SHE'S ON A REMOTE ISLAND. DEFENDING A MURDERER. BUT SHE REMEMBERS NOTHING.
'Unputdownable' Sophia Hannah
'Mind-blowing, audaciously inventive' Chris Whitaker
'Totally recommend. Stuart Turton meets Agatha Christie' Sarah Moorhead
'A heady, ambitious mix of courtroom drama and dystopian mystery' Daily Mail
Lila Dalton finds herself in the middle of a courtroom as the barrister for a man accused of a terrible crime. She has no memories of her life before this moment.
Outside, on the strange island where she is staying, things are even more unnerving: hostile locals, tapped calls, threats slipped under her hotel door. Hints from mysterious sources suggest that someone from her forgotten past is in danger - but are the threats genuine? As the trial progresses, Lila must decide who and what she can trust, and whether that includes herself...
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'Feverishly compulsive' Sabine Durrant
'Inventive and exciting' Guardian
'Remarkable' The Times
'Terror lurks at every corner' FT
'Brilliantly written' Natasha Pulley
'Achingly atmospheric' Kia Abdullah
'Captivating' Adam Hamdy
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Remarkable... there are echoes of Kafka, Orwell and Alices Adventures in Wonderland' - The Times, Best Thrillers for February
'Shepherd cranks up the menace, layering the story with one obstacle after another, revealing snippets of back-story, as evermore sinister forces circle. The narrative quickly assumes a nightmarish quality, redolent of a dream where there is no way out and new terrors lurk at every corner. Writing with verve, Shepherd delivers a creative tour de force.' - Financial Times
'Theres a fever-dream quality from the very start of this debut novel... an inventive and exciting read' - Guardian, The Best Recent Crime and Thrillers
'The well-constructed account of Lilas nightmare comes across as a howl of frustration at the state of the British legal system' - Literary Review
'A mind-blowing, audaciously inventive thriller' - Chris Whitaker, award-winning author of We Begin at the End
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Höhe: 191 mm
Breite: 129 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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978-1-78227-986-0 (9781782279860)
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L. J. Shepherd lives in Cardiff with her rescue cat, Coral. She studied English Literature at Christ Church, Oxford. After graduating, she decided to pursue a career in law. Laura began practising as a barrister in 2017. Since then, she has prosecuted and defended in many jury trials in the Crown Court. She is now a Human Rights barrister instructed in high-profile public inquiries.
