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Rush of Blood

Rush of Blood

by Mark Billingham (Author), Mark Billingham (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Perfect strangers. A perfect holiday. The perfect murder...Three couples meet around the pool on their Florida holiday and become fast friends. But on their last night, their perfect holiday takes a tragic twist: the teenage daughter of another holidaymaker goes missing, and her body is later found floating in the mangroves. When the shocked couples return home, they remain in contact, and over the course of three increasingly fraught dinner parties they come to know one another better. But they don't always like what they find: buried beneath these apparently normal exteriors are some dark secrets, hidden kinks, ugly vices...Then, a second girl goes missing. Could it be that one of these six has a secret far darker than anybody can imagine? A brilliantly plotted, utterly gripping thriller about the danger of making friends on holiday, Rush of Blood is Mark Billingham's most ambitious and accomplished work to date.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 400
 Edition: Export ed
 Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 02 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1847444229
ISBN 13: 9781847444226
Book Overview: The new standalone from the No.1 bestselling author
 Prizes: Long-listed for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2013.

Media Reviews
Hugely effective and entertaining ... many twists and shocks The Times A chilling story that keeps you guessing to the last page Daily Express British crime at its most readable Courier Mail If you like out-of-left-field and implausibly unpredictable endings from a master crime and thriller writer, you won't be disappointed West Australian There is something a little old-fashioned in this completely engaging and black-humoured book, and something a bit Agatha Christie about the depth of the characters and the plotting, which stays one step ahead of the reader Sunday Territorian A gripping and original story Weekend Bookworm Billingham delves nicely into the domestic dramas and frustrations of everyday people, and explores the psyches and motivations of his characters, while setting readers' minds racing as to whodunit Good Reading Rush of Blood is typically gritty and unflinching, with Billingham's usual flair for plotting ... a very satisfying crime read Toowoomba Chronicle
Author Bio
Mark Billingham has twice won the Theakston's Old Peculier Award for Best Crime Novel, and has also won a Sherlock Award for the Best Detective created by a British writer. Each of the novels featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has been a Sunday Times bestseller, and Sleepyhead and Scaredy Cat were made into a hit TV series on Sky 1 starring David Morrissey as Thorne. Mark lives in North London with his wife and two children.