LIFE SENTENCE by A K Turner
A SUNDAY TIMES 2022 pick of the year
'SUPERB...the second in Turner's Cassie Raven series is every bit as good as the first' - Joan Smith, The Sunday Times
Cassie Raven is back - and her latest investigation will cut even closer to the bone...
Mortuary technician Cassie believes the last thoughts of the dead
linger like static in the air.
Her strange affinity with death dates from the age of four when her parents were killed in a car crash. At least that’s what she grew up believing...
But that was a lie. Cassie’s father is alive. He was convicted of murdering her mother and spent years behind bars. Now he’s out – and looking for her.
He swears he didn’t do it. And Cassie wants to believe him.
As she seeks answers, help is to be found in inexplicable places – for the dead are ready to talk...
Mortuary technician Cassie believes the last thoughts of the dead
linger like static in the air.
Her strange affinity with death dates from the age of four when her parents were killed in a car crash. At least that’s what she grew up believing...
But that was a lie. Cassie’s father is alive. He was convicted of murdering her mother and spent years behind bars. Now he’s out – and looking for her.
He swears he didn’t do it. And Cassie wants to believe him.
As she seeks answers, help is to be found in inexplicable places – for the dead are ready to talk...
'Turner is so good at writing fast-paced, page-turning mysteries... Cassie is a brilliantly spiky protagonist' - The Spectator Summer Reads
'A forensic thriller of quiet assurance' - The Financial Times
'A must-read series! Pitch perfect' - James Oswald
'Fascinating, humorous, and sometimes grisly. I loved it!'
- Elly Griffiths
- Elly Griffiths
'Raven strides onto the scene like a punk superstar'
- Sarah Hilary
- Sarah Hilary
reviews for Body Language
'Blackly humorous, with a fabulously one-of-a-kind protagonist'
- HEAT magazine
- HEAT magazine
'Spellbinding storytelling' - Val McDermid
'A terrific, well-paced plot' - SPECTATOR LIFE
'Ingenious and sardonically written' - THE FINANCIAL TIMES
'A gritty novel with an engaging heroine' - THE SUNDAY TIMES
'Cassie Raven is a lot of fun to spend time with' - THE BIG ISSUE
LIFE SENTENCE (& Cassie Raven book 1 Body Language) are available, as they say, from all good bookshops...
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