The One You Least Suspect

''McGilloway is one of the finest crime-writers working today'' ANN CLEEVES ''A hugely talented storyteller'' CHRIS WHITAKER As a barmaid, Katie often hears secrets that she shouldn''t. Especially working at a pub owned by the infamous O''Reilly brothers. All Katie wants is to put food on the table for her daughter, Hope. But when she is approached by two detectives interested in the O''Reilly''s nefarious business ventures, she is faced with an impossible choice . . . The only way to keep her family safe is to become the police''s informant. But with men like the O''Reillys, she knows this is a very dangerous game. One that could cost her everything . Praise for Brian McGilloway . . . ''A hugely compelling story . . . probably the best novel yet by one of our finest mystery writers. Unmissable'' JOHN CONNOLLY ''Some of the very best crime fiction being written today'' LEE CHILD ''Searing, thrilling and heartbreaking'' CHRIS WHITAKER ''The tension and heartbreak kept me turning the pages'' PATRICIA GIBNEY ''One of those rare gems; a beautifully written crime novel that''s also brilliantly paced, skillfully plotted and utterly absorbing. Brian McGilloway is, quite simply, a master of his art. Bravo'' JO SPAIN ''One of last year''s most impressive debuts'' THE TIMES ''Thought-provoking, compassionate and beautifully-written'' ANN CLEEVES ''Clever, engaging and beautifully crafted'' IRISH INDEPENDENT ''A masterclass in crime fiction'' ANDREA CARTER '' A finely calibrated account of loss, grief and simmering rage'' IRISH TIMES ''Superb'' LITERARY REVIEW

Préface
A gripping and emotional new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author.

Auteur
Brian McGilloway is the author of eleven crime novels including the Ben Devlin mysteries and the Lucy Black series, the first of which, Little Girl Lost, became a New York Times and UK No.1 bestseller. In addition to being shortlisted for a CWA Dagger and the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, he is a past recipient of the Ulster University McCrea Literary Award and won the BBC Tony Doyle Award for his screenplay, Little Emperors. He currently teaches in Strabane, where he lives with his wife and four children.

Texte du rabat

How do you know what is right and what is wrong, when both sides are guilty? A gripping and emotional new thriller from acclaimed crime writer Brian McGilloway.

Résumé

The brand new novel by Sunday Times bestselling crime writer, Brian McGilloway.

Praise for Brian McGilloway . . .

'A compulsive police procedural, but it's so much more than that: thought-provoking, compassionate and beautifully-written. McGilloway is one of the finest crime-writers working today' Ann Cleeves

'Blood Ties is one of those rare gems; a beautifully written crime novel that's also brilliantly paced, skillfully plotted and utterly absorbing. Brian McGilloway is, quite simply, a master of his art. Bravo' Jo Spain

'Brian McGilloway's police procedurals are a masterclass in crime fictions' Andrea Carter

'A clever, engaging and beautifully crafted police procedural' Irish Independent

'Some of the very best crime fiction being written today' Lee Child on Bad Blood

'This dazzling, labyrinthine debut impresses not only for the authentic depiction of a troubled community and the conflicts of a fallible detective, but also for the intense portrait of the borderlands themselves; as beautiful and terrible as the secrets they keep' Guardian

'McGilloway's Borderlands was one of last years most impressive debuts. Does Gallows Lane pass the feared second-novel test? Easily.' The Times

'McGilloway skilfully handles the tangled threads of a conspiracy surrounding an old crime, to make a satisfying mystery with an attractive central character.' Sunday Telegraph