Simon Lelic, Author . Viking $24.95 (295p) ISBN 978-0-670-02150-5
In the wake of a London school shooting, Det. Insp. Lucia May finds herself unable to accept the simple version of what transpired in Lelic’s outstanding debut—that Samuel Szajkowski, a new history teacher, gunned down two students and a
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Simon Lelic. Penguin, $15 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-14-312091-9
British author Lelic follows his acclaimed debut, A Thousand Cuts, with an equally gripping psychological thriller also inspired by a horrific real-life crime. All England is appalled by the vicious sex murder of 11-year-old Felicity Forbes, who was
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Simon Lelic. Penguin, $15 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-14-312068-1
Lelic (The Child Who) considers whether and how the state’s power should be limited in a chilling look at a near-future Britain. When dentist Arthur Priestley winds up in a cell in a strange facility after two men who refuse to identify themselves...
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Simon Lelic. Berkley, $16 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-451-49045-2
Dueling unreliable narrators drive this creepy psychological thriller from British author Lelic (The Facility). Married couple Jack and Sydney (aka Syd) have saved hard to buy a rundown London house, but they can barely afford it. From the beginning,
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Simon Lelic. Berkley, $16 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-440-00043-3
Set mostly during a single marathon therapy session, this unsettling psychological thriller from British author Lelic (The New Neighbors) pits the counselor calling herself Susanna Fenton against the young man who arrives at her office one day and...
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Simon Lelic. Berkley, $16 trade paper (368p) ISBN 978-0-593-09833-2
The disappearance of teenager Sadie Saunders from her small British community in this competent crime thriller from Lelic (The Liar’s Room) sparks a massive police search in the nearby woods, headed by Det. Insp. Robin Fleet, who has some personal...
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