Line of Sight
A tense and twisty crime thriller that you won't be able to put down, from the prizewinning DI Birch series
Published on 20. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-1-5293-4839-2 (ISBN)
Description
A woman slipping through the cracks . . .
When a young Vietnamese girl goes missing in Scotland, DI Birch knows there is more to the case than meets the eye. Her colleagues won't take it seriously - but Helen's instinct tells her that Linh is in mortal danger.
A psychic determined to help . . .
Beatrice knows something terrible has happened to three young people in Edinburgh. She can see them in her mind's eye - frightened and alone, desperate for help. Ever since she was a child, she's had visions of the future - and she's ignored them before, with dangerous consequences. This time, she must help the police find Linh.
A showdown where not everyone will survive . . .
When a second woman goes missing, DI Birch is forced to pay attention to what Beatrice is saying. But will the police listen to the truth in time? Or is it already too late?
When a young Vietnamese girl goes missing in Scotland, DI Birch knows there is more to the case than meets the eye. Her colleagues won't take it seriously - but Helen's instinct tells her that Linh is in mortal danger.
A psychic determined to help . . .
Beatrice knows something terrible has happened to three young people in Edinburgh. She can see them in her mind's eye - frightened and alone, desperate for help. Ever since she was a child, she's had visions of the future - and she's ignored them before, with dangerous consequences. This time, she must help the police find Linh.
A showdown where not everyone will survive . . .
When a second woman goes missing, DI Birch is forced to pay attention to what Beatrice is saying. But will the police listen to the truth in time? Or is it already too late?
Reviews / Votes
PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW: A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion * Erin Kelly, bestselling author of THE HOUSE OF MIRRORS * A brilliant thriller! * Bella * Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut * i Newspaper * Utterly captivating * Heat * Compelling * Marie Claire * Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural * Sunday Times Crime Club * Askew has delivered a peak page-turner and fans of crime fiction will be left with a cliffhanger ending and a pronounced desire to learn where DI Birch turns up next . . . * Irish Examiner * Terrific! * Peterborough Telegraph * A riveting read! * Sunday Times *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5293-4839-2 (9781529348392)
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Claire Askew
Line of Sight
A tense and twisty crime thriller that you won't be able to put down, from the prizewinning DI Birch series
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02/2025
Hodder & Stoughton
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Claire Askew's debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.