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Fear: A brilliantly gripping and twisty psychological thriller

By Dirk Kurbjuweit

Serious and literary fiction, Suspense and thrillers, Family and relationships, Psychology, True crime

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LISTEN TO THE THRILLER EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT:'Beautifully written, frightening and absorbing' THE TIMES'You'll never see your neighbours in the same light again' OBSERVER'As intellectually stimulating as it is gripping' DAILY TELEGRAPH'[An] uncomfortably close-to-home thriller' - SUNDAY TIMES'Something we've not see… before in contemporary crime fiction' GUARDIAN'A must have new read' DAILY EXPRESS'If you liked WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, try FEAR' - BBC NEWSYou'd die for your family. But would you kill for them?Family is everything. So what if yours was being terrorised by a neighbour - a man who doesn't listen to reason, whose actions become more erratic and sinister with each passing day? And those you thought would help - the police, your lawyer - can't help you.You become afraid to leave your family at home alone. But there's nothing more you can do to protect them.Is there?************What critics are saying about FEAR:'I'm intrigued by Dirk Kurbjuweit's novel FEAR, about a stalker living downstairs' - LIONEL SHRIVER, THE OBSERVER'Remarkable' - THE OBSERVER'Addictive... There's a twist at the end that is worth waiting for' - INDEPENDENT'A terrifying study of a family threatened by the tenant living downstairs' - WOMAN&HOME'Brilliantly done to play on every parents' deepest fears' - FIONA BARTON, bestselling author of THE WIDOWWhat readers are saying about FEAR:'Thought-provoking, intelligent and genuinely chilling. It's quite possible that we are all just a few provocations away from cold-blooded murder' - ELIZABETH HAYNES, author of INTO THE DARKEST CORNER'A terrific, original thriller - I loved it' JOANNE HARRIS'FEAR makes us sympathetic to violent revenge, accessories to murder' - HERMAN KOCH, author of THE DINNER'I loved it. So rich and claustrophobic' - RENEE KNIGHT, author of DISCLAIMER'The most original thriller of the year' - NETGALLEY'Expertly constructed, highly entertaining and thought-provoking' - Cloggie, Amazon reviewer'If you're looking for a thriller with psychological insight, I highly recommend this one' - Marjorie, Amazon reviewer'Not your usual thriller' - Fiona, Amazon reviewer-------------------------FEAR is translated from the German by Imogen Taylor

Title Details

ISBN 9781409172055
Publisher Orion
Copyright Date 2017
Book number 4503503
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Fear: A brilliantly gripping and twisty psychological thriller

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