A Maxim Jakubowski selected title.
Shortlisted for the CWA John Creasey Dagger 2013.
Nic Caruna is a hired killer and inhabits a bleak, dark city that runs like a seam beneath ordinary London. When he is hired to rescue an armdealer's daughter by all means, he falls into the mistake of giving in to his attraction to her damaged but beautiful mother, a woman with her own twisted agenda. Fast, uncompromising and violent and with shades of the classic GET CARTER, this dark and atmospheric debut from a precociously young British author packs a mean punch and heralds a major new talent.
CWA Judges' comment: “Fast, uncompromising and violent, Jameson’s debut evokes classic thrillers such as Get Carter. Dark and atmospheric with a bedrock of powerful and memorable characters. This is London noir with a subtle punch.”
The Lovereading view...
Taut, spare, and brilliantly plotted, Something You Are is the first in a series of menacing urban crime novels from a young female writer of exceptional talent.
The debut thriller from the bestselling author of The Last. He's paid to kill. Not paid to think. Nic Caruana never wanted to be a killer. But life took a few wrong turns, and now he works as a hitman for a violent arms dealer. His boss's teenage daughter has been kidnapped, and it's Nic's job to find her - using any weapon he needs to get to the truth. Nic's hunt for the girl will take him to the darkest corners of London's criminal underworld. And it will draw him close to the girl's mother, Clare: a beautiful but dangerous woman who is prepared to do anything to get her child back. Taut, spare, and brilliantly plotted, this gripping thriller asks of its characters: is evil something you do? Or something you are? REVIEWS FOR HANNA JAMESON'S LONDON TRILOGY: 'Jameson's taut and spare narrative complements a gripping plot with unmistakable undertones of the legends of this genre, Chandler, Ellroy, Rankin' Red. 'Jameson writes like an angel on speed. Ellroy and sometimes Rankin walk you to the dark side brilliantly. Something You Are is no less gripping, shocking and relentless' Q Magazine. 'Jameson writes in turbo-charged shorthand, her fierce, sparse prose sparking off the page. She's able to evoke a whole scene with a single detail, and she's got a gift for getting under the skin of her characters' The Book Bag. 'Caustic and energetic... Echoes of James Ellroy... Those Crazy Freeways is a literary road movie smelling of hot American tarmac and cheap motels' Guardian.
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The debut thriller from the bestselling author of The Last. He's paid to kill.
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Something You Are was written by Hanna Jameson and published by Head of Zeus an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
Something You Are has 343 pages
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