Sarah Hilary

‘An astonishingly gifted writer’ MARIAN KEYES''Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping'' ALEX MARWOODEVERY PLACE HAS ITS GHOSTS.Edenscar, a town in the Peak District, has more than most. 17 years ago, its inhabitants were hit by tragedy when a school bus veered off the road and everyone on board drowned. Everyone, that is, except Joseph Ashe. His miraculous survival has haunted him and the town ever since.Now a Detective Sergeant in the local police, Joe is called to the scene of a brutal and apparently inexplicable crime. The whole town is spooked, but Joe’s new boss, DI Laurie Bower, more used to inner-city police work, has no time for superstition. She just wants to find the very real killer who has left no trace and apparently had no motive.Joining forces, Joe and Laurie work to uncover the secrets of Edenscar, both past and present.But when you dig up the dead, expect to get your hands dirty…The first in a stand-out and haunting new crime series for fans of Vera, Broadchurch and Happy Valley. Set in a town steeped in history and horror, the series follows DS Joseph Ashe, a young man haunted by the ghosts of his past struggling with survivor’s guilt, and DI Laurie Bower, an outsider fighting to fit in.Praise for Sarah Hilary:''A master of her craft... she makes the words sing'' ANN CLEEVES''Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly'' PETER JAMES''Sarah Hilary has always known how to chill her readers'' VAL MCDERMID''Perfectly plotted, beautifully written modern Gothic'' ERIN KELLY on Fragile''Tremendous'' IAN RANKIN on Quieter than Killing

Sarah Hilary, Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year winner and author of Black Thorn, returns with Sharp Glass. Trapped and alone in a remote house in the country, one woman must find a way to defeat a captor who has no intention of letting her go. 'A master of her craft. In every book she makes the words sing' – Ann CleevesThe last thing she remembers is standing outside the empty house. One she was employed to pack, ready for removal. Her job is her life. It is her compulsion to take care of an owner’s precious possessions, to do whatever it takes to help them move on. Now she is cold, dirty, damp, trapped in its cellar with no chance of escape, miles from anywhere. His prisoner. And then he returns. Her captor believes she holds the answers to why a young girl was murdered a year ago. He refuses to let her go until she reveals her secrets. But he doesn’t know she has hidden depths, and an anger she works hard to control. The battle lines are drawn. They are the only two people who can solve the mystery of the dead girl. But when the truth is revealed, whose life will shatter?* * *Praise for Sarah Hilary:'Nail-biting, heart-wrenching stuff' – Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key'A mesmerizing story of family and community, secrets and lies. Psychologically rich and captivatingly told' – Megan Abbott, author of You Will Know Me''It's strange and compelling, and no one else could have written it' - Mick Herron, author of Slow Horses