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The Point of Rescue

Paperback August 2008.

Sophie's third psychological thriller

Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she never thought she'd hear again: Mark Bretherick.

It's a name she ought not to recognise. Last year, a work trip Sally had planned was cancelled at the last minute. Desperate for a break from her busy life juggling her job and a young family, Sally didn't tell her husband that the trip had fallen through. Instead, she treated herself to a secret holiday in a remote hotel. All she wanted was a bit of peace - some time to herself - but it didn't work out that way. Because Sally met a man - Mark Bretherick.

All the details are the same: where he lives, his job, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy. Except that the photograph on the news is of a man Sally has never seen before. And Geraldine and Lucy Bretherick are both dead...

Like Little Face and Hurting Distance, this novel features Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer

‘Sophie Hannah just gets better and better. Her plots are brilliantly cunning and entirely unpredictable.' The Guardian

‘Sophie Hannah's ingenious, almost surreal mysteries are so intricately constructed that it's impossible to guess how they will end. The Point of Rescue is a compelling and disquieting story, told with the author's usual panache.’ Daily Telegraph

‘The fresh and the original have been Hannah’s hallmark since her debut Little Face. This third book [The Point of Rescue] is her most accomplished yet….As the revelations tumble forth, the tension is screwed ever tighter until the final shocking outcome…Exemplary.’ Daily Express

The Other Half Lives

Sophie's fourth psychological crime novel

Hardback February 2009, Paperback August 2009

Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and her punishment nearly destroyed her. Now Ruth is rebuilding her life, and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves: Aidan Seed. Aidan is also troubled by a past he can't bear to talk about, until one day he decides he must confide in Ruth. He tells her that years ago he killed someone: a woman called Mary Trelease.

Ruth is confused. She's certain she's heard the name Mary Trelease before, and when she realises why it sounds familiar, her fear and confusion deepen - because the Mary Trelease that Ruth knows is very much alive…

This novel features DC Simon Waterhouse and DS Charlie Zailer

Read the beginning of 'The Other Half Lives'

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