Tightrope, Marnie Riches
Tightrope, Marnie Riches
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Tightrope
A gritty crime thriller with a darkly funny heart

Author: Marnie Riches

Narrator: Imogen Church

Unabridged: 12 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Trapeze

Published: 07/11/2019

Synopsis

'A gripping page-turner of a plot' ROZ WATKINS
'A corking thriller' ED JAMES

What happens when a private investigator ends up being the one uncovered?

Having lost everything after a failed marriage, Beverley Saunders now lodges in the basement flat of a house owned by her best friend Sophie and her husband, Tim. With Bev's former glittering marketing career in the gutter, she begins to do investigative work for other wronged women, gathering dirt on philanderers, bosses and exes.

But when Beverley takes on the case of Sophie's friend Angela, who is seeking to uncover grounds for divorce from her controlling husband, Jerry, the shadow Science Minister, she soon discovers that she isn't the only one doing the investigating...

Beverley has a secret history she doesn't want coming out - but will she manage to stay hidden long enough to give Angela the freedom she deserves?

Marnie Riches is back in this darkly comic thriller, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers.

About Marnie Riches

Marnie Riches grew up on a rough estate in north Manchester. Exchanging the spires of nearby Strangeways prison for those of Cambridge University, she gained a Masters in German & Dutch. She has been a punk, a trainee rock star, a pretend artist and professional fundraiser. Her best-selling, award-winning George McKenzie crime thrillers, tackling the subject of trans-national trafficking, were inspired by her own time spent in The Netherlands. Dubbed the Martina Cole of the North, she is also the author of Born Bad and The Cover-Up - the critically acclaimed hit series about Manchester's notorious gangland. Tightrope is the start of a brand new series, set mainly in the famous footballer-belt of Hale, Cheshire, and introducing quirky northern PI, Bev Saunders who risks everything to fight the corner of her vulnerable client. A second Bev Saunders novel will follow in early 2020. So far, Marnie has sold an impressive 250,000 books and counting...When she isn't writing gritty, twisty crime-thrillers, Marnie also regularly appears on BBC Radio Manchester, commenting about social media trends and discussing the world of crime-fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate on August 22, 2012

This was a book I had started reading many years ago (2001-2002), and had posted a summary over in the "What's the name of that book?" group to try to figure out which book it was. I remembered the plot being about a girl who did graffiti, and who climbed up on risky structures to get a good tag. Wh......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on October 20, 2010

This book has so many twists and turns that it's hard to know who did it. Who sent "Cindy" those horror items. Blood, skulls. It's so dangerous, a dangerous game. Oh, even though it was my second time reading this book, I feel that I have never read this book. It's that good! I swear! If you don't l......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 25, 2010

i absolutely loved this book. my teacher assigned a book talk and i picked this book for me book talk......more

Goodreads review by Ashriya on March 31, 2020

The book was not what I was expecting and had focused more on other events than the actual wall. Also the book has quite a boring start to the story. It does get better however it didn’t engage me. Along with that if you are someone who like mystery but not a scary kind you might like this book. Ove......more

Goodreads review by Spinds❤ on November 06, 2019

Read this book In grade 9, I really enjoyed it.......more

Quotes

A hugely relatable, funny main character and gripping page-turner of a plot. Roz Watkins, author of The Devil's Dice

A corking thriller introducing a kick-ass private eye you'll really root for as she digs into a murky world filled with evil bastards. Dark but funny. Ed James, author of Kill The Messenger

Featuring the intrepid and very human Bev Saunders, this thriller is destined for great things. Sarah Ward

I stayed up super-late last night racing to the end, hardly daring to breathe. Absolutely loved it. Gill Paul, bestselling author of The Secret Wife

'I absolutely loved Tightrope and hope there will be many more books in the series. Bev Saunders is my new favourite character, and definitely my favourite fictional PI - she's earthy, troubled, funny and ballsy in equal measures. Great stuff.' Louise Voss

Utterly compelling - a gritty, gripping read with one hell of a feisty, kick-ass PI, which leaves you desperate for more. Danielle Ramsay

So gripping I couldn't put it down! Marnie's delivered another stone cold twisty classic - I loved it! Angela Clarke

Tightrope is a blast! Marnie's new super sleuth sounds like a filthy Victoria Wood and made me hoot. Five stars from me! Cass Green

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