The Dead Lie Down
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Chapter 1 - Friday 29 Feb 2008
Chapter 2 - 1/3/08
Chapter 3 - Sunday 2 March 2008
Chapter 4 - 3/3/08
Chapter 5 - Monday 3 March 2008
Chapter 6 - 3/3/08
Chapter 7 - Monday 3 March 2008
Chapter 8 - 4/3/08
Chapter 9 - Tuesday 4 March 2008
Chapter 10 - 4/3/08
Chapter 11 - Tuesday 4 March 2008
Chapter 12 - 5/3/08
Chapter 13 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 14 - 5/3/08
Chapter 15 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 16 - 5/3/08
Chapter 17 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 18 - 5/3/08
Chapter 19 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 20 - 5/3/08
Chapter 21 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 22 - 5/3/08
Chapter 23 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 24 - 5/3/08
Chapter 25 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 26 - 5/3/08
Chapter 27 - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Chapter 28 - 12/3/08
Chapter 29 - Tuesday 1 April 2008
Acknowledgements
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THE DEAD LIE DOWN
SOPHIE HANNAH is a bestselling crime fiction writer and poet. Her psychological thrillers, including Little Face and The Wrong Mother, have been published in ten countries. Sophie lives in Yorkshire, England, with her husband and two children.
Praise for Sophie Hannah
THE WRONG MOTHER
‘Paced like a ticking time bomb with flawlessly distinct characterization, this is a fiercely fresh and un-put-downable read.’
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
‘The Wrong Mother is an un-put-downable read, and as a $15 paperback, the bargain mystery of the year!’
—BookPage
‘Sophie Hannah just gets better and better. Her plots are brilliantly cunning and entirely unpredictable. The writing is brilliant and brings us uncomfortably close to the dark, ambivalent impulses experienced by the parents of difficult, demanding children.’
—The Guardian (London)
‘Sophie Hannah’s ingenious, almost surreal mysteries are so intricately constructed that it’s impossible to guess how they will end. The Wrong Mother is a compelling and disquieting story, told with the author’s usual panache.’
—Daily Telegraph (U.K.)
‘The fresh and the original have been Hannah’s hallmark since her debut Little Face. The Wrong Mother is her most accomplished novel yet. As the revelations tumble forth, the tension is screwed ever tighter until the final shocking outcome. Exemplary.’
—Daily Express (U.K.)
‘Sophie Hannah’s third psychological suspense novel is a creepy thriller with an unsettling side-story concerning “family annihilation”—the murder of a child by a parent. . . . This is a superior exercise in storytelling that takes time away from the killer-on-the-loose cop chase to reflect on the chillingly plausible thin line between parenting and psychosis.’
—Financial Times
‘Hannah reinforces her reputation as a great new thriller writer. Chilling, compulsive and with a genius twist.’
—Elle (U.K.)
LITTLE FACE
‘She’s a writer to watch.’
—Bloomberg News
‘It is not every day that a writer makes the move from best-selling poetry to suspense fiction, and I suspect it’s rarer still for the transition to be as successful as that of British author Sophie Hannah, who has penned a clever and original debut in Little Face. . . . Judging from her excellent debut, she has a brilliant new career ahead of her.’