Pig Island
a taut, tense and terrifying thriller from bestselling author Mo Hayder
Published on 4. February 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-553-82486-5 (ISBN)
Description
Fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter will devour this warped and brutally bloodthirsty thriller from bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder. Guaranteed to mess with your mind, you'll be on the edge of your seat from start to finish...
'Mo Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers, and Pig Island surpasses anything she has written before. She's the bravest writer I know' -- Karin Slaughter
'The goriest thriller writer this side of the pond' -- Mirror
'No matter how much you might despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, she is brilliant at making you read on' -- Daily Telegraph
'Engrossing and a definite page turner' -- ***** Reader review
'Keeps you gripped' -- ***** Reader review
'Awesome writing' -- ***** Reader review
'Gripping from the start' -- ***** Reader review
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SEE EVIL
Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island forces him to question everything he thought he knew.
HEAR EVIL
Why have the islanders been accused of Satanism? What has happened to their leader? And why will no one discuss the strange creature seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island?
READ EVIL
In PIG ISLAND, Mo Hayder dares you to face your fears head on and to look at what lurks beneath the surface of everyday normality. Because people are perfectly capable of doing unspeakable things to each other...
'Mo Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers, and Pig Island surpasses anything she has written before. She's the bravest writer I know' -- Karin Slaughter
'The goriest thriller writer this side of the pond' -- Mirror
'No matter how much you might despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, she is brilliant at making you read on' -- Daily Telegraph
'Engrossing and a definite page turner' -- ***** Reader review
'Keeps you gripped' -- ***** Reader review
'Awesome writing' -- ***** Reader review
'Gripping from the start' -- ***** Reader review
***********************************************************************************
SEE EVIL
Journalist Joe Oakes makes a living exposing supernatural hoaxes. But what he sees when he visits a secretive religious community on a remote Scottish island forces him to question everything he thought he knew.
HEAR EVIL
Why have the islanders been accused of Satanism? What has happened to their leader? And why will no one discuss the strange creature seen wandering the lonely beaches of Pig Island?
READ EVIL
In PIG ISLAND, Mo Hayder dares you to face your fears head on and to look at what lurks beneath the surface of everyday normality. Because people are perfectly capable of doing unspeakable things to each other...
Reviews / Votes
Mo Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers, and Pig Island surpasses anything she has written before. She's the bravest writer I know -- Karin Slaughter Mo Hayder is the closest thing we've got to Stephen King, which is close enough...the goriest thriller writer this side of the pond * Mirror * She has created the most warped and bloodthirsty visions of psychopathic behaviour. No matter how much you might despise yourself for getting sucked into such places, she is brilliant at making you read on * Daily Telegraph * Hayder's writing is, as ever, briskly paced and fluid * The Times * Hayder has always had the unrivalled ability to conjure up grotesqueries that chill, but here she outdoes herself * Observer *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
351 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-82486-5 (9780553824865)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
05/2009
1st Edition
Transworld Digital
€8.99
Available for download
Person
MO HAYDER left school at fifteen. She worked as a barmaid, security guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She had an MA in film from The American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University UK.
Mo was the Sunday Times bestselling author of ten stunning crime novels, including the Jack Caffery series. Her fifth crime novel Ritual was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Crime 2009 and voted Best Book of 2008 by Publisher's Weekly. She won the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2011. Gone, her seventh novel, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award and her novel Wolf was nominated for Best Novel in the 2015 Edgar Awards, and is currently being adapted for the BBC.
Set primarily in an alternate universe, her most recent novel, The Book of Sand, is the first in a series published posthumously under the author name THEO CLARE.
Mo Hayder was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2020 and passed away in July 2021.
She leaves behind a husband and a daughter, a powerful legacy of books, and an incredible number of people who loved and admired her.
Mo was the Sunday Times bestselling author of ten stunning crime novels, including the Jack Caffery series. Her fifth crime novel Ritual was nominated for the Barry Award for Best Crime 2009 and voted Best Book of 2008 by Publisher's Weekly. She won the CWA Dagger in the Library in 2011. Gone, her seventh novel, won the Edgar Allen Poe Award and her novel Wolf was nominated for Best Novel in the 2015 Edgar Awards, and is currently being adapted for the BBC.
Set primarily in an alternate universe, her most recent novel, The Book of Sand, is the first in a series published posthumously under the author name THEO CLARE.
Mo Hayder was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December 2020 and passed away in July 2021.
She leaves behind a husband and a daughter, a powerful legacy of books, and an incredible number of people who loved and admired her.