'An excellent read' RACHEL ABBOTT

'Like Nicci French, Kate Rhodes excels at character, pace and sense of place.' ERIN KELLY

'The pace never lets up in Kate Rhodes' latest thriller' TAMAR COHEN

'A riveting read' ALEX MARWOOD

Clare Riordan and her son Mikey are abducted from Clapham Common early one morning. Hours later, the boy is found wandering disorientated. Soon after, a pack of Clare's blood is left on a doorstep in the heart of the City of London.

Alice Quentin is brought in to help the traumatised child uncover his memories - which might lead them to his mother's captors. But she swiftly realises Clare is not the first victim... nor will she be the last.

The killers are driven by a desire for revenge... and in the end, it will all come down to blood.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

'I found myself reading long into the night - absolutely loved it!' 5*

'Such an imagination! I was captivated by the suspense in this story' 5*

'A fast paced story line with numerous possibilities as to the killers, keeps you guessing til the end' 5*

'I LOVE this series. I will make it my mission to get everyone to read it' 5*

'The story was so fresh and utterly different with characters and a plot that you really have deep feelings for' 5*

'Kate Rhodes just gets better and better' 5*

About the Author

Kate Rhodes was born in London. She has worked as a teacher and university lecturer, and now writes full-time.

Kate began her writing career as a poet, publishing two prizewinning collections. She has held a Hawthornden fellowship and been shortlisted for Forward and Bridport Prizes. She has written five novels in the Alice Quentin series, CROSSBONES YARD, A KILLING OF ANGELS, THE WINTER FOUNDLINGS, RIVER OF SOULS and BLOOD SYMMETRY, the first of which was selected by Val McDermid for the Harrogate Crime festival's New Blood panel championing new crime writers. In 2014 Kate Rhodes won the Ruth Rendell Short Story Award, sponsored by the charity InterAct.

Visit her website at http://katerhodes.org or follow her on Twitter @K_RhodesWriter.

Reviews
Excellent...based on a true, fascinating and shocking story * Literary Review *
An original and exciting story made all the more disturbing by the fact that the underlying premise is based on real events. An excellent read.
Excellent...based on a true, fascinating and shocking story * Literary Review *
Rhodes goes from strength to strength with this acute reminder of how bureaucratic neglect produced mass tragedy. A fast-paced, riveting read.
Rhodes goes from strength to strength with this acute reminder of how bureaucratic neglect produced mass tragedy. A fast-paced, riveting read.
An original and exciting story made all the more disturbing by the fact that the underlying premise is based on real events. An excellent read.
A pacy, finely crafted plot, and the central idea of tainted blood is fantastically well threaded into the story. More than anything, it is written with heart
The pace never lets up in Kate Rhodes' latest thriller - and neither does the blood! A fast and at times gruesome read made doubly compelling for having its basis in fact.
A pacy yet emotionally involving thriller, with an authentic and nuanced heroine in psychologist Alice Quentin: Kate Rhodes' latest is a terrific read.
The pace never lets up in Kate Rhodes' latest thriller - and neither does the blood! A fast and at times gruesome read made doubly compelling for having its basis in fact.
A pacy, finely crafted plot, and the central idea of tainted blood is fantastically well threaded into the story. More than anything, it is written with heart
Praise for Kate Rhodes * . *



Book Information
ISBN 9781444785630
Author Kate Rhodes
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Mulholland Books
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 245g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 21mm