The Fall A murder brings them togeth..., Claire McGowan
The Fall A murder brings them togeth..., Claire McGowan
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The Fall: A murder brings them together. The truth will tear them apart.

Author: Claire McGowan

Narrator: Anthony Howell, Jane Collingwood, Tanya Moodie

Unabridged: 12 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 08/16/2012


Synopsis

What would you do if the man you love was accused of murder?

Bad things never happen to Charlotte. She's living the life she's always wanted and about to marry wealthy banker, Dan. But Dan's been hiding a secret, and the pressure is pushing him over the edge. After he's arrested for the vicious killing of a nightclub owner, Charlotte's future is shattered.

Then she opens her door to Keisha, an angry and frustrated stranger with a story to tell. Convinced of Dan's innocence, Charlotte must fight for him - even if it means destroying her perfect life. But what Keisha knows threatens everyone she loves, and puts her own life in danger.

DC Matthew Hegarty is riding high on the success of Dan's arrest. But he's finding it difficult to ignore his growing doubts as well as the beautiful and vulnerable Charlotte. Can he really risk it all for what's right?

Three stories. One truth. They all need to brace themselves for the fall.

(P)2012 Headline Digital

About Claire McGowan

Claire McGowan grew up in a small village in Northern Ireland and now lives in London, where she runs an MA in creative writing at City University. THE KILLING HOUSE is Claire's seventh crime novel, and the sixth in the highly-acclaimed Paula Maguire series. She also writes women's fiction as Eva Woods.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sharon

It is almost insulting to refer to The Fall as a debut novel, as nothing about this stylish, mature and accomplished work suggests a first book. Two young London women from diametrically opposite ends of the social spectrum are thrown together one night after a violent murder in a Camden nightclub.......more

Goodreads review by Simon

I'm not particularly into thrillers but when esteemed author Peter James was quoted as saying this was a British Bonfire of the Vanities - my all-time favourite book - I was hooked. And there are, indeed, similarities - they both have a cover and some pages in the middle with words on them. Sadly, t......more

Goodreads review by Bruce

This is a very ambitious, original and highly assured debut novel. Written from the viewpoints of three central characters in the aftermath of the murder of a nightclub owner. I loved the way the book dealt with the fragile state of the current British "class system" and was equally adept at describ......more

Charlotte comes to on the floor of a toilet realising that she had lost everything, what had happened to cause her to reach rock bottom? Charlotte has been busy planning her very expensive wedding when her life is turned upside down. Keisha meanwhile is trying to persuade a Social Worker that she sh......more


Quotes

There is nothing not to like . . . a compelling and flawless thriller

The characters are finely drawn, and it's concern for them, rather than for whodunnit, that provides the page-turning impetus in this promising debut Guardian

Hugely impressive Irish Examiner

One of the very best novels I've read in a long while...astonishing, powerful and immensely satisfying Peter James

Highly original and compelling

There is nothing not to like...a compelling and flawless thriller SJ Bolton

A cool and twisted debut Daily Mirror

She knows how to tell a cracking story. She will go far Daily Mail

Page-turning Guardian

It's crime-novel-meets-Hampstead-novel but without the contrivances of the former genre and the navel-gazing of the latter. Funny and perfectly paced, the pervading sense of "there but for the grace of God go you" chills you to the bone Daily Telegraph