Crash and Burn
Will be published approx. on 10. September 2026
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-349-13543-4 (ISBN)
Description
TWO BODIES. TWO DECADES APART. ONE DEADLY CONNECTION.
When an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake and Cambridge's special investigations unit, known as the DEAD team, must investigate both to find the connection. Their only lead is Mariel Quinn, who, as a child, survived her mother's abduction and presumed murder.
Mariel remembers nothing, except a single, haunting phrase she repeated over and over. Now, as long-buried secrets resurface, the team must untangle a mystery long thought lost, before the killer strikes again.
Praise for Alison Bruce
'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' ELLY GRIFFITHS
'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this . . . engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series' CHRISTINA KONING
'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' GRAHAM BARTLETT
'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' EMILY WINSLOW
'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail
When an arson attack reveals a fresh corpse alongside remains from nearly twenty years ago, DS Ronnie Blake and Cambridge's special investigations unit, known as the DEAD team, must investigate both to find the connection. Their only lead is Mariel Quinn, who, as a child, survived her mother's abduction and presumed murder.
Mariel remembers nothing, except a single, haunting phrase she repeated over and over. Now, as long-buried secrets resurface, the team must untangle a mystery long thought lost, before the killer strikes again.
Praise for Alison Bruce
'A powerful and absorbing story that stayed with me long after I'd finished reading. A writer at the top of her game' ELLY GRIFFITHS
'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this . . . engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing till the end, this is a brilliant start to what promises to be a terrific new series' CHRISTINA KONING
'Superb! Ronnie Blake will become a household name alongside crime fiction's top protagonists. Because You Looked Away is gripping, clever and utterly authentic' GRAHAM BARTLETT
'Because She Looked Away is fast paced, twisty, clever, and satisfying, an engaging start to a new series from an established author' EMILY WINSLOW
'One of our most interesting crime writers' Daily Mail
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
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Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-349-13543-4 (9780349135434)
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Alison Bruce is the author of 10 crime novels and two non-fiction titles. Her first novel, Cambridge Blue, was described by Publishers Weekly as an 'assured debut' and introduced both detective, DC Gary Goodhew, and her trademark Cambridge setting. She went on to write six further novels in the DC Goodhew series before writing two psychological thrillers I Did It for Us and The Moment Before Impact. Because She Looked Away is the first in a new series, again set in Cambridge but this time featuring DCI Ronnie Blake and the DEAD team. Alison herself lives just outside Cambridge and has been shortlisted twice for the CWA Dagger in the Library award.