Actor Richard Corrington is a rich, handsome and a household name -but is he sane? Journalist Joyce Carter is murdered in her Devon cottage, a few miles from Richard's country home and forensics implicate Richard in the killing. Also among the suspects are Joyce's jealous, druggy toyboy lover and Richard's own wife, the beautiful, icy Amanda, who suspects her husband of having an affair with Joyce. Devon policeman Todd Mallett believes that Joyce's murder is part of something much more sinister and complex than a crime passionel. There have been other deaths - the senseless killing of a young woman on a glorious Cornish beach, another in a grim London subway. . . And somewhere on the Exmoor hills a hawk hovers, mercilessly stalking its prey, ready to kill again. . . .

*CRUELTY OF MORNING was an extremely successful paperback original for Mandarin. *'Welcome to a sharp new talent in sexy crime writing... an ideal sizzler for beach reading' DAILY EXPRESS. *'A stormy, steamy thriller that keeps you turning the pages from minute one' DAILY STAR. *'I was caught on page one by this mesmerising thriller and raced through it ina single sitting... a dark, erotic thriller, Robert Goddard with sex' Sarah Broadhurst. 'A great murder mystery' DAILY MAIL.

About the Author
Hilary Bonner is a former showbusiness editor of the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mirror. She now lives in Somerset and continues to work as a freelance journalist, covering film, television and theatre. She is the author of three previous novels, The Cruelty of Morning, A Fancy to Kill For and A Passion So Deadly.

Reviews
Welcome to a sharp new talent in sexy crime writing. . . an ideal sizzler for beach reading * Daily Express *
A stormy, steamy thriller that keeps you turning the pages from minute one * Daily Star *
I was caught on page one by this mesmerising thriller and raced through it in a single sitting. . . a dark, erotic thriller, Robert Goddard with sex -- Sarah Broadhurst
A great murder mystery * Daily Mail *



Book Information
ISBN 9780749319731
Author Hilary Bonner
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Cedar Books
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Weight(grams) 213g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 24mm