Into the Dark
Shortlisted for the 2023 Crime Novel of the Year
Published on 2. February 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-1-5290-4017-3 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2023
Into the Dark is the gripping crime thriller from Fiona Cummins about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship.
'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
The Place: Seawings, a beautiful art deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea.
The Crime: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children - have vanished from the house without a trace.
The Detective: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade.
One late autumn morning, Piper's best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene - the radio is playing, phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted.
In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden's bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:
Make
Them
Stop.
What happens next?
Into the Dark is the gripping crime thriller from Fiona Cummins about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship.
'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal
The Place: Seawings, a beautiful art deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea.
The Crime: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children - have vanished from the house without a trace.
The Detective: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade.
One late autumn morning, Piper's best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene - the radio is playing, phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted.
In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden's bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words:
Make
Them
Stop.
What happens next?
Reviews / Votes
Breathless plotting and twist after twist -- Ian Rankin, author of <i>A Heart Full of Headstones</i> This kept me reading well Into The Dark last night - so many layers of darkness and twisty complexity -- <span>Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of <i>Blood Orange</i></span> An absolute BELTER of a thriller. A superb plot, brilliantly executed and beautifully written -- Joanna Cannon, bestselling author of <i>The Trouble with Goats and Sheep</i> An absolute masterclass in misdirection. Trust NO ONE. I loved it -- Sarah Hilary, bestselling author of <i>Fragile</i> Classy, complex, filled with twists and dizzying reveals and TOTALLY addictive -- Chris Ewan, author of <i>The Interview</i> Gripping. Twisty. Complex. No one does 'dark with heart' better than Fiona Cummins -- Tammy Cohen, author of <i>The Wedding Party</i> Fiona Cummins evokes the dark arts of journalism and politics with an insider's relish in this rich, intricately woven novel of childhood crime and adult redemption. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended -- Louise Candlish on <i>When I Was Ten</i> Grips like a vice -- Val McDermid on <i>When I Was Ten</i> Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced -- <i>Daily Mail</i> on <i>When I Was Ten</i> Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate . . . a chilling look at the consequences of a childhood gone wrong -- J. P. Delaney on <i>When I Was Ten</i> Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller -- Clare Mackintosh on <i>When I Was Ten</i> Trust me - Cummins is a keeper -- Lee Child on <i>The Collector</i>More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5290-4017-3 (9781529040173)
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E-Book
04/2022
Macmillan
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Person
Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, was translated into several languages and received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers. She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past. Fiona lives with her family in Essex.