Lasting Damage

It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden less than six hours ago.

Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . .

“'We're huge fans of Sophie Hannah's psychological thrillers . . . [LASTING DAMAGE is] one of her very best. Whether crime thrillers are your usual cup of tea or not, expect a beautifully written and entirely gripping tale from beginning to end.'”

The great thing about Sophie Hannah thrillers is that at first you have no idea what s going on, but really want to find out. Hannah is known for ingenious twists in her clever plots, and she s in form in this latest offering. - The Sunday Telegraph

Somehow you know the answers won t be pleasant, but your need to find [them] will rival Connie s as she feels her way through a blinding storm of obsession and violence. - Australian Women's Weekly

Lasting Damage is masterfully crafted. Hannah s particular skill is how well she incorporates psychological motivations of each of the characters while manipulating the reader at the same time. - Courier Mail

Sophie Hannah has steadily established herself as one of the leading lights of the new wave of British crime writers. Each of her novels has featured clever, unusual plot lines that draw the reader in through the sheer mysteriousness of the central conceit... an engaging psychological suspense novel. - Canberra Times

Hannah is in fine form in this engaging thriller. - The Week

Praise for Sophie Hannah - :

Hannah takes domestic scenarios, adds disquieting touches and turns up the suspense until you're checking under the bed for murders - Independent

It's a given that nothing will be as it seems in the latest psychological thriller from Sophie Hannah, who marries complex plots with crisp, conversational prose - Marie Claire

Sophie Hannah is a bestselling crime fiction writer and poet. Her psychological thrillers Little Face, Hurting Distance, The Point of Rescue, The Other Half Lives and A Room Swept White have received critical acclaim and have been translated into more than fifteen languages. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and two children.

It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden. Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . . 'Jaw-droppingly assured ... A truly sensational book' DAILY EXPRESS 'For those who demand emotional intelligence and literary verve from their thrillers, Sophie Hannah is the writer of choice' GUARDIAN

It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden less than six hours ago.Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . .

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