{"product_id":"halfway-house-paperback-3","title":"Halfway House - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage ... and that's just the beginning... The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event ... magnificent  Mark Billingham \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form  Doug Johnstone \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  [Lou] is irresistible and very funny ... The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing  Literary Review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e _______ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They re the housemates from Hell... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find ... working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e __________________________ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny ... an amazingly talented writer  Michael Wood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity  B M Carroll \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Praise for Helen FitzGerald \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Sharp, shocking and savagely funny  Chris Whitaker \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Dark, dark, deliciously dark  Amanda Jennings \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling  Miranda Dickinson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  The main character is one of the most extraordinary you ll meet between the pages of a book  Ian Rankin \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Sublime  Guardian \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  A dark, comic masterpiece  Mark Edwards \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying  Erin Kelly \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Tantalisingly powerful  The Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist  Heat \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth  Daily Telegraph \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this  Sun\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen FitzGerald\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten adult and young adult thrillers, including \u003ci\u003eThe Donor\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Cry\u003c\/i\u003e (2013), which was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and adapted for a major BBC drama. Her 2019 dark-comedy thriller \u003ci\u003eWorst Case Scenario\u003c\/i\u003e was a Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review, Herald Scotland, Guardian \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph, \u003c\/i\u003e shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and won the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award. Helen worked as a criminal justice social worker for over fifteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47256139104505,"sku":"9781914585708","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/FGsr_F8WYf9781914585708_4abf5d52-ed77-42d6-93cc-078ff2daa1b1.webp?v=1768731060","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/halfway-house-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}