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Kind of Cruel

Kind of Cruel

by SophieHannah (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $3.24
Synopsis

When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn't expect that anything much will change.

She doesn't expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . .

She doesn't expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: 'Kind, cruel, kind of cruel' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . .

She doesn't expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she's never heard of . . .

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Format: Paperback
 Publisher: Hodder Ome
Published: 02 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1444736728
ISBN 13: 9781444736724
Book Overview: Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself ...

Media Reviews
A rich mix of the dark and the diverting. Brilliantly believable * Sunday Times *
Another triumph for one of the very best crime writers out there. Stunningly clever and compelling. * Heat *
Hannah excels at dissecting human behaviour, and the way she describes little acts of cruelty can send real chills down the spine. * Psychologies *
Cool, calculating and utterly chilling, KIND OF CRUEL is another compulsive book from Hannah, to be gulped down with all the lights on and someone to grab when the sense of menace grows too great. * Observer *
Hannah has outdone herself with KIND OF CRUEL . . . Her trademark precision-layered structure creates a multi-dimensional maze that holds at its centre a revelation which is truly hair-raising, even by Hannah's standards. * Independent on Sunday *
An audacious puzzle of a novel that is impossible to second guess . . . Crime novels are often dismissed in literary circles for not being literary enough. Yet KIND OF CRUEL is exactly the intelligent, reflective and stunningly written novel that has literary critics swooning and judging panels lining up to reward. * Sunday Express *
Hannah concocts a mystery of satisfying complexity in which frequent cliches of the genre (the locked room, for example) are turned inside out. If that were all her novels did, they would be admirably cerebral but uninvolving. Unfortunately for her rivals, Hannah does texture, depth and character with similar panache. * Scotsman *
Intricately plotted and pleasingly sinister . . . guaranteed to get under the skin. * Good Housekeeping *
A terrific reading experience. Everybody loves Sophie Hannah. * Gaby Logan Show, BBC Radio 5 *
For those who demand emotional intelligence and literary verve from their thrillers, Sophie Hannah is the writer of choice. * Guardian *
One of the great unmissables of this genre - intelligent, classy and with a wonderfully Gothic imagination. * The Times *
'Hannah's novels combine traditional police procedurals with intense psychological thrillers . . . compelling' * Weekend Herald, Auckland *
'All the psychological aspects and the mystery that oozes from this story drew me in.' * Australian Bookshelf blog *
'Suspenseful reading. Compelling.' * The Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin *
'Hannah likes being rebellious when it comes to conforming to crime genre expectations - unpredictable as well. And in this, her seventh novel, she's come up with the goods again by starting with another apparently impossible mystery . . . A twisted, downright chilling yarn that spells cool from every angle. Delicious idea, told well. * The Courier Mail *
'Hannah was a poet before she took up the pen to write thrillers but unlike most in her position, her novel writing is gritty and stripped back and she has a talent for the swift elucidation of character. KIND OF CRUEL is superior mystery fiction.' * The Age *
Author Bio
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34 languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016, Sophie published The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket, the first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which were national and international bestsellers. Two more Poirot novels will follow, in 2018 and 2020. Sophie's thrillers The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, two children and dog.