Today I have a tense crime thriller for you from Orenda, The Quiet People by Paul Cleave.I also have the chance for you to win a print copy of the book. Details on how to enter this giveaway are at the foot of this post.
Suspicion is cast on two successful crime writers, when their
seven-year-old son goes missing. Are they trying to show that they can
commit the perfect crime?
Cameron and Lisa Murdoch are successful New Zealand crime writers,
happily married and topping bestseller lists worldwide. They have been
on the promotional circuit for years, joking that no one knows how to
get away with crime like they do. After all, they write about it for a
living.
So when their challenging seven-year-old son Zach
disappears, the police and the public naturally wonder if they have
finally decided to prove what they have been saying all this time…
Are they trying to show how they can commit the perfect crime?
Electrifying, taut and immaculately plotted, The Quiet People is a chilling, tantalisingly twisted thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing to the last explosive page.
My Thoughts
This is a piece of engrossing crime writing which takes you by the hand and leads you further and further down what feel like a series of rabbit holes! The fact that two crime writers are caught up in the nightmare disappearance of their son, lends a depth to the story as they consider the case at times as if it were a crime story. The close plotting is full of twists and turns with some truly shocking moments.
Yet the story is set in a domestic setting where the everyday seems uneventful. The reactions of the inhabitants of Christchurch seem manipulated at times. The task is to discover just who is pulling the strings. The police procedural part of the story never intrudes as you realise that the police at the heart of the story are as confused by events as the reader feels. Full of suspense, the jeopardy is always present. As the reader, I was never quite sure who to believe or who to sympathise with, if any. At the heart is a missing, innocent child which adds a touch of horror and dread to the experience.
In short: a master class in crime writing
About the Author
Paul is Christchurch born and raised, and other than a
couple of years when he was living in London and bouncing around Europe a
little, he’s always lived there. Paul wanted to write horror, and it was a few
years in when he realised that crime – real life crime – is horror. When he
made that connection, he turned to writing dark crime fiction, writing first
The Killing Hour, and then The Cleaner, in his mid-twenties. Not long after
that Paul sold his house and lived with his parents so he could write full time
– a gamble that paid off a few years later when Random House signed him up.
From that point on he’s written his dark tales set in his home city,
introducing Joe Middleton – the Christchurch Carver, and Melissa, and Theodore
Tate, and Schroder, and Jerry Gray, among others to the world.
You can follow Paul here: Twitter | Website
Book link: Amazon UK
Thanksa to Paul Cleave, Karen Sullivan and Anne Cater of Orenda Books for a copy of the book and a place on the tour.
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Giveaway (UK only)
To win a print copy of The Quiet People, just Follow and Retweet the pinned tweet at @bookslifethings and good luck!
Closing date is November 10th 2021 and there is one winner.
*Terms and Conditions – UK only The winner will be selected at
random via Tweetdraw from all valid entries and will be notified by Twitter
and/or email. If no response is received within 7 days then I reserve the right
to select an alternative winner. Open to all entrants aged 18 or over. Any personal data given as part of the
competition entry is used for this purpose only and will not be shared with
third parties, with the exception of the winners’ information. This will passed
to the giveaway organiser and used only for fulfilment of the prize. I am not
responsible for despatch or delivery of the prize.
Thanks so much for the blog tour support x
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