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Blood Harvest

Blood Harvest

a bone-chilling, twisty thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton

Summary

Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will devour this menacingly dark and disturbing thriller with an unnatural twist from bestselling author Sharon Bolton. Guaranteed to entrance and get right under the skin...

'Spine-tingling suspense!' -- LISA GARDNER
'A killer twist' -- Financial Times
'Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story' --
Guardian
'Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime' -- Independent
'Brilliant and captivating' -- ***** Reader review
'Addictive...you can't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review
'A galloping tale of mystery and tension' -- ***** Reader review
'Amazing book, had me on the edge of my seat' -- ***** Reader review

*****
SHE'S BEEN WATCHING US FOR SOME TIME NOW...

Sometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace . . .

Psychologist Evi has taken on a new patient: a grieving mother who lost her daughter in a fire two years ago - but who is convinced her little girl is still alive.

Meanwhile, the new vicar in town is not feeling welcome. Disturbing events seem designed to scare him away.

And all the while, a young boy keeps seeing a solitary girl playing among the graves in the churchyard.

But who is she, and what is she trying to tell him?

Reviews

  • Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story
    Guardian

About the author

Sharon Bolton

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the critically acclaimed author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work.

Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son.
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