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Frankie Sheehan (Book 1)

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What to expect

Perfect for fans of Tana French, Jane Casey and Gillian Flynn
'Mesmerizing . . . murder, betrayal, and secret lives . . . Everything you need in a great thriller' Lisa Gardner
'Really slick . . . A proper page-turner' Jo Spain
'A writer you will read with your breath held' Jess Kidd


TOO SOON TO SEE

Polished. Professional. Perfect. Dead. Respected scientist Dr Eleanor Costello is found hanged in her immaculate home: the scene the very picture of a suicide.

TOO LATE TO HIDE

DCS Frankie Sheehan is handed the case, and almost immediately spots foul play. Sheehan, a trained profiler, is seeking a murderer with a talent for death.

TOO CLOSE TO BREATHE

As Frankie strives to paint a picture of the killer, and their victim, she starts to sense they are part of a larger, darker canvas, on which the lines between the two blur.

Olivia Kiernan's debut is a bold, brilliant thriller that will keep you guessing and leave you breathless.

(P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited

Critics Review

Mesmerizing. Olivia Kiernan carefully unspools a complex riddle of murder, betrayal, and secret lives, layering on the menace even as she builds her tough-as-nails chief detective for the climatic finale. Clever plot. Brilliant characters. Everything you need in a great thriller.
Lisa Gardner
A really slick, dynamic-paced police procedural, very much in the vein of Tana French. A proper page-turner, lovely, accomplished writing.
Jo Spain
Too Close To Breathe is a fearless, fast-paced debut which drops you into the world of Dublin detective Frankie Sheehan - who is a perfect mix of frailty, ferocity and guts. Add to this flashes of deft, dark humour and a compelling city setting and you have a must for fans of Irish crime fiction. Olivia Kiernan is a writer you'll read with your breath held.
Jess Kidd
Disorderly, dangerous and above all, driven, Frankie Sheehan is the kind of true-to-life protagonist I love.
William Shaw
Too Close To Breathe is the kind of police procedural we haven't seen for a long time; a female cop with a traumatic past racing about the mean streets of Dublin, a hanged victim with a strange clue and a dark secret . . . Olivia Kiernan has brought the serial killer thriller back with a vengeance.
Christopher Fowler
Gritty, cynical and haunting, this is crime writing of the highest order and the product of a darkly fascinating mind. First class.
David Mark
Olivia Kiernan is a fabulous new voice on the crime-writing scene. Absorbing, touching and scary, this is a treat of a read.
Lesley Thomson
Fantastic . . . Compelling, chilling and brilliant.
Karen Hamilton, author of The Perfect Girlfriend
A truly first class crime novel. Intricate, suspenseful, twisted. Plus, a fantastic female protagonist in Frankie Sheehan who can stand proud with some of the great fictional detectives. Just knock-out.
C. J. Tudor, author of The Chalk Man
Edgy debut with strong writing that builds the sense of fatal transgression.
Sunday Times
An involving, well-written police procedural that augurs well for an entertaining series.
Sunday Express
Sassy and thoroughly unconventional . . . A terrific debut with an engagingly potty-mouthed, tough-as-nails female lead.
Irish Independent
Smart, grisly and extremely slick - this Dublin set debut delivers a treat.
Daily Mirror
Delivered in propulsive, minimalist prose, Sheehan is precisely the kind of gruff, no-nonsense cynic you'd want investigating your own murder . . . Too Close to Breathe reads like a hard-boiled take on Tana French and immediately establishes Olivia Kiernan as a talent to watch.
Irish Times
Author Olivia Kiernan
Narrator Brona C Titley
Series Frankie Sheehan
Duration 9 hours and 19 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781786489852
Format Audiobook
Publisher Quercus
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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