One of the most startling plots in contemporary crime fiction

Sunday Times

Bauer's great gift is her ability to surprise the reader... [and] she makes you think a bit differently about the world.

Daily Telegraph

Breathtaking. I read this and wished I’d written it

Val McDermid

Se alle

This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read

Red Magazine online

The true heir to the great Ruth Rendell

Mail on Sunday

Our most inventive crime writer

Metro

Taking the psychological thriller into new territory

Independent

Obvious echoes of <i>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time . . . </i>darker and with more twists and coils than a hangman's noose, it deserves to do equally well

Daily Express

<i>Rubbernecker</i> isn’t your average crime novel: it's far better than that

We Love This Book

Bauer has once again succeeded in creating an innovative path into detection

The Times

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SNAP*WINNER! Crime Novel of the Year*'Contains one of the most startling plots in contemporary crime fiction' Sunday Times___Patrick has uncovered a crime that the experts were too close to see . . .Life is strange for Patrick Fort - being a medical student with Asperger's Syndrome doesn't come without its challenges. And that's before he is faced with solving a possible murder. Because the body Patrick is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. And now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery - while he dissects his own evidence . . .'Bauer's great gift is her ability to surprise the reader: in the sense of making you jump out of your chair, certainly, but also in that she makes you think a bit differently about the world' Daily Telegraph 'Breathtaking. I read this and wished I'd written it' Val McDermid 'This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read' Red Magazine online Readers love Rubbernecker:'A compelling, intelligent thriller' *****'A totally brilliant story . . . Gripping and heart-felt' *****'Original and absorbing - a great read' *****
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Crime Novel of the Year*'Contains one of the most startling plots in contemporary crime fiction' Sunday Times___Patrick has uncovered a crime that the experts were too close to see . And now he must stay out of danger long enough to unravel the mystery - while he dissects his own evidence .
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One of the most startling plots in contemporary crime fiction
*Winner of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award*

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780552779494
Publisert
2014-01-02
Utgiver
Vendor
Black Swan
Vekt
293 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Dybde
26 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Forfatter

Biographical note

Belinda Bauer grew up in England and South Africa and now lives in Wales. She worked as a journalist and a screenwriter before finally writing a book to appease her nagging mother.

For her debut, Blacklands, Belinda was awarded the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year. She went on to win the CWA Dagger in the Library for her body of work. Her fourth novel, Rubbernecker, was voted Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Her eighth novel, Snap, was a Sunday Times bestseller. It was longlisted for the Man Booker prize and voted Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the Specsavers National Book Awards.

Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages.