{"product_id":"halfway-house-helen-fitzgerald-9781914585708","title":"Halfway House by Helen FitzGerald (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage ... and that's just the beginning... The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is always a major event ... magnificent ́ Mark Billingham \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell - this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form ́ Doug Johnstone \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `[Lou] is irresistible and very funny ... The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing ́ Literary Review \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e _______ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e They`re the housemates from Hell... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O ́Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find ... working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer - all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything - including her life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, Halfway House is both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e __________________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Tense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny ... an amazingly talented writer ́ Michael Wood \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity ́ B M Carroll \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Praise for Helen FitzGerald \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year** \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Sharp, shocking and savagely funny ́ Chris Whitaker \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Dark, dark, deliciously dark ́ Amanda Jennings \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling ́ Miranda Dickinson \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `The main character is one of the most extraordinary you`ll meet between the pages of a book ́ Ian Rankin \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Sublime ́ Guardian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `A dark, comic masterpiece ́ Mark Edwards \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying ́ Erin Kelly \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Tantalisingly powerful ́ The Times \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist ́ Heat \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth ́ Daily Telegraph \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this ́ Sun\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55036131115351,"sku":"9781914585708","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9781914585708_7047295d-8aa6-486f-83a8-49a141c3c5f8.jpg?v=1789513530","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/halfway-house-helen-fitzgerald-9781914585708","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}