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As John Niven this clever man writes gritty social satire (Kill Your Friends, The Amateurs), add the J and he has turned himself into a lethal crime author. This is a cold, bleak, mid-winter, Canadian-based thriller. Married into money, our now wealthy Scot-immigrant husband Donnie has left his sordid gangland life behind and is now a decent chap. We get his brutal early life interspersed in the vernacular which contrasts well. Now his past has caught up with him and the novel turns into a blood bath. Beware the faint-hearted.
If you like John Niven you might also like to read books by Will Wiles, Tom Rachman and Irvine Welsh.
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Synopsis
Cold Hands by John Niven
The writer of the bestselling Kill Your Friends has turned to crime, and his debut is a gut-wrenching, heart-breaking thriller that will take your breath away. Donnie Miller counts himself lucky. After a troubled and impoverished upbringing in Scotland, he now has all he wants: a caring wife, a bright and happy son, a beautiful house in remote wilderness of central Canada. As the brutal northern winter begins to bite, he can sit back and enjoy life. But there are noises in the nearby woods, signs of some mysterious watcher. When the family dog disappears, Donnie makes a horrifying discovery. Is it wolves, as the police suspect, or something far more dangerous, far darker? What secrets has Donnie been keeping? And why does he have the terrible sense that his dream was never going to last?
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Reviews
'Brilliantly written, Cold Hands is that rarest of things - a gripping thriller with real depth. An intense, exhilarating adrenaline rush, I found myself staying up all night to finish it in one sitting. Wonderful.' -- S. J. Watson, author of 'Before I Go to Sleep
'I finished it a sprint, almost shaking. Ridiculously, disturbingly compelling' - Observer
'This thriller announces the arrival of a tremendous new talent...It drives the breath from your body with its pace, suspense and enveloping horror...Terrifying and mysterious. Superbly told and achingly sad, this book grabs your heart strings and threatens to tear them out.' Daily Mail
'Perhaps the most cleverly constructed and incendiary thriller I've ever read. The great books in this genre take you on an emotional roller-coaster, but the best, like this one, also have you trampling through a moral minefield.' -- Irvine Welsh
'Almost unbearable tension.A thriller that delivers on every level' Big Issue
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Book Info
Publication date
15th July 2014Author
John NivenMore books by John Niven
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Publisher
Windmill Books an imprint of CornerstoneFormat
Paperback336 pages
Categories
Thriller / SuspenseeBook Favourites
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)ISBN
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