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A Matter of Time Claire Askew

A Matter of Time By Claire Askew

A Matter of Time by Claire Askew

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SeriesDI Birch

Summary

A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star in the genre who has delivered a game-changing fourth book: 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times

A Matter of Time Summary

A Matter of Time: The tense and thrilling hostage thriller, nominated for the McIlvanney Prize by Claire Askew

At 8am the first shots are fired.

At 1pm, the police establish the gunman has a hostage.

By 5pm, a siege is underway.

At 9pm, DI Helen Birch walks, alone and unarmed, into an abandoned Borders farmhouse to negotiate with the killer.

One day. One woman. One chance to get everyone out alive.

The outstanding new novel from the highly acclaimed author of All the Hidden Truths and What You Pay For - both shortlisted for the CWA Golden Dagger.

A Matter of Time Reviews

A breathless, real-time, 24-style thriller that combines nail-biting tension with boundless compassion * Erin Kelly *
Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut * The i newspaper *
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural * Sunday Times Crime Club *
This 24-style thriller is filled with nail-biting tension * The Scots Magazine *
This nail-biter keeps up a rollicking pace - this is one you're likely to devour in one sitting * My Weekly *
Tension-packed * Carlisle Living *
Breathtaking * On Magazine *
Nail-biting * Crime Monthly *
An engrossing and thought provoking read * Belfast Telegraph *
Very tense, sad and tragic, a thought provoking read * NB Books *
Phew, the electric tension in this nail-biting, clock-ticking, thriller almost blew my fuses! Tension reaches screaming point . . . unmissable! * Peterborough Telegraph *
The tension builds to genuinely frightening peaks . . . Enjoy the breathtaking thrill of the ride * The Scotsman *
A tense psychological thriller * Choice Magazine *
Askew has delivered a peak-page turner and fans of crime-fiction will be left with a cliffhanger ending and a pronounced desire to learn where DI Birch turns up next * Irish Examiner *
Askew displays pitch-perfect understanding of tone and cadence . . . breathtaking thrill * Yorkshire Post *

About Claire Askew

Claire Askew is an award-winning poet and novelist. Her debut novel, All the Hidden Truths, won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and was selected as a Times Crime Book of the Month. Claire has won numerous other accolades for her work, including the Jessie Kesson Fellowship and a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. She lives in Edinburgh.

Additional information

GOR012761701
9781529327441
152932744X
A Matter of Time: The tense and thrilling hostage thriller, nominated for the McIlvanney Prize by Claire Askew
Claire Askew
DI Birch
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Hodder & Stoughton
2022-08-04
320
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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