When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins.

'Grips like a vice' - Val McDermid
'Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced' - Daily Mail

Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age.

Their ten year-old daughter - nicknamed the Angel of Death - spent eight years in a children's secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own.

Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence.

Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story.

For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night - with devastating consequences for them all.

'I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended' - Louise Candlish

'Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate . . . a chilling look at the consequences of a childhood gone wrong' - JP Delaney

'Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller' - Clare Mackintosh

'Pacy, dark and surprises to the bitter end. Loved it' - Fiona Barton

An unimaginable crime has devastating consequences twenty-one years on, in this thrilling novel by rising star of crime fiction Fiona Cummins.

About the Author
Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former Daily Mirror showbusiness journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. She lives in Essex with her family. When I Was Ten is her fourth novel, following Rattle, The Collector and The Neighbour.

Reviews
Fiona Cummins evokes the dark arts of journalism and politics with an insider's relish in this rich, intricately woven novel of childhood crime and adult redemption. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended -- Louise Candlish

A chilling and compelling tale of lost childhoods, guilt and redemption

* Sunday Express *
Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced * Daily Mail *
Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller -- Clare Mackintosh
The Neighbour is masterfully written and intricately plotted to keep the reader captivated until a hugely enjoyable finale -- Jon Coates * Daily Express *
A crime novel of the very first order -- David Baldacci on The Collector
Creepy as hell and kept me guessing to the very end -- Ian Rankin on The Neighbour
This thriller explores typically dark territory for this author, who has a gift for tapping a rich seam of evil that underpins the surface of the every day. Superbly sinister -- Sunday Mirror on The Neighbour
It's rare that a debut has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition -- Val McDermid on Rattle
She is the master of depicting the way the most terrifyingly grotesque and evil psychopaths inveigle their way into the lives of ordinary people . . . When writing from the perspective of ordinary people caught up in horrific events, Fiona Cummins is unbeatable -- Jake Kerridge on The Neighbour * Sunday Express *
Trust me - Cummins is a keeper -- Lee Child on The Collector



Book Information
ISBN 9781509876983
Author Fiona Cummins
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 286g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 28mm