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Sophie’s latest psychological thriller

‘[Hannah] confirms in this, her eighth novel, her fluent writing skills, taste for complicated layers and deft hand with character, not to mention a knack for producing compelling openings….[The Carrier] is the kind of puzzle Agatha Christie might have created. Delicate, with ever-increasing dread, it is a mature work – full of confidence and intrigue.’ Daily Mail

‘A labyrinth of a psychological thriller…Hannah is masterly at leading the reader down the wrong path and here she excels once again.’ Sunday Express

‘Another gripping triumph’ heat magazine

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Are all novels political?

There was a piece in the Guardian yesterday – http://gu.com/p/3g6vt/tw - asking if all novels were political.  The author concludes that yes, they pretty much are.  The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie makes the political point that murder is wrong, he argues, and is therefore as political as 1984 or Animal Farm.  When I read the article, I had just finished writing a chapter of my latest work-in-progress, The Telling Error, which includes this exchange between my regular lead detective, DC Simon Waterhouse and….someone else in the novel (I’m not telling you who, because I’m addicted to secrecy and cliffhangers!): …

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