Dead Woman Walking

a pacy, gritty and gripping thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton

Dead Woman Walking is the latest gripping standalone thriller from Sharon Bolton, the bestselling author of Daisy in Chains, Little Black Lies and the Lacey Flint series.

In this compelling and utterly addictive thriller, bestselling author Sharon Bolton gives us a fascinating look at the extreme lengths people will go to in desperation, whatever their situation. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter, it's a dark and decidedly spine-tingling thriller that will get right under the skin... 
 
'Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters' -- Peter James 
'For once, the description "impossible to put down" is full merited, for this is an absolute page-turner' -- Daily Mail 
'It grips from the start . . . The plot merges skilfully, with many splendid twists along the way' -- The Times 
'Bolton establishes a forbidding atmosphere . . . A slippery, devious narrative in which things are not always what they seem' -- Crime Scene 
'Just wow! The best psychological thriller I have read in a long time!' -- ***** Reader review 
'I couldn't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Entertaining and a real page turner' -- ***** Reader review 
'THIS BOOK IS THE BEST BOOK I have EVER read...a MASTERPIECE' -- ***** Reader review 
'Essential reading right here' -- ***** Reader review 
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SHE'S SEEN THE KILLER'S FACE. BUT HE'S ALSO SEEN HERS... 
 
Just before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, thirteen passengers on a hot-air balloon flight witness a brutal murder. Within the next hour, all but one of them will be dead. 
 
Alone, scared and trusting no-one, she flees for her life, running to the one place she feels safe. 
 
But the killer won't rest until he's eliminated the last witness to his crime . . .

Bolton never lets the tension drop. Indeed it is her ability to convey creeping dread that marks out her exceptional talent as a story-teller... For once, the description 'impossible to put down' is fully merited, for this is an absolute page-turner.

Bolton establishes a forbidding atmosphere . . . A slippery, devious narrative in which things are not always what they seem.

Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters

With Dead Woman Walking Sharon Bolton exceeds her own high standards of excellence. It grips from the start... The plots merge skilfully, with many splendid twists along the way.

Dead Woman Walking once again signals what has made the novels of Sharon Bolton so successful: her clever amalgamation of two genres - the crepuscular, uncanny mystery . . . and the more traditional crime/thriller narrative.

A real race-through read. Bolton's writing is pacy, and features a brilliant twist I wish I'd written.

It's an absolute barnstormer! A blisteringly brilliant read.

A take on the chase genre that is decidedly original . . . bursting at the seams with narrative, setting and complexity of character.

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the critically acclaimed author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work. 
 
Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son.

Daisy in Chains

the seductive, twisty, exhilarating thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton

Just what is it that attracts some women to the most evil of men? 
 
Daisy in Chains is the seductive, twisty, exhilarating new thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton.

Just what is it that attracts some women to the most evil of men? This spine-tingling, compelling and chilling thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton poses that question. Jam packed with twists, turns, gore and grit, it will not let you go from beginning to end. Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will not be disappointed. 
 
'Utterly suspenseful. A terrific, twisted read.' -- Paula Daly 
'A fresh take on 'did-he-didn't-he', this spine-chilling thriller has a great twist' -- Sunday Mirror 
'Gripping on every page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Cleverly constructed, it draws you in and then the stunning twist literally leaves you reeling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absorbing, tantalising and twisty...' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WOULD YOU FALL FOR A SERIAL KILLER? THREE OF HIS VICTIMS DID... 
 
Famous killers have fan clubs. 
 
Hamish Wolfe is charming, magnetic and very persuasive. Famed for his good looks, he receives adoring letters every day from his countless admirers. He's also a convicted murderer, facing life in prison. 
 
Who would join such a club? 
 
Maggie Rosie is a successful lawyer and true-crime author. Reclusive and enigmatic, she only takes on cases she can win. Hamish is convinced that Maggie can change his fate. Maggie is determined not to get involved. She thinks she's immune to the charms of such a man. But maybe not this time... 
 
