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The gripping psychological thriller and Sunday Times bestseller

A Gift for Dying

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Down to the Woods

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Love Me Not

Running Blind

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Hide and Seek

No Way Back

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Little Boy Blue

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Liar Liar

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Pop Goes the Weasel

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Eeny Meeny

The Doll's House

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DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone

M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace

Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless.  Arlidge's fledgling army of fans is about to grow

Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace.  Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs.  Mesmerizing!

Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell.  And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet

Dark, twisted, thought provoking, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Take a ride on this roller coaster from hell--white knuckles guaranteed.

Tami Hoag, number one New York Times bestselling author

What a great premise!...EENY MEENY is a fresh and brilliant departure from the stock serial killer tale. And Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years

Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Skin Collector and Solitude Creek

The third instalment in the DI Grace series is as fast-paced and nail-bitingly tense as the first two.  Taut and gripping, book four cannot come soon enough

A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller

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A young woman wakes in a cold, dark cellar, with no idea how she got there or who kidnapped her. So begins her terrible nightmare. 
 
The body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach. But the dead girl was never reported missing - her estranged family having received regular texts from her over the years. 
 
For DI Helen Grace it's chilling evidence that she's chasing a twisted monster who is clever and resourceful - a predator who's killed before. 
 
As Helen struggles to understand the killer's motivation, she relaises she's in a desperate race against time...

The twisting and terrifying Sunday Times bestseller thriller from the rip-roaring Detective Inspector Helen Grace series 
 
 'Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER 
 
 'Fast-paced and nail-bitingly tense . . . Taut and gripping' SUN 
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 A young woman wakes up in a cold, dark cellar, with no idea how she got there or who her kidnapper is. So begins her terrible nightmare . . . 
 
 Nearby, the body of another young woman is discovered buried on a remote beach. 
 
But the dead girl was never reported missing - her estranged family having received regular texts from her over the years. 
 
Someone has been keeping her alive from beyond the grave. 
 
 For DI Helen Grace, it's chilling evidence that she's searching for a monster not only twisted and clever - but a predator who's killed before. 
 
 Now, as she struggles to understand the killer's motivation, she begins a desperate race against time . . . 
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 PRAISE FOR M.J. ARLIDGE: 
 
 'Page-turningly chilling' The Times 
 
 'DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine . . . M.J. Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone' Daily Mail 
 
 'M.J. Arlidge is the new Jo Nesbo' Judy Finnigan 
 
 'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' Sun 
 
 'Chilling stuff' Fabulist 
 
 'A chilling read' My Weekly 
 
 'A grisly, gripping thriller' Sunday Mirror 
 
 'Dark, twisted, thought provoking, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Take a ride on this roller coaster from hell - white knuckles guaranteed' Tami Hoag 
 
 'DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell' Will Lavender 
 
 'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller' Huffington Post

M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last fifteen years, specializing in high-end drama production, including the prime-time crime serials Torn, The Little House and Silent Witness. Arlidge also pilots original crime series for both UK and US networks. In 2015 his audio exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a Number One bestseller. 
 
His first thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek, Love Me Not, and Down to the Woods.

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This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo

Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent

DI Helen Grace is a genuinely fresh heroine ... Arlidge weaves together a tapestry that chills to the bone

M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace

Chilling stuff

A chilling read

A grisly, gripping thriller

Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless. Arlidge's fledgling army of fans is about to grow

Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!

Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet

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