The Dead Don't Speak

'Compelling' IAN RANKIN

'Stunning' SUNDAY TIMES

The brilliant new novel from award-winning writer and rising star Claire Askew.

A city that's no longer safe...

An anonymous vigilante stalks the streets of Edinburgh. As his behaviour escalates, the police are at a loss - they can find no clues to his identity, and no trace of his whereabouts.

A detective in the path of danger...

DI Helen Birch has been told to stay away from the case - but she's never been one to play by the rules. When her colleague Amy comes to her asking for help, DI Birch finds it impossible to resist the challenge - and soon, her life is on the line.

Will she crack the case before it breaks her? Or has she finally met her match?

A gripping crime thriller for fans of Susie Steiner, Elly Griffiths and Val McDermid - guaranteed to keep you up all night...

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE ASKEW:

'Thought-provoking' Mail on Sunday

'A crackerjack read' Val McDermid

'Meticulous and compelling' Ian Rankin

'Thoughtful and well-written' Guardian

'Compellingly written' Daily Mail

'Stunning' Erin Kelly

'Absorbing and thought-provoking' The Times

Praise for Claire Askew:
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 i newspaper
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
Compelling Marie Claire
Claire Askew is proving to be a master of the suspenseful police procedural Sunday Times Crime Club
Utterly captivating Heat
Praise for The Dead Don't Speak:
Rich and real, Clare Askew brings Edinburgh vividly to life in this wonderfully compulsive novel Mairon Todd
The Dead Don't Speak grabs the reader by the throat from the first breathless page - and doesn't let up until the last. Lyrical, visceral, intelligent writing, this confirms Claire Askew as one of the best crime writers at work today! Erin Kelly
A tight, tense thriller with solid and genuine characters - I was absolutely absorbed throughout! Kitty Murphy
A brilliant thriller! Bella
Terrific! Peterborough Telegraph
A riveting read! Sunday Times

Claire Askew's debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.

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