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The Birthday Girl
(2023)(The first book in the Mallory Dawson Crime Thriller series)
A novel by Sarah Ward
Praise for this book
"Cleverly plotted, full of twists and intrigue, with an ending that is both dramatic and satisfying." - Jane Bettany
"A brilliant Christie-esque page-turner with an amazing sense of location." - Catherine Cooper
"Sharp, elegantly written, and dripping with suspense. A wonderfully crafted 'closed room' mystery that had me turning the pages at record speed." - J A Corrigan
"A taut, intelligent thriller, elegantly written with an eerie atmosphere and an addictive plot. I utterly love this sharp, clever new series!" - Victoria Dowd
"There is more than a whiff of Agatha Christie here, which made The Birthday Girl so satisfyingly compelling that I read into the small hours to finish it." - Alis Hawkins
"Atmospheric, tense, with lots of twists and turns, I couldn't put this down. With a nod to Agatha Christie, the sharp narrative builds to a nail-biting climax." - Simon McCleave
"The Birthday Girl is a satisfying contemporary page-turner with more than a whiff of Christie's Golden Age locked-room mysteries about it. Compelling reading!" - Marnie Riches
"Suspense and intrigue abound in this gripping, claustrophobic murder mystery set on a sinister Welsh island." - Roz Watkins
"A pitch-perfect start to a new thriller series." - Michael Wood
"A brilliant Christie-esque page-turner with an amazing sense of location." - Catherine Cooper
"Sharp, elegantly written, and dripping with suspense. A wonderfully crafted 'closed room' mystery that had me turning the pages at record speed." - J A Corrigan
"A taut, intelligent thriller, elegantly written with an eerie atmosphere and an addictive plot. I utterly love this sharp, clever new series!" - Victoria Dowd
"There is more than a whiff of Agatha Christie here, which made The Birthday Girl so satisfyingly compelling that I read into the small hours to finish it." - Alis Hawkins
"Atmospheric, tense, with lots of twists and turns, I couldn't put this down. With a nod to Agatha Christie, the sharp narrative builds to a nail-biting climax." - Simon McCleave
"The Birthday Girl is a satisfying contemporary page-turner with more than a whiff of Christie's Golden Age locked-room mysteries about it. Compelling reading!" - Marnie Riches
"Suspense and intrigue abound in this gripping, claustrophobic murder mystery set on a sinister Welsh island." - Roz Watkins
"A pitch-perfect start to a new thriller series." - Michael Wood
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