The Dark Room

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Paperback
2012
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Something else had happened ...Something so terrible that she was too frightened to search her memory for it ...The newspapers reported the case with relish. Jane (Jinx) Kingsley, fashion photographer and heiress, tries to kill herself after being unceremoniously jilted by her fiance, who has since disappeared -- together with Jinx's best friend Meg Harris ...But when Jinx wakes from her coma, she can remember nothing about her alleged suicide attempt. With the help of Dr Alan Protheroe of the Nightingale Clinic, she slowly begins to piece together the fragments of the last few weeks. Then the memories begin to surface ...memories of utter desperation and absolute terror. 'Violence may well be offered to anyone who tries to part you from this marvellous, dramatically intelligent novel. It shimmers with suspense, ambiguity and a deep, unholy joy' Frances Fyfield, Daily Mail 'Guaranteed to burn the midnight oil' Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph

Synopsis

Something else had happened ...Something so terrible that she was too frightened to search her memory for it ...The newspapers reported the case with relish. Jane (Jinx) Kingsley, fashion photographer and heiress, tries to kill herself after being unceremoniously jilted by her fiance, who has since disappeared -- together with Jinx's best friend Meg Harris ...But when Jinx wakes from her coma, she can remember nothing about her alleged suicide attempt. With the help of Dr Alan Protheroe of the Nightingale Clinic, she slowly begins to piece together the fragments of the last few weeks. Then the memories begin to surface ...memories of utter desperation and absolute terror. 'Violence may well be offered to anyone who tries to part you from this marvellous, dramatically intelligent novel. It shimmers with suspense, ambiguity and a deep, unholy joy' Frances Fyfield, Daily Mail 'Guaranteed to burn the midnight oil' Mike Ripley, Daily Telegraph

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Publisher: Pan
Published: 01 Mar 2012
ISBN 10: 1447207890
ISBN 13: 9781447207894

Media Reviews

Beautifully paced and polished. A definite must-read.
- Toronto Star
The grandes dames of the British mystery better watch their backs. A new heiress apparent to the queen-of-crime throne is breathing down their necks - and she's armed and deliciously dangerous.
-The Winnipeg Sun
... riveting psychological drama.
- The Edmonton Journal
Packed with rollercoaster emotions, more bluffs and double bluffs than a table of poker players, The Dark Room is filled with frissons of fear and develops to a devastating denouement...This is contemporary crime writing at its absolute peak.
- The Manchester Evening News

From the Hardcover edition.

A wily psychological thriller. -- Los Angeles Times
Engrossing. . . . Walters cleverly inserts small twists and new suspects at every turn, cranking up the tension.
-- San Francisco Chronicle
A cauldron of suspense. -- The Denver Post
Engaging. . . . A page-turner. -- People
A wily psychological thriller. -- Los Angeles Times

Engrossing. . . . Walters cleverly inserts small twists and new suspects at every turn, cranking up the tension.
-- San Francisco Chronicle

A cauldron of suspense. -- The Denver Post

Engaging. . . . A page-turner. -- People

Author Bio

Minette Walters is a bestselling crime writer. She has won the CWA John Creasey Award for best first crime novel, the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime novel published in America and two CWA Gold Daggers for Fiction. Minette lives in Dorset with her husband.