"Magnanti's writing is lively and entertaining. When her victims are laid out on that slab, her unspeakably detailed descriptions are good enough to put the wind up Patricia Cornwell." TIMES
"This is a clever, satirical thriller." DAILY EXPRESS
"Like the best crime novels, it uses genre to talk about wider political issues." THE NATIONAL
"Magnanti is a good storyteller ... confident, shrewd and often enjoyably satirical." THE GUARDIAN
A body on the beach.
A marriage on the rocks.
A woman with nothing to lose.
Erykah Macdonald has a life that looks perfect on paper. On her 20th wedding anniversary, she's about to leave it all behind when her husband tells her something that changes her mind: they have become millionaires overnight. But she soon learns the surprising news comes with strings attached – and that she may have stumbled on a coverup that goes all the way from the Scottish Highlands to he seat of government in London. The deeper she goes, the more she is in danger - and this conspiracy has a body count.
This first exciting thriller in the Cameron Bridge series by Brooke Magnanti draws on her deep expertise as a doctor of forensic science, plus her unique knowledge about what it's like to be at the centre of a notorious media storm and the dangerous consequences of becoming famous overnight.
Genre: Mystery
"This is a clever, satirical thriller." DAILY EXPRESS
"Like the best crime novels, it uses genre to talk about wider political issues." THE NATIONAL
"Magnanti is a good storyteller ... confident, shrewd and often enjoyably satirical." THE GUARDIAN
A body on the beach.
A marriage on the rocks.
A woman with nothing to lose.
Erykah Macdonald has a life that looks perfect on paper. On her 20th wedding anniversary, she's about to leave it all behind when her husband tells her something that changes her mind: they have become millionaires overnight. But she soon learns the surprising news comes with strings attached – and that she may have stumbled on a coverup that goes all the way from the Scottish Highlands to he seat of government in London. The deeper she goes, the more she is in danger - and this conspiracy has a body count.
This first exciting thriller in the Cameron Bridge series by Brooke Magnanti draws on her deep expertise as a doctor of forensic science, plus her unique knowledge about what it's like to be at the centre of a notorious media storm and the dangerous consequences of becoming famous overnight.
Genre: Mystery
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