{"product_id":"9781035004317","title":"Black Thorn","description":"Author: Sarah Hilary\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035004317\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Hilary, Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of \u003ci\u003eFragile\u003c\/i\u003e, returns with \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e, another compulsive psychological thriller that questions how much you know about the people who live next to you . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e'An astonishingly gifted writer' Marian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in the knowledge that it had been created just for them. But six weeks later, paradise is lost. Six people are dead. And Blackthorn Ashes is left abandoned and unfinished, its dark shadows hiding all manner of secrets. One of its surviving residents, Agnes Gale, is determined to find out the truth about what happened. Even if that truth is deadlier than she could have ever believed possible . . . \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e 'In \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e a small piece of the world collapses - metaphorically, literally and emotionally. This novel is \u003cb\u003eimmersive\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eclaustrophobic\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eunbearably tense \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003equite brilliant' Ann Cleeves\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘Nail-biting, heart-wrenching stuff\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn \u003c\/i\u003ehas \u003cb\u003ethe atmosphere and drama of a modern-day du Maurier novel\u003c\/b\u003e. Sarah Hilary’s uncanny ability to make readers not just see through her characters’ eyes but feel through their skin is unparalleled’ \u003cb\u003eErin Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e ‘A \u003cb\u003emesmerizing\u003c\/b\u003e story of family and community, secrets and lies. \u003cb\u003ePsychologically rich and captivatingly told\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eMegan Abbott\u003c\/b\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eE\u003c\/i\u003exudes a tightly-controlled menace \u003c\/b\u003ethat ratchets up to full-blown claustrophobia as the pages turn. A book that oozes under your skin from the opening sentence’ \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘Brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e. Taking a really deep dive into some dark spaces that Sarah brings vividly to life, \u003cb\u003eit's wonderful and unlike anything else I've read lately\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eMick Herron\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘Multi-layered, unexpected, and carrying a strong emotional punch\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e is refreshingly different. Sarah Hilary is an exceptionally gifted writer’ \u003cb\u003eSharon Bolton\u003c\/b\u003e ‘\u003cb\u003eAn absolute master of her craft\u003c\/b\u003e. Beautiful writing. This book is fascinating on so many levels. Not your run-of-the-mill thriller\u003cb\u003e. A haunting captivating book\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003eImran Mahmood 'An *extraordinary* book\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eBeautifully written, densely plotted\u003c\/b\u003e, with an uncanny insight into the best and worst of family relationships' \u003cb\u003eEmma Flint\u003c\/b\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003estunning\u003c\/b\u003e, haunting and often moving novel. I loved it' \u003cb\u003eAnna Mazzola\u003c\/b\u003e 'Sarah Hilary has done it again with this\u003cb\u003e tale of toxicity\u003c\/b\u003e in all its forms. \u003cb\u003eExcellent\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ewriting\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand tight plotting\u003c\/b\u003e on top of shifting sands make \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e an \u003cb\u003eunforgettable read \u003c\/b\u003ewith the most sympathetic protagonist I've read in years' \u003cb\u003eLiz Nugent 'Sarah Hilary is a writer with all the gifts\u003c\/b\u003e: character and psychology, language and\u003cb\u003e one-more-chapter suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e In twisting, turning, ever-changing \u003ci\u003eBlack Thorn\u003c\/i\u003e, she shows us how very easily the wrong people can turn paradise into hell on earth\u003cb\u003e' Lucie Whitehouse\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46528094339230,"sku":"TLD-9781035004317","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035004317.jpg?v=1771476738","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035004317","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}