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Little Deaths
- Author
- Emma Flint
- Narrator
- Graham Halstead, Lauren Fortgang
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 12 January 2017
- Run Time
- 10 hours 10 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Heart-poundingly suspenseful, Little Deaths, inspired by a true story, is a gripping novel about love, morality and obsession.
It's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery.
Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation.
Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment, tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same. But the longer he spends watching Ruth, the more he learns about the darker workings of the police and the press. Soon, Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew.
Ruth Malone is enthralling, challenging and secretive – is she really capable of murder?
'A lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre.' – Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series
Critics Review
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A phenomenal achievement. Little Deaths is one of those so-very-rare accomplishments: a lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre. If you believed that literary fiction can't be a one-sitting read, think again
Jeffery Deaver
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Utterly atmospheric and with style to burn, Emma Flint's Little Deaths is a novel that troubles and transfixes from its simmering first pages all the way to its searing final words
Megan Abbott
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Wrenching and real and deeply moving. I fell fast and hard under the spell of this lush, moody, film noir of a novel
Chris Bohjalian
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A stunning feat . . . Ruth Malone's descent into hell is a riveting tale of bad luck, heartbreak and prejudice, written with the pace of a thriller and the rich detail of a historical novel
Jane Casey
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A gripping read that is at the same time deeply real. A beautifully written and realized debut. I absolutely loved it.
Kate Hamer, author of The Girl In The Red Coat
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Details
- Author
- Emma Flint
- Narrator
- Graham Halstead, Lauren Fortgang
- Duration
- 10 hours 10 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 January 2017
- ISBN
- 9781509827398
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, True crime: serial killers and murderers
Synopsis
Heart-poundingly suspenseful, Little Deaths, inspired by a true story, is a gripping novel about love, morality and obsession.It's the summer of 1965, and the streets of Queens, New York shimmer in a heatwave. One July morning, Ruth Malone wakes to find a bedroom window wide open and her two young children missing. After a desperate search, the police make a horrifying discovery.Noting Ruth's perfectly made-up face and provocative clothing, the empty liquor bottles and love letters that litter her apartment, the detectives leap to convenient conclusions, fuelled by neighbourhood gossip and speculation.Sent to cover the case on his first major assignment, tabloid reporter Pete Wonicke at first can't help but do the same. But the longer he spends watching Ruth, the more he learns about the darker workings of the police and the press. Soon, Pete begins to doubt everything he thought he knew.Ruth Malone is enthralling, challenging and secretive – is she really capable of murder?'A lightning fast, heart-pounding, psychologically resonant crime novel that effortlessly transcends genre.' – Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme series
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