Still Bleeding

Still Bleeding

by SteveMosby (Author)

Synopsis

Sarah Pepper is dead: killed by her boyfriend in a drunken rage. He's confessed, but can't remember exactly where he dumped her body. The police appeal to the public for help finding Sarah's remains. They're looking for a field with a wooden gate, an empty bottle of vodka by the roadside. She will be partly concealed beneath a hedge...Shocked by the news, Alex Connor travels halfway round the world. He's coming home determined to say goodbye to Sarah, the friend who helped him through his darkest days. When he arrives, however, he finds only a mystery. The field has been located, but using the information provided by the police, someone else has got there first. Sarah's body has been taken. On the other side of the country, a killer is preying on young women. When a girl called Rebecca Wingate vanishes, Detective Paul Kearney knows they only have a week to find her - before her body turns up, drained slowly and completely of blood. Kearney seemingly gets a break when a man is caught and confesses - but Rebecca 's body isn't where it should be...In their hunt to find the living and the dead, Kearney and Alex are drawn together into a sinister world of death fetish and 'murderabilia', where relics and mementos of killers are traded, and life is only the first thing a victim will lose.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Publisher: Orion
Published: 11 Jun 2009

ISBN 10: 1409110095
ISBN 13: 9781409110095
Book Overview: THE 50/50 KILLER brought Steve Mosby's powerful psychological crime-writing firmly into the mainstream - and won him critical acclaim as well as massive translation deals across Europe. Steve's writing combines a unique blend of high concepts, very disturbing plotlines and intense emotional pressures. Like Mark Billingham before him, Steve has the potential to be a commercial as well as a critical success. He's got a growing profile in the crime-writing community - definitely one to watch. The critics were united in their praise for 50/50: 'Thrilling, compulsive and difficult to put down' GUARDIAN 'A potential great of the crime genre ...an instant classic...an excellent writer...pretty much flawless.' LONDON LITE

Media Reviews
Advance praise for The 50/50 Killer:

Steve Mosby is a talented crime writer and The 50/50 Killer has everything you could want in a serial-killer thriller pace, suspense, and a truly diabolical twist. - The Age

A complicated and intriguing story of a meticulous killer motivated by contempt and hatred for human ties. - The Sydney Morning Herald

Hail the new master of the crime thriller. Mosby takes you inside the minds of his victims, villains and heroes. Each painstaking step of the investigation and each excruciating detail of the torture inflicted on the victims tightens the tension until you scream for release. And just when you think you have it all worked out, the devious Mosby hits you with the best twist of the year, so unexpected yet so natural in hindsight. I dare you to put this down before the end. - The Adelaide Advertiser

A captivating and original thriller. - The Daily Telegraph

Advance praise for Cry for Help:

A carefully plotted, complex thriller with some well drawn and satisfyingly three dimensional characters, and a sushi plate of red herrings. - The Sydney Morning Herald

With sleight of hand and a crossword compiler s cryptic trickery, Mosby has conjured up a psychologically dense and complex thriller. - Adelaide Advertiser
Author Bio
Steve Mosby lives and works in Leeds. He is the author of four previous novels also available from Orion. Visit his website at www.theleftroom.co.uk.