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FROM THE BESTSELLING AND CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF SPARE ROOM, GANGLAND GIRLS TRLIOGY and the FLESH AND BLOOD SERIES
Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours List
‘Dreda Say Mitchell has been flying the flag for crime writing for years’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
Mac is back in this thrilling novella following Vendetta, available exclusively as a digital ebook. You’ll find the same characters in Death Trap, the compulsive novel from Dreda Say Mitchell.
In a respectable Victorian terraced house, a young child is discovered behind a panelled wall in a bathroom. He has been hidden there by dangerous criminals.
For DI John ‘Mac’ MacDonagh, the case opens up a raw wound from his past. The child’s mother is the woman who seduced him and then double-crossed him. There’s more: DNA tests reveal that the child’s father is none other than Mac himself.
This is Mac’s chance to rescue his son and have the family he’s so longed for. But will his desire for revenge blind him to the terrible danger surrounding them both?
Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:
‘Awesome tale from a talented writer’ Sun
‘Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at the forefront of British crime fiction’ Simon Kernick
‘Thrilling’ Sunday Express Books of the Year
‘Fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative’ Irish Independent
Dreda Say Mitchell was awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours List
‘Dreda Say Mitchell has been flying the flag for crime writing for years’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other, winner of the Booker Prize 2019
Mac is back in this thrilling novella following Vendetta, available exclusively as a digital ebook. You’ll find the same characters in Death Trap, the compulsive novel from Dreda Say Mitchell.
In a respectable Victorian terraced house, a young child is discovered behind a panelled wall in a bathroom. He has been hidden there by dangerous criminals.
For DI John ‘Mac’ MacDonagh, the case opens up a raw wound from his past. The child’s mother is the woman who seduced him and then double-crossed him. There’s more: DNA tests reveal that the child’s father is none other than Mac himself.
This is Mac’s chance to rescue his son and have the family he’s so longed for. But will his desire for revenge blind him to the terrible danger surrounding them both?
Praise for Dreda Say Mitchell:
‘Awesome tale from a talented writer’ Sun
‘Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at the forefront of British crime fiction’ Simon Kernick
‘Thrilling’ Sunday Express Books of the Year
‘Fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative’ Irish Independent
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Reviews
Breathless from the first word and thrilling to the last
Wonderful vivid writing and a truly original voice.
Dreda Say Mitchell is right up there at the forefront of British crime fiction
'Right from the first page I loved this book.. This book is certainly going to be in my top 10 read of 2014. Just brilliant'
'Spanning less than twenty-four hours, this is one of those spellbinding thrillers that literally sucks you in immediately... What Say Mitchell does so marvellously is to give her characters depth amongst the pulsating drama... By the end of the book I was physically exhausted. Vendetta is a fantastic thriller. I suggest you strap in as you are in for a very bumpy and exhilarating ride!'
'Vendetta has one of the best openings I have read in some time... From there on in the action and the questions come thick and fast... the tension increases and your ability to put the book down will disappear. It's a cracking read with genuinely believable characters from troubled Mac, to feisty DI Rio Wray and to those he works for on both sides of his life. There's plenty of legs in these guys too so I'm looking forward to hearing more...'
'An extremely well written fast-moving chase thriller, violent yet at the same time intelligently confronting the issues of loyalties and betrayals inevitably raised by undercover activities. Mitchell improves with every book'
'With this fast-paced, gritty and relentlessly violent expedition into the shadowy world of an undercover operative, Mitchell proves that she can go head-to-head with the best of her male peers in tough-guy action fiction.'
'VENDETTA IS MAGNIFICENT! ... I tore through it and grudged any time that I had to tear myself away from Mac's world.'
The pace of this relentlessly exciting thriller never falters... Full of guns, explosions, car chases and a terrific twist - it's fast, exciting fun
Vendetta's greatest strength is its fast paced narrative... I'm sure Vendetta will also appeal to fans of Child's Jack Reacher books