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Someone Else's Skin (D.I. Marnie Rome 1): Winner of the Crime Novel of the Year

Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781472207692

Price: £9.99

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Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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SOMEONE ELSE’S SKIN was the twisty, compelling winner of the Theakston’s 2015 Crime Novel of the Year, and a 2014 Richard and Judy Book Club pick. Introducing DI Marnie Rome, this powerful novel will enthral fans of Val McDermid, Alex Marwood and Claire Mackintosh.

‘Superly disturbing’ Observer

‘A stunning debut’ Mark Billingham

Called to a women’s refuge to take a routine witness statement, DI Marnie Rome instead walks in on an attempted murder.

Trying to uncover the truth from layers of secrets, Marnie finds herself confronting her own demons.
Because she, of all people, knows that it can be those closest to us we should fear the most . . .

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Reviews

It's meaty, dark and terrifying. Unflinchingly violent and beautifully big-hearted in equal measure. And Sarah's writing is glorious - she tells us things in new ways, gives us a fully fleshed, sensual world to inhabit for the novel
Julia Crouch
I think it must be one of the debut novels of next year, if not THE debut novel... (It will be if there is any justice in the world!)
Caro Ramsay
Intelligently and fluently written with a clever plot and an energetic pace, dealing with harrowing topics and shot through with humanity, I think Sarah's onto a winning series and I really look forward to reading the next instalment
Cath Staincliffe
It's written with the verve and assurance of a future star and deserves to be a big hit
Steven Dunne
It has such pace and force. It's very disturbing and builds up to a terrific climax
Helen Dunmore
I finished it today and it's completely brilliant, complex, thrilling, brutal, tender, scary and intriguing. What a great book. The pacing is superb, the plot is compelling, the characters are so well drawn. The ending is ingenious
Richard Jones of Bristol Review of Books
A slick, stylish debut. And one that certainly got under my skin
Sharon Bolton, author of NOW YOU SEE ME
A truly engrossing read from an exceptional new talent. Hilary writes with a beguiling immediacy that pulls you straight into her world on the first page and leaves you bereft when you finish. Intelligent, emotional and totally unexpected in terms of where it goes. I truly loved this book
Alex Marwood
An impressive debut... The book's central theme is domestic violence, which Hilary handles unflinchingly with force and passion. DI Rome is an appealing creation
The Times
This is a corker: twisty, tricksy and, on occasion, seriously scary
Observer
It's a simply superb read - dark and thrilling
Sun
A thrilling debut
Express magazine
A thinking woman's whodunit
Irish Examiner
There's a tough new female detective on the block - Marnie Rome . . . [this] unflinching tale which will get under everyone's skin
Daily Mirror
I absolutely loved it. One of the best crime novels - not just debuts - I've read for ages
Martyn Waites
So brilliantly put together, unflinching without ever being gratuitous and I love the way Sarah writes - every other page has a line I wish I'd thought of myself. It's the best crime debut I've ever read and deserves to be MASSIVE
Erin Kelly
A cracking good thriller, tense and unpredictable
Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club
This crime novel is excellent at unexpected twists
Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club
A stunning debut
Mark Billingham