Out of the Dark
Published on 19. May 2016
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-1-5098-2556-1 (ISBN)
Description
How could anyone refuse to help an eight-year-old boy running for his life?
In the fourth Trish Maguire novel, her whole world is changed when the boy is knocked over by a skidding car outside her London flat.
Fighting to save his life, the casualty team find Trish's name and address sewn into his clothes. He looks so like her that the police are convinced he's her son. Only she knows he can't be. So who has sent him? And why?
Her desperate search for his identity takes Trish to a brutal inner-city housing estate, where she picks up the trail of a violent murder. It is not long before she discovers that the chief suspect is her father . . .
In the fourth Trish Maguire novel, her whole world is changed when the boy is knocked over by a skidding car outside her London flat.
Fighting to save his life, the casualty team find Trish's name and address sewn into his clothes. He looks so like her that the police are convinced he's her son. Only she knows he can't be. So who has sent him? And why?
Her desperate search for his identity takes Trish to a brutal inner-city housing estate, where she picks up the trail of a violent murder. It is not long before she discovers that the chief suspect is her father . . .
Reviews / Votes
Convincing and hard-hitting * The Times * Trish is an engaging character, warm, human, and well-drawn * Sunday Times * Warmth, sincerity and good characterisation. Raises it above others in the genre * Sunday Telegraph * Trish is cool, clever and charismatic * Guardian * Cooper at her considerable best; aficionados need not hesitate . . . her skills in this kind of material remain non-pareil * Crimetime * Like Minette Walters . . . Cooper writes methodical, meticulous crime * Mirror * I'm delighted that Trish Maguire will be available to readers again, I'm a great fan. Natasha Cooper is a compelling crime-writer; her stories always start with an intriguing premise and lead us through to a satisfying conclusion. But she's more than an assured story-teller. Cooper is fascinated by the nature of evil and each story is a contemporary fable, exploring the roots and the consequences of violence. -- Ann CleevesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
642 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5098-2556-1 (9781509825561)
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Natasha Cooper lives in London and writes for a variety of newspapers and journals. She was Chairman of the Crime Writer's Association in 2000/01 and regularly speaks at crime-writing conferences on both sides of the Atlantic. N. J. is the author of the Trish Maguire series and has also written psychological suspense novels as Clare Layton.