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Eeny Meeny
Author: M. J. Arlidge
Format: Paperback
DI Helen Grace 1
The Rocket-Paced Serial-Killer Thriller and Richard & Judy Book Club Pick from M. J. Arlidge
'What a great premise! Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' — Jeffery Deaver
'Wow! A gripping read from the very beginning' 5***** Reader Review
The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it.
Days later, another desperate escapee is found - and a pattern is emerging.
Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice:
Kill or be killed.
As Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation to hunt down this unseen monster, she learns that it may be the survivors - living calling cards - who hold the key to the case.
And unless she succeeds, more innocents will die . . .
'A serial killer thriller that holds your attention from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review
'This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo' — Judy Finnigan
Praise for M.J. Arlidge and the DI Helen Grace series:
'M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace' — Daily Mail
'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' — Sun
'Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless' — Sunday Sport
'Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!' — Lisa Gardner
'A gripping debut . . . D.I. Helen Grace is a flawed but winning heroine. And, boy, the pages fly by' — USA Today
'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller' — Huffington Post
About the Author
M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specializing in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller.
His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek and Love Me Not. Down to the Woods is the eighth DI Helen Grace thriller. In 2019 he published a standalone thriller, A Gift for Dying.
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