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Three years ago, something terrible happened to Naomi Jenkins - she told nobody. Now she has another secret - the man she has fallen in love with, unhappily married Robert Haworth. When he vanishes, Naomi knows he must have come to harm.
Author Notes
Sophie Hannah was born in 1971 in Manchester, England. She is a bestselling, award-winning poet. Hannah went to the University of Manchester and published her first book of poems, The Hero and the Girl Next Door, at the age of 24. In 2004 she won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her psychological suspense story, The Octopus Nest.
Hannah was recently chosen by Agatha Christie's estate to resurrect her beloved detective, Hercule Poirot. Her subsequent novel, The Monogram Murders, was published in 2014.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
In Hannah's intense second thriller (after Little Face), Det. Sgt. Charlie Zailer and her sidekick, Det. Constable Simon Waterhouse, pursue a serial rapist who preys on successful single career women and sells tickets to "live" rape parties. Naomi Jenkins, a sundial maker prone to panic attacks, reports her married lover, Robert Haworth, missing after he fails to show up for their weekly tryst. Later, in order to speed up the search, Naomi informs the police that Robert raped her three years earlier. Simon finds Robert at home, near death, after possibly being bludgeoned by his wife. But there's far more going on, and making matters more dodgy, aside from a growing victim list, is the foolish fling Charlie has with the owner of a chalet-style resort in Scotland. Full of clever plot twists, this satisfying shocker about "the victims and the perpetrators of violent crimes" suggests how obsessive love, while not a crime, is certainly within hurting distance. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
British crime novelist Hannah brings back Detective Simon Waterhouse and his female boss, Sergeant Charlie Zailer, from her best-selling Little Face (2007). Successful businesswoman Naomi Jenkins is convinced something serious has happened to her married lover, with whom she is obsessed. When she suspects the police are not taking her seriously, she ups the ante by reporting him as a rapist, basing details of her account on an actual experience. It turns out, however, that Naomi's story bears a striking similarity to the stories of other rape survivors. Charlie and Simon realize they are dealing with a serial rapist and an emotionally damaged accuser while they also attempt to work out their own complicated relationship. Like Karin Slaughter in her Grant County novels, Hannah is interested in exploring the dark side of intimacy and does not shy away from depicting graphic sexual violence. Although her plotting is not as seamless as Slaughter's, she excels at depicting the emotional evolution of rape victims. Naomi's transformation from shrill neurotic to courageous fighter makes for compelling reading.--Wilkinson, Joanne Copyright 2008 Booklist
Library Journal Review
This British best seller from the author of Little Face features a serial rapist who remains free because his victims, successful businesswomen, don't come forward. But one uncovers a dark secret when she goes looking for her missing illicit lover. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.