Description
Product ID: | 9781529093636 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Antonia Scott |
Title: | Red Queen |
Authors: | Author: Juan Gomez-Jurado, Nicholas Caistor |
Page Count: | 384 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction, Fiction in translation, Thriller / suspense, Fiction in translation, Spain |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Red Queen is the launch of Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling serial killer thriller trilogy which has become a literary phenomenon in Spain. <p><b>Now an Amazon Prime Original series, <i>Red Queen </i>is the first in Juan Gómez-Jurado's internationally bestselling thriller series, translated by Nick Caistor. Winner of the Cognac Prize 2022 with more than two million copies sold in Spain alone.<br><br><i>Sunday Times</i> - Best Thriller Books of the Year<br><br>'A Spanish spin on <i>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo . . .</i> A female Sherlock Holmes' – </b><i><b>The Times</b></i><br><br><b>'Fizzes with energy . . . echoes of Lisbeth Salander, but the crackling interplay . . . adds an extra layer of originality . . . sparkling' – Best Books of 2023,<i> Financial Times</i></b><br><br><i><b>You've never met anyone like her . . .</b></i><br><br>Antonia Scott is special. Very special. She is not a policewoman or a lawyer. She has never wielded a weapon or carried a badge, and yet, she has solved dozens of crimes.<br><br>But it's been awhile since Antonia left her attic in Madrid. The things she has lost are much more important to her than the things awaiting her outside.<br><br>She also doesn't receive visitors. That's why she really, really doesn't like it when she hears unknown footsteps coming up the stairs.<br><br>Whoever it is, Antonia is sure that they are coming to look for her.<br><br>And she likes that even less.<br><br><b>Praise for <i>Red Queen</i>:</b><br><br><b>'Often compared with Lisbeth Salander . . . Antonia Scott looks destined to leave every bit as lasting an impression' – <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><b>'One of the most extravagantly entertaining novels I’ve ever read. It's an electrifying serial-killer thriller . . . I loved every word' – A.J. Finn, bestselling author of <i>The Woman in the Window</i></b></p> |
Imprint Name: | Macmillan |
Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2023-03-16 |