Would you?

Utterly suspenseful. A terrific, twisted read.

Daisy in Chains is a delicious puzzle of a book - kept me guessing right up to the very end, then pulled a surprise I never saw coming. This summer's must-read crime thriller.

A fresh take on did-he-didn’t-he, this spine-chilling thriller has a great twist

A gripping read that twists and turns until the final killer twist.

DAISY IN CHAINS is a book you'll want to read in one sitting.

Displaying an ingenuity and penchant for teasing and foxing the reader reminiscent of Agatha Christie, this is a beguilingly bizarre mixture of suspense tale and whodunnit.

Sharon Bolton is the critically acclaimed author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work. 
 
Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son. 
 
For more information about the author and her books, visit www.sharonbolton.com. You can also join her at www.facebook.com/SJBoltonCrime or on Twitter @authorsjbolton

Just what is it that attracts some women to the most evil of men? This spine-tingling, compelling and chilling thriller from bestselling author Sharon Bolton poses that question. Jam packed with twists, turns, gore and grit, it will not let you go from beginning to end. Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will not be disappointed. 
 
'Utterly suspenseful. A terrific, twisted read.' -- Paula Daly 
'A fresh take on 'did-he-didn't-he', this spine-chilling thriller has a great twist' -- Sunday Mirror 
'Gripping on every page' -- ***** Reader review 
'Cleverly constructed, it draws you in and then the stunning twist literally leaves you reeling' -- ***** Reader review 
'Superb read' -- ***** Reader review 
'Absorbing, tantalising and twisty...' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WOULD YOU FALL FOR A SERIAL KILLER? THREE OF HIS VICTIMS DID... 
 
Famous killers have fan clubs. 
 
Hamish Wolfe is charming, magnetic and very persuasive. Famed for his good looks, he receives adoring letters every day from his countless admirers. He's also a convicted murderer, facing life in prison. 
 
Who would join such a club? 
 
Maggie Rosie is a successful lawyer and true-crime author. Reclusive and enigmatic, she only takes on cases she can win. Hamish is convinced that Maggie can change his fate. Maggie is determined not to get involved. She thinks she's immune to the charms of such a man. But maybe not this time... 
 
Would you?

A Short Story

Here Be Dragons

A Lacey Flint short story: perfect for fans of Peter James and Val McDermid.

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the critically acclaimed author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work. 
 
Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son.

‘Sharon Bolton is changing the face of crime fiction’ TESS GERRITSEN 
 
There must be a thousand people in the vicinity of Westminster Bridge on this beautiful evening . . . in approximately thirty minutes’ time, many of them will be dead. 
 
Mark Joesbury, of Scotland Yard’s Covert Operations Unit, is undercover. Embroiled in a terrorist gang’s plans for a deadly attack at the heart of the capital, he’s risking everything to stop them. But as they prepare to target London’s most iconic landmarks, it’s no longer just countless strangers he’s fighting to save. Because they’ve also got the woman he loves, DC Lacey Flint…

a tense and twisty psychological thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton

Little Black Lies

'A dark and haunting thriller. It creeps under your skin and doesn't let you go' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train 
 
The twisty new stand-alone psychological thriller from this bestselling author

An utterly addictive and unputdownable thriller that will mesmerize and entrance ... and tug at your heart strings. Bestselling author Sharon Bolton has conjured up a read that is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter. 
 
'A dark and haunting thriller. It creeps under your skin and doesn't let you go' -- PAULA HAWKINS, author of The Girl on the Train 
'Bolton's haunting storylines, vivid characters, and just plain great writing put her in the top tier of psychological thriller writers' - LINWOOD BARCLAY 
'Claws at your heart. An ever-creeping sense of dread rises from every page' -- Daily Mail 
'Absolutely brilliant' -- ***** Reader review 
'A must-read book!' -- ***** Reader review 
'Held me start to finish and very hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 
'Thoroughly absorbing' -- ***** Reader review 
'MIND BLOWING' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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WE WERE INSEPARABLE. UNTIL THE DAY SHE KILLED MY SONS... 
 
