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The Killing House (Paula Maguire 6)
- Author
- Claire McGowan
- Narrator
- Joanne King
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 5 April 2018
- Run Time
- 8 hours 31 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
When a puzzling missing persons' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can't help but return once more.
Renovations at an abandoned farm have uncovered two bodies: a man known to be an IRA member missing since the nineties, and a young girl whose identity remains a mystery.
As Paula attempts to discover who the girl is and why no one is looking for her, an anonymous tip-off claims that her own long-lost mother is also buried on the farm.
When another girl is kidnapped, Paula must find the person responsible before more lives are destroyed. But there are explosive secrets still to surface. And even Paula can't predict that the investigation will strike at the heart of all she holds dear.
(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
Critics Review
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A delicious spookiness is added to McGowan's customary mix of complex characterisation and sweat-inducing excitement, offering a new level of chilling thrills
Sunday Express
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A brilliantly executed thriller with a haunting and atmospheric setting. Spine tingling
Sunday Mirror
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A spine-tingling, brilliantly haunting and atmospheric thriller
People magazine
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A complex, disturbing, resonant novel that remains light on its feet and immensely entertaining
Irish Times
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Page-turning
Guardian
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The best of the Paula series yet; weird, intriguing, gripping and original
Stav Sherez
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A reminder why McGowan has been described as Ireland's answer to Ruth Rendell
Independent
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This is a powerful and disturbing novel
Book Oxygen
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I read The Silent Dead with my heart in my mouth . . . brilliant
Erin Kelly
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An intelligent and thought-provoking read and I can't WAIT to see where Paula goes from here!
My Chestnut Reading Tree blog
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Another great story in an increasingly impressive series
Louise Reviews blog
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The perfect mix of drama, intrigue and mystery along with a dash of Northern Irish and Irish history
Ginger Book Geek blog
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Nail-biting! The creepy and harsh setting . . . made the events on this island and its inhabitants even more chilling
Chillers, Killers and Thrillers blog
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McGowan has created a world evocative enough to get lost in
Real Crime magazine
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Details
- Author
- Claire McGowan
- Narrator
- Joanne King
- Duration
- 8 hours 31 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 April 2018
- ISBN
- 9781472228260
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Thriller / suspense fiction, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
Forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns in THE KILLING HOUSE, the sixth novel in Claire McGowan's series. For fans of Sharon Bolton's DAISY IN CHAINS and Elly Griffiths' THE WOMAN IN BLUE. Peter James calls her novels 'astonishing, powerful and immensely satisfying'.When a puzzling missing persons' case opens up in her hometown, forensic psychologist Paula Maguire can't help but return once more.Renovations at an abandoned farm have uncovered two bodies: a man known to be an IRA member missing since the nineties, and a young girl whose identity remains a mystery.As Paula attempts to discover who the girl is and why no one is looking for her, an anonymous tip-off claims that her own long-lost mother is also buried on the farm.When another girl is kidnapped, Paula must find the person responsible before more lives are destroyed. But there are explosive secrets still to surface. And even Paula can't predict that the investigation will strike at the heart of all she holds dear.(P)2018 Headline Publishing Group Ltd
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