# Worst Case Scenario

**A deliciously dark, unapologetically funny, and nail-bitingly tense psychological thriller by the international bestselling author of _The Cry_  
  
NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER  
  
\*\*\*_Guardian, Telegraph, Herald Scotland_ AND _The Week_ BOOK OF THE YEAR\*\*\*  
\*\*\*_Sunday Times_ TOP 40 Crime Novels in the Last 5 Years\*\*\*  
\*\*\*Longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020\*\*\***  
  
'Shocking, gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the last. Brilliant' **Erin Kelly**  
  
'This frenetic novel's strongest assets are its sheer verbal energy and the acerbic views of its heroine, who resembles a female Frankie Boyle' **_Sunday Times_**  
  
'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' **Ian Rankin**  
  
'A scandalously rude comic masterpiece' **_Daily Telegraph_**  
  
'Sublime' **_Guardian_**  
  
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Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some of Glasgow's worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he's published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero - and a poster boy for Men's Rights activists.  
  
Liam is released on licence into Mary's care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam's daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice ... with devastating consequences.  
  
**A heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour, _Worst Case Scenario_ is also a perceptive, tragic and hugely relevant book by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction.**  
  
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'Laced with pitch-dark acerbic humour, the classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' **_Heat_**  
  
'This darkly, funny, shocking and surprisingly emotional thriller is unlike anything you've ever read before' **_Fabulous Magazine_**  
  
'This novel is a funny, agonising account of one good woman's battle with rage, guilt, fear, duty and disaster' **_Literary Review_**  
  
'Absolutely compelling company from start to finish in this wonderful, energetic, hard-hitting and deeply funny novel' **_Big Issue_**  
  
'Simply stunning. Dark, uncompromising, funny, and almost impossible to put down' **Luca Veste**  
  
'Outrageous, extremely funny and ultimately devastating' **Ambrose Parry**  
  
'Dark humour and darker truths permeate a thrilling crime novel that is fabulously transgressive and completely unique ... nobody writes like Helen Fitzgerald' **Mark Billingham**  
  
'Helen Fitzgerald is one of a kind, and a welcome breath of fresh air in the world of off-beat but achingly relatable crime fiction' **SJI Holliday**  
  
'A dark, comic masterpiece which manages to be both excruciatingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time. Great stuff!' **Mark Edwards**

## Details

- **Price:** 0.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** Orenda Books
- **Type:** Helen FitzGerald

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