What's the worst thing your best friend could do to you? 
 
Admittedly, it wasn't murder. A moment's carelessness, a tragic accident - and your two children are dead. 
 
Living in a small island community, you can't escape the woman who destroyed your life. Each chance encounter is an agonizing reminder of what you've lost - your family, your future, your sanity. 
 
How long before revenge becomes irresistible? 
 
With no reason to go on living, why shouldn't you turn your darkest thoughts into deeds? 
 
So now, what's the worst thing you can do to your best friend?

Creeps under your skin and doesn't let you go

PAULA HAWKINS, No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

Bolton's haunting storylines, vivid characters, and just plain great writing put her in the top tier of psychological thriller writers

Addictive... leaves you guessing until the last line.  This tear-jerker novel is one of the year's must reads

Claws at your heart. An ever creeping sense of dread rises from every page

A well-crafted cat’s cradle of lies and betrayals, but what makes this book special is Bolton’s vivid depiction of the place itself, whether it be the wildlife or the claustrophobic nature of human existence on a small island.

Achingly suspenseful . . . Bolton is a whizz at big finishes. Here her final chapters are like holiday fireworks going off, each kapow meant to be more spectacular than the last one

Her sharpest skills are in play . . . Crafty plotting

I loved it! I stayed up entirely too late and completely ignored my family. It is the perfect thriller. A riveting portrait of small town secrets and big time betrayals.  Friends, lovers, neighbours, everyone has something to hide . . .

Faultless, brilliant . . . The tension racks up from page one and simply doesn't let up. This is absolutely superb!

Sharon Bolton is a very talented writer and it is always thrilling to see a new novel from her on the shelves

The kind of pounding suspense that will keep you reading long into the night

Tensions build to a stunning denouement, with a shocker down to the very last page

Sharon Bolton is the author of the bestselling Lacey Flint series. Little Black Lies is her first stand-alone thriller since Blood Harvest, which was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for ‘Crime Novel of the Year’. Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and son. 
 
www.sharonbolton.com

(Lacey Flint: 4): Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton exposes a darker side to London in this shocking thriller

A Dark and Twisted Tide

Lacey Flint has never worked a murder case - until a savage murder, 120 years to the day since Jack the Ripper claimed his first victim, crosses her desk. 
This case sets the precedent that Lacey Flint is never far from danger, or the River Thames, but she will stop at nothing to find the answers.

The twisty, chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Like This, For Ever.

Stiletto sharp writing. Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters

Bolton’s latest gripper . . . She seems unable to write a sentence that isn’t suffused with menace

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the author of six critically acclaimed novels. This is her seventh novel and features the popular DC Lacey Flint and DI Mark Joesbury. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Dagger in the Library. 
 
Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son. For more information about her books, visit www.sharonbolton.com. You can also join her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SJBoltonCrime

‘Bolton is a gripping storyteller, with fine, haunted characters’ 
PETER JAMES 
 
Police sergeant Lacey Flint thinks she’s safe. 
 
She thinks her new job with the river police, and her new life on a house boat, will keep her away from danger. But she’s wrong. 
 
When Lacey discovers a body in the water, and sinister offerings appear in her home, she fears someone is trying to expose her darkest secret. 
 
And the river is the last place she should be.

(Lacey Flint: 3): the chilling psychological thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton

Like This, For Ever

A chilling thriller readers are obsessed with (Lacey Flint, Book 3)

The twisty, addictive, bestselling thriller from a writer who loves nothing more than to play with your mind . . .

Bolton rules the world of psychological thrillers

Nail-biting, spine-tingling, up-till-4a.m.-because-you-need-to-know-how-it-finishes tension!

