LONGLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021Anyone wanting smart and compelling crime fiction with razorsharp social comment should read Eva Dolan. In fact, EVERYONE should read her. Mark BillinghamA new read from Eva Dolan is always a pleasure and her latest is as dark and gritty as ever Dolan puts troubling contemporary themes at the heart of her fiction, creating a compelling mystery about the treatment of vulnerable immigrants in a secretive establishment Sunday TimesAs the country bakes under the relentless summer sun, a young doctor is found brutally murdered at his home in a picturesque Cambridgeshire village.Is his death connected to his private life or his professional one? Dr Joshua Ainsworth worked at an allfemale detention centre, one still recovering from a major scandal a few years before. Was he the whistleblower or an instigator?As Detective Sergeant Ferreira and Detective Inspector Zigic begin to painstakingly reconstruct Dr Ainsworths last days, they uncover yet more secrets and more suspects. But this isnt the only case thats demanding their attention a violent criminal has been released on a technicality and the police force know he will strike again the only question is who will be his first victimSHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITING ASSOCIATION IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER 2020Praise for Eva DolanYet again, Eva Dolan has produced a compelling and often dramatic whodunit that tells you more about the state of the nation than a...

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