9781914585708 - halfway house: the nerve-shatteringly tense, searingly funny new thriller from the author of netflix hit, the cry von fitzgerald, helen (29 Ergebnisse)
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Paperback. Zustand: New. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage . and that's just the beginning. The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event . magnificent' Mark Bi…llingham 'Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form' Doug Johnstone '[Lou] is irresistible and very funny . The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing' Literary Review _______ They're the housemates from Hell. When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find . working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou. And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman. __________________________ 'Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny . an amazingly talented writer' Michael Wood 'A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny' Chris Whitaker 'Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying' Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this' Sun.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage . and that's just the beginning. The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event . magnificent' Mark Bi…llingham 'Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form' Doug Johnstone '[Lou] is irresistible and very funny . The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing' Literary Review _______ They're the housemates from Hell. When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find . working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou. And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman. __________________________ 'Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny . an amazingly talented writer' Michael Wood 'A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny' Chris Whitaker 'Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying' Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this' Sun.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and that's just the beginning The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent' Mar…k Billingham Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form Doug Johnstone [Lou] is irresistible and very funny The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing Literary Review _______ Theyre the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou ODowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman __________________________ Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny an amazingly talented writer Michael Wood A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny Chris Whitaker Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this Sun On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. With dark humour and keen psychological insight, Helen Fitzgerald's gripping and unsettling tale follows 'walking ethical dilemma' Lou O'Dowd as she moves from Melbourne to Edinburgh to work at a home for some of the city's most dangerous offenders.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and that's just the beginning The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent' Mar…k Billingham Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form Doug Johnstone [Lou] is irresistible and very funny The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing Literary Review _______ Theyre the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou ODowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman __________________________ Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny an amazingly talented writer Michael Wood A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny Chris Whitaker Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this Sun On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage . and that's just the beginning. The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event . magnificent' Mark Bi…llingham 'Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form' Doug Johnstone '[Lou] is irresistible and very funny . The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing' Literary Review _______ They're the housemates from Hell. When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find . working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou. And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman. __________________________ 'Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny . an amazingly talented writer' Michael Wood 'A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny' Chris Whitaker 'Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying' Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this' Sun.
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Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Über den AutorHelen Fitzgerald is an author and lecturer certified in thanatology by the Association for Death Education and Counseling. For twenty-three years she was the coordinator of the Grief Program for Mental Health Services .
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Paperback. Zustand: New. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage . and that's just the beginning. The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event . magnificent' Mark Bi…llingham 'Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form' Doug Johnstone '[Lou] is irresistible and very funny . The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing' Literary Review _______ They're the housemates from Hell. When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O'Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find . working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou. And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman. __________________________ 'Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny . an amazingly talented writer' Michael Wood 'A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny' Chris Whitaker 'Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying' Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this' Sun.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Halfway House | The nerve-shatteringly tense, searingly funny new thriller from the author of Netflix hit, THE CRY | Helen Fitzgerald | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2024 | Orenda Books | EAN 9781914585708 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad He…rsfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and that's just the beginning The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event magnificent' Mar…k Billingham Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form Doug Johnstone [Lou] is irresistible and very funny The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing Literary Review _______ Theyre the housemates from Hell When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou ODowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything including her life. Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman __________________________ Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny an amazingly talented writer Michael Wood A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' B M Carroll Praise for Helen FitzGerald **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny Chris Whitaker Dark, dark, deliciously dark' Amanda Jennings 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' Miranda Dickinson 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin 'Sublime' Guardian 'A dark, comic masterpiece' Mark Edwards 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying Erin Kelly 'Tantalisingly powerful' The Times 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' Daily Telegraph 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this Sun On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage and turns to the residents for help. A twisty, shockingly dark thriller. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
