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Karen Dionne
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NZ$ 29.99
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Paperback
h198 x 126mm - 400pg
30 Jun 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780751581751
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'I was born two years into my mother's captivity. She was three weeks shy of seventeen. If I had known then what I do now, things would have been a lot different. I wouldn't have adored my father.' When notorious child abductor - known as The Marsh King - escapes from a maximum security prison, Helena immediately suspects that she and her two young daughters are in danger. No one, not even her husband, knows the truth about Helena's past: they don't know that she was born into captivity, that she had no contact with the outside world before the age of twelve - or that her father raised her to be a killer. And they don't know that The Marsh King can survive and hunt in the wilderness better than anyone...except, perhaps his own daughter. Packed with gripping suspense and powerful storytelling, The Marsh King's Daughter is a one-more-page, read-in-one-sitting thriller that you'll remember for ever.
Sensationally good psychological suspense - I loved this book LEE CHILD If you only read one thriller this year, make it The Marsh King's Daughter. It's sensational CLARE MACKINTOSH This gorgeously written eerie suspense novel gave me chills... I loved it KARIN SLAUGHTER I was drawn into Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter from its first captivating sentences. Troubling, sinuous and powerfully told, you won't be able to stop turning the pages MEGAN ABBOTT Original and exciting, with a thrilling ending. If you liked Room, you'll love it MARK EDWARDS I don't use the word "brilliant" often, but no other adjective feels adequate to describe this amazing novel... It's an understatement to say The Marsh King's Daughter is an exceptional achievement DAVID MORRELL I was absolutely gripped. What a fresh novel, and so expertly plotted and wonderfully well written. I loved the narrative voice, and thought the balance of beautifully drawn and compelling character study and heart-pounding action was absolutely superb. A real tour-de-force GILLY MACMILLAN Eerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying in the best possible way TEA OBREHT Karen Dionne's The Marsh King's Daughter is riveting from beginning to end. This fast-paced, suspenseful thriller is a masterpiece of crisp prose and fine storytelling. Dionne infuses every sentence with suspense, using palpably vivid details to maintain an ominous and gripping sense of danger. Sinister and complex, this book's twists and turns lead to a final confrontation so intense it will leave your heart pounding. The Marsh King's Daughter is bound to become a classic. Read it SARA GRUEN Oh, such a wonderful book... I am completely blown away. Just mesmerising ALEX MARWOOD Totally compelling and different from anything I can remember reading before PETER LOVESEY Loved The Marsh King's Daughter. Haunting and compelling TOM WOOD Powerful storytelling, gripping suspense - yet heartbreaking too... Karen Dionne is one amazing writer SAM KING A nail-biter, perfect for Room fans COSMOPOLITAN This is Room meets The Revenant and has screenplay adaptation shot through it like a stick of rock... the plot is fantastic but it is the characters that set this book alight... Loved, loved, loved this book, finished it incredibly quickly and now wish I could read it all over again! Read it! L.V. HAY Man-oh-man! Fabulous. Read in two sittings and don't think I breathed once. Gripping tale, such complex emotions. Word perfect CAROLE MATTHEWS A mesmerising central character, enthralling story, and I LOVED the writing. Can't recommend The Marsh King's Daughter enough G X TODD This is very good! Really interesting protagonist and beautifully constructed KEITH STUART SO GOOD and unlike anything else I've read. Haunting and unputdownable LAURA MARSHALL ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER Exceptional...Helena's conflicting emotions about her father and her own identity elevate this powerful story PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW Subtle, brilliant and mature...superb...as good as a thriller can be NEW YORK TIMES Psychological suspense doesn't get more psychological or suspense-y than this SARRA MANNING, RED MAGAZINE
Karen Dionne drew heavily on her experiences during the 1970s in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to write The Marsh King's Daughter, when she and her husband lived in a tent with their six-week-old daughter while they built a tiny cabin. Karen carried water from a stream, made wild apple jelly over a campfire (and defended it against marauding raccoons), sampled wild foods such as cattail heads and milkweed pods, and washed nappies in a bucket (which Karen says is every bit as nasty as it sounds). She enjoys nature photography and lives with her husband in Detroit's northern suburbs.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780751581751
Published: 30 Jun 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sphere
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm
Pages: 400

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