Quieter Than Killing (D.I. Marnie Rome 4): Sarah Hilary

Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year, returns with a new DI Marnie Rome novel, QUIETER THAN KILLING. A vigilante is at loose on the streets. A child is in danger. Sometimes staying silent is the only way to survive... 'Serious stuff, brilliantly presented' The TimesViolence can be a soft knock on the door in daylight, a knock that brings the worst possible news. Waiting for that knock will change your life forever.DI Marnie Rome knows what pain is. She lost her family to violence. So when a series of vicious vigilante attacks grips the icy streets of London, she recognises its base emotions: rage, and the need for silent, personal revenge.Then, just as her own family home is ransacked, a young boy disappears from the streets and Marnie is desperate to find him. What she doesn'tknow is that every act is leading her, step by step, back to those terrible events of her past. 'The most poignant entry in her series so far' Sunday Express'Sarah Hilary writes beautifully and unflinchingly' Peter James'It's dark, it's brilliant, and it tightens like a noose' Mick Herron A gripping, chilling and twisty novel from Sarah Hilary, winner of the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year, returns with a new DI Marnie Rome novel, QUIETER THAN KILLING. For fans of Val McDermid, Alex Marwood and Claire Mackintosh'Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original, always bang-on psychologically, always gripping. I am a huge fan' Alex Marwood 'Tremendous' Ian RankinIt's winter, the nights are dark and freezing, and a series of assaults is pulling DI Marnie Rome and DS Noah Jake out onto streets of London. When Marnie's family home is ransacked, there are signs that the burglary can have only been committed by someone who knows her. Someone out there is playing games. It is time for both Marnie and Noah to face the truth about the creeping, chilling reaches of a troubled upbringing.