# A Darker Side of Paradise - Hardcover

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by **R. J. Ellory** (Author)

**A brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS**  
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Rookie police officer Rachel Hoffman has never seen a dead body before.  
It will not be her last.  
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Her first murder case is a young woman - sent off to sleep with a mysterious note that quotes from an eight-hundred year old book: Dante's _Divine Comedy_.

So begins an investigation that will haunt her for the rest of her life, and lead Rachel on a descent into obsession that upends everything she thought she knew about justice.

As the killings unfold over the decades, Rachel's obsession will drive her from small-town America through the streets of NYC, to a revelation that will cost her everything.

**Because every case she thought she solved was a lie.  
And the truth is more dangerous than she could have imagined.**  
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**PRAISE FOR R.J. ELLORY**  
'Beautiful and haunting... A tour de force' **MICHAEL CONNELLY**

'Beautifully written novels that are also great mysteries' **JAMES PATTERSON**

'A uniquely gifted, passionate, and powerful writer' **ALAN FURST**

'In the top flight of crime writing' **_SUNDAY TELEGRAPH_**

'The master of the genre' **CLIVE CUSSLER**

### Author Biography

R.J. Ellory is a critically acclaimed author whose novels include the bestselling _A Quiet Belief in Angels_, which was a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and won the Nouvel Observateur Crime Fiction Prize.

Ellory's novels have been translated into twenty-six languages, and he has won the USA Excellence Award for Best Mystery, the Strand Magazine Best Thriller 2009, the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year for _A Simple Act of Violence_, the St Maur Prize, the Avignon Readers' Prize, the Livre de Poche Award and the Quebec Laureat. He has been shortlisted for a further thirteen awards in numerous countries, including four Daggers from the UK Crime Writers' Association.

To find out more visit www.rjellory.com or follow him on _X_ @rjellory

**Number of Pages:** 496

**Dimensions:** 1.57 x 9.16 x 6.4 IN

**Publication Date:** January 06, 2026

## Details

- **Price:** 39.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Legal, Price Written on Book, Thrillers

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