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The Fire Child
- Author
- S. K. Tremayne
- Narrator
- Imogen Church, Peter Noble
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 16 June 2016
- Run Time
- 12 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS.
IT TOOK ONLY SIX WORDS TO SHATTER HER DREAMS…
When Rachel marries handsome David and moves to a beautiful house in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie.
But then Jamie’s behaviour changes, and her perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the spectre of his late mother. As September slips away and December looms, Rachel grows increasingly suspicious of her husband – and begins to suspect there might be truth in Jamie’s words:
‘YOU WILL BE DEAD BY CHRISTMAS’
Critics Review
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Praise for THE FIRE CHILD:
‘Brilliantly eerie’ Good Housekeeping
‘You will race through the final pages, desperate to find out the truth. Thought-provoking, genuinely scary, and compulsive – fantastic stuff’ Sunday Mirror
‘A brilliant and compulsive thriller’ Heat
‘Packed full of plot twists and turns, this book had me gripped from the start. I slept with the light on for several nights afterwards’ Sun, Book of the Week
‘A grip-lit hit’ Mail on Sunday
‘This excellent thriller won’t disappoint’ Closer
‘If you liked Tremayne’s bestseller The Ice Twins, and spooky Gothic horror stories where things go bump in the night, then this is for you’ Daily Mail
‘Atmospheric and haunting’ Independent on Sunday
‘The author of last year’s bestseller The Ice Twins is back with this dark, atmospheric thriller.’ Fabulous
‘A true psychological thriller, readers will be kept guessing over the many twists that surface throughout the novel. A chilling read’ Woman
Praise for THE ICE TWINS:
‘A magnificently creepy thriller’ Spectator
‘Beautifully paced, teeming with psychological shivers, The Ice Twins is a notable debut’ The Times, Best Crime Thrillers
‘Gripping, sad, and desperately poignant, this is a debut to die for’ Daily Mail
‘Stunning’ Mail on Sunday
‘The Ice Twins has grip, pace and bags of atmosphere … It also has one of the cleverest endings of recent thrillers’ Sunday Times
‘Unbearably gripping and suspenseful’ Sophie Hannah
‘Strange and moving … complex and dramatic … the advantages and hardships of island life are well depicted and the Gothic mood is suitably creepy’ Sunday Herald
‘Chilling and utterly compulsive … builds to an incredibly tense and shiver-inducing conclusion’ Sunday Mirror
'Very eerie' Marie Claire
‘Chilling’ Look
‘A tense psychological thriller that builds with every page’ Sunday Post
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Details
- Author
- S. K. Tremayne
- Narrator
- Imogen Church, Peter Noble
- Duration
- 12 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 June 2016
- ISBN
- 9780008105877
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Thriller / suspense fiction
Synopsis
The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS. IT TOOK ONLY SIX WORDS TO SHATTER HER DREAMS… When Rachel marries handsome David and moves to a beautiful house in Cornwall, she gains wealth, love, and an affectionate stepson, Jamie. But then Jamie’s behaviour changes, and her perfect life begins to unravel. He makes disturbing predictions, claiming to be haunted by the spectre of his late mother. As September slips away and December looms, Rachel grows increasingly suspicious of her husband – and begins to suspect there might be truth in Jamie’s words: ‘YOU WILL BE DEAD BY CHRISTMAS’
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