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The Shut Eye

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What to expect

'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet' SOPHIE HANNAH

Five footprints are the only sign that Daniel Buck was ever here.

And now they are all his mother has left.

Every day, Anna Buck guards the little prints in the cement. Polishing them to a shine. Keeping them safe. Spiralling towards insanity.

When a psychic offers hope, Anna grasps it. Who wouldn't? Maybe he can tell her what happened to her son...

But is this man what he claims to be? Is he a visionary? A shut eye? Or a cruel fake, preying on the vulnerable?

Or is he something far, far worse?

Critics Review

[Belinda Bauer] is such an interesting writer - a restless intelligence that always goes its own way, but always comes up with something that feels both surprising but inevitable.
Lee Child
The most polished crime writer on the murder beat . . . Exhausting, exhilarating and damn scary
Daily Express
'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable, and The Shut Eye is possibly her best yet
Sophie Hannah
One of the most individual of crime writers . . . Bauer is streets ahead of most of her rivals
Independent
A twisty, fast-paced plot that kept me on tenterhooks
Woman & Home
An intricate plot, extremely moving in some places - Bauer's ability to get under the skins of her characters is second to none
Guardian
So much more than an simple whodunit - a clever, sophisticated modern crime novel
Sunday Mirror
[A] cracking psychological thriller
Good Housekeeping
Belinda Bauer is disconcerting. She follows none of the usual formulae governing crime fiction, defies easy labelling and sees deeper than most into people's emotions.
The Times
Nobody scares me quite like Belinda Bauer
Sharon Bolton
Author Belinda Bauer
Narrator Andrew Wincott
Duration 9 hours and 3 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473526334
Format Audiobook
Publisher Transworld
Genre Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Psychological thriller
Availability AU, GB, IE

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