Close-to-the-bone red herrings skillfully strewn across the detectives’  paths, convincing cop-shop procedure, and perceptively drawn secondary  characters help push this contemporary crime novel ahead of the pack . .  . Bolton looks deep into the lost-soul madness of a killer and makes  her vision all too horribly real.

Bolton sets aside the gothic-tinged atmosphere of her early novels in  favor of a more visceral sensibility, exerting immediate and continuing  pull by stepping in and out of an unnamed killer’s mind . . . a  nail-biting thriller

An all-round hit; scary, twisty and intense

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the author of six critically acclaimed novels. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year, the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the CWA Dagger in the Library. 
 
Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son. 
 
For more information about the author and her books, or to check out her addictive blog, visit www.sharonbolton.com. You can also join her on at www.facebook.com/SJBoltonCrime.

'Nail-biting!' TESS GERRITSEN 
 
'Spine-tingling!' LISA GARDNER 
 
Twelve-year-old Barney Roberts is obsessed with a series of murders. 
 
He knows the victims are all boys, just like him. 
He knows the bodies were found on river banks. 
And he’s sure the killer will strike again soon. 
 
But there’s something else, a secret he’d rather not know, a secret he is too scared to share . . . 
And who would believe a twelve-year-old boy anyway? 
 
*LIKE THIS, FOR EVER is published as LOST in the US*

Sharon Bolton

Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story

Bolton has already made a considerable name for herself with her well-crafted, original and spooky crime thrillers

Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime

Blood Harvest is the book I wish I could have written. Heart-stopping, bone-chilling, and deliciously written. S.J. Bolton is a thriller star

Bolton excels... a mystery that twines its way to the secretive, rotten heart of the village

If you prefer your thrillers to be gripping not grisly, Bolton is a name to remember . . . spine-tingling tale

Bolton expertly balances the gothic supernatural elements with a crackling psychological plot, leaving readers breathless until the last page

Part Wicker Man, part League of Gentlemen... Moody and creepy, with a killer twist

Spine-tingling suspense! S.J. Bolton ups the chills and thrills factor with her compelling blend of ghostly possibilities layered upon very real world crimes

S J Bolton's frission-generating Blood Harvest is a satisfyingly atmospheric 500-plus pages; a clever synthesis of two sure-fire strategies: the slow burning mystery...and the dark psychological crime narrative.

a bone-chilling, twisty thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton

Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will devour this menacingly dark and disturbing thriller with an unnatural twist from bestselling author Sharon Bolton. Guaranteed to entrance and get right under the skin... 
 
'Spine-tingling suspense!' -- LISA GARDNER 
'A killer twist' -- Financial Times 
'Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story' -- 
Guardian 
'Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime' -- Independent 
'Brilliant and captivating' -- ***** Reader review 
'Addictive...you can't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review 
'A galloping tale of mystery and tension' -- ***** Reader review 
'Amazing book, had me on the edge of my seat' -- ***** Reader review 
 
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SHE'S BEEN WATCHING US FOR SOME TIME NOW... 
 
Sometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace . . . 
 
 Psychologist Evi has taken on a new patient: a grieving mother who lost her daughter in a fire two years ago - but who is convinced her little girl is still alive. 
 
 Meanwhile, the new vicar in town is not feeling welcome. Disturbing events seem designed to scare him away. 
 
 And all the while, a young boy keeps seeing a solitary girl playing among the graves in the churchyard. 
 
 But who is she, and what is she trying to tell him?

Sharon Bolton

Praise for Blood Harvest

Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story

Bolton has already made a considerable name for herself with her well-crafted, original and spooky crime thrillers

Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime

Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story

Bolton has already made a considerable name for herself with her well-crafted, original and spooky crime thrillers

Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime

Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story

Bolton has already made a considerable name for herself with her well-crafted, original and spooky crime thrillers

Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime

Books by Sharon Bolton

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