Description
The violent death of Daisy's husband leaves her a widow at 32, obliterating everything she has lived for. As she struggles to build a new life, a chance encounter with her husband's killer becomes the starting point of a journey into obsessive hatred. Daisy stalks the man, a small-time criminal and boxer called Joel Heath and pursues him in secret into the twilight world of professional boxing. She befriends Tate, a boxing has-been, and his deaf protege Isaac, in order to strike back at Heath. But Isaac's disability and his once-in-a-lifetime talent present Daisy with harder choices and more dangerous opponents than she could ever have imagined.
This taut intelligent book is a thriller with a brain and a heart.
A Blow to the Heart by Marcel Theroux is a taut, intelligent thriller - a book with a brain and a heart.
About the Author
Marcel Theroux is a novelist and broadcaster. He recently fronted a channel 4 documentary about Climate. His second novel, THE PAPERCHASE, won the Somerset Maugham award.
Reviews
"'A compelling thriller... builds to an exhilarating climax.' The Times"
Book Information
ISBN 9780571229529
Author Marcel Theroux
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 180g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 126mm * 15mm