‘Engrossing’ Sunday Times
Nobody was supposed to get out alive.
On a Dublin city street, packed with afternoon shoppers, a young woman appears, naked, traumatised and bearing burn marks.
Tom Reynolds, now Chief Superintendent, is no longer head of the murder squad. But when it transpires the woman escaped from a house fire started deliberately and that there are more victims, Tom is sucked in. What begins as a straightforward case of arson, soon becomes something much more sinister.
The people in that house never wanted to be there in the first place. Now more of them are missing. Tom is faced with a ticking clock as he tries to locate the others and as he does, a terrifying spider’s web of domestic and international crime unfolds.
And not everybody will survive the fallout.
PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN
‘A stunning read’ Woman’s Way
‘Refreshing and full of twists’ Express
‘Clever, pacey, compulsive’ Sunday Mirror
‘Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely’ Irish Independent
Nobody was supposed to get out alive.
On a Dublin city street, packed with afternoon shoppers, a young woman appears, naked, traumatised and bearing burn marks.
Tom Reynolds, now Chief Superintendent, is no longer head of the murder squad. But when it transpires the woman escaped from a house fire started deliberately and that there are more victims, Tom is sucked in. What begins as a straightforward case of arson, soon becomes something much more sinister.
The people in that house never wanted to be there in the first place. Now more of them are missing. Tom is faced with a ticking clock as he tries to locate the others and as he does, a terrifying spider’s web of domestic and international crime unfolds.
And not everybody will survive the fallout.
PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN
‘A stunning read’ Woman’s Way
‘Refreshing and full of twists’ Express
‘Clever, pacey, compulsive’ Sunday Mirror
‘Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely’ Irish Independent
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Reviews
Takes a sharp look at Ireland's wealth divide and questions just how tolerant of difference Irish society really is
Engrossing
A stunning read, and Jo's protagonist has very firmly planted himself as a leading Irish fictional detective
Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive
Refreshing and... full of twists
Spain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale
A brilliantly dark tale
A contender for the most arresting opening paragraph of the year . . . This is crime fiction for grown-ups, taking its time to explore the ins and outs of human psychology
A clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride
An intriguing Rubik's Cube of a book that kept me turning the pages to get to the truth. So well plotted and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it
I can't praise The Confession enough. Brilliant writing, great story . . . a really cracking read
A dizzying tale of lives falling apart that has you addicted from the very first page. I found it impossible to put down, so desperate was I to get to the truth
[A] tightly woven mystery
Perfectly paced, and skilfully told
Once again, prolific author Jo Spain has placed her finger smack on the pulse of crime trends in Ireland... An expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely thriller
Brilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end
A clever novel . . . gradually exposing a chilling history of dysfunctional families
Enthralling - Spain dissects her characters' secrets with razor-sharp precision
A scathing overview of the Celtic Tiger years . . . [a] vivid portrait of a fascinating monster
This gripping novel is more of a whydunnit than a whodunnit
