Description
| Product ID: | 9781529029468 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Fragile |
| Authors: | Author: Sarah Hilary |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year Award, comes a standalone novel, Fragile, a psychological thriller about loneliness, desire, passion and revenge. <p><b><i>Fragile</i> is a modern Gothic psychological thriller with a contemporary twist on the classic novel <i>Rebecca</i>, from award-winning and critically acclaimed writer Sarah Hilary.<br><br>‘Stunning’ – Marian Keyes, author of <i>Grown Ups</i><br>‘Chilling’ – Val McDermid, author of <i>The Wire in the Blood</i></b><br><br>Everything she touches breaks . . .<br><br>Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong.<br><br>So when a position comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.<br><br>But her new lodgings may not be the safe haven she was hoping for. Her employer has secrets of his own and lives by a rigid set of rules she must abide by.<br><br>Is Nell’s arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems? After all, she knows more than most how fragile people can be – and how easy they are to break . . .<br><br><b>Praise for <i>Fragile</i>:</b><br><br>‘Perfectly plotted, <b>beautifully written modern Gothic</b>. <b>I absolutely loved it</b>’ – Erin Kelly, author of <i>He Said/She Said</i><br><br>‘Beautifully crafted, <b>smart and unsettling</b>’ – Mick Herron, author of <i>Slow Horses</i><br><br>‘A dark,<b> mesmeric</b> fever-dream of a book’ – Ruth Ware, author of <i>The Woman in Cabin 10</i><br><br>‘Ingenious, original and <b>brilliant</b>’ – Will Dean, author of <i>Red Snow</i><br><br><i>‘</i><b>Extraordinary</b>’ – Andrew Taylor, author of <i>The American Boy</i> and <i>The Ashes of London</i><br><br><i>‘</i><b>A modern-day Highsmith</b>’ – Steve Cavanagh, author of <i>Thirteen</i><br><br>‘A <b>truly outstanding</b> work of modern Gothic’ – Eva Dolan, author of <i>Between Two Evils</i><br><br>‘Highly original, <b>beautifully written</b>’ – Sharon Bolton, author of <i>The</i> <i>Split</i><br><br>‘A beautifully written<b> modern Gothic masterpiece</b>’ – Liz Nugent, author of <i>Skin Deep</i><br><br>‘<b>So elegant</b><b>, so </b><b>restrained</b>’ – Lucy Atkins, author of <i>Magpie Lane</i><br><br>‘A <b>gorgeously written</b>, tense and atmospheric novel’ – Gytha Lodge, author of <i>She Lies in Wait</i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-01-20 |
