, she's a master of her craft. In every book she makes the words sing...In Black Thorn a small piece of the world collapses - metaphorically, literally and emotionally. This novel is immersive, claustrophobic, unbearably tense and quite brilliant." Ann Cleeves
"Sarah Hilary has done it again with this tale of toxicity in all its forms. Excellent writing and tight plotting on top of shifting sands make Black Thorn an unforgettable read with the most sympathetic protagonist I've read in years." Liz Nugent
"Nail-biting, heart-wrenching stuff. Black Thorn has the atmosphere and drama of a modern-day du Maurier novel. Sarah Hilary's uncanny ability to make readers not just see through her characters' eyes but feel through their skin is unparalleled." Erin Kelly
"A mesmerizing story of family and community, secrets and lies. Psychologically rich and captivatingly told." Megan Abbott
"Brilliant. Taking a really deep dive into some dark spaces that Sarah brings vividly to life, it's wonderful and unlike anything else I've read lately." Mick Herron
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