Mo Hayder

After leaving school at fifteen, Mo Hayder worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, hostess in a Tokyo club, educational administrator and teacher of English as a foreign language in Asia. She has an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University, where she now teaches.

She is the author of Birdman, The Treatment, which won the 2001 WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award, and Tokyo, all published by Bantam Books.

In 2011 Mo Hayder was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger in the Library, awarded to an author for a body of work.

Maxim Jakubowski's view on DI JACK CAFFERY...

A London cop in self-exile in Bristol who is running from his past, now working in tandem with a local female police diver. Not for the faint-hearted, a series that explores the heart of darkness and chills to the bones. SKIN  is the 4th in the series.

Jack Caffery series:
1. Birdman (2000)
2. The Treatment (2001)
3. Ritual (2008)

4. Skin (2009)

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Hanging Hill Mo Hayder April 2011 Book of the Month. Longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2011. What if you found yourself divorced and penniless? With no skills and a teenage daughter to support? What if the only... Format: Hardback - Released: 14/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Skin Mo Hayder Longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2010. DI JACK CAFFERY - a London cop in self-exile in Bristol who is running from his past, now working in tandem with a local female police diver. Not for the... Format: Paperback - Released: 19/11/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Skin Mo Hayder DI JACK CAFFERY - a London cop in self-exile in Bristol who is running from his past, now working in tandem with a local female police diver. Not for the faint-hearted, a series that explores the heart of darkness and chills to the... Format: Hardback - Released: 26/03/2009 Lovereading Price: £11.24 - Saving £3.75 (25%)

Ritual Mo Hayder A terrific author, not for the squeamish, with the start of a Bristol-based series ‘Walking Man’ starring DI Jack Caffery and a police diver Sergeant Flea Marley. The title gives you a clue as to the nastiness of this thriller,... Format: Paperback - Released: 20/11/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Birdman Mo Hayder Greenwich, south-east London Detective Inspector Jack Caffery - young, driven, unshockable - is called to one of the most gruesome crime scenes he has ever seen. Five young women have been ritualistically murdered and dumped on wasteland near the Dome.... Format: Paperback - Released: 08/11/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Tokyo Mo Hayder Researching atrocities in Japan can be tricky but when a sinister gangster takes a shine to you and his secret is your obsession, life can become very dangerous indeed. This is stunning, her best yet, terrific stuff Format: Paperback - Released: 01/02/2005 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)