Claire Askew schafft Erzählungen, die sich mit den verborgenen Wahrheiten und komplexen Emotionen der menschlichen Erfahrung auseinandersetzen. Ihre poetische Sensibilität durchdringt ihre Prosa und schafft fesselnde Welten, die die Leser in ihren Bann ziehen. Askew erforscht das Innenleben ihrer Charaktere mit tiefem Einfühlungsvermögen und zielt darauf ab, tiefere Reflexionen über das Menschsein anzuregen.
A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star and award-winning voice in the crime genre. 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times
The poems in Claire Askew's electrifying second collection concern witches, outsiders, and women who don't fit into society. The settings range from London buses and Edinburgh alleyways to the streets of Salem, Massachusetts. Also a novelist, Askew is known for her award-winning DI Birch Scottish crime series published by Hodder.
A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star in the genre who has delivered a game-changing fourth book: 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times
Robertson Bennet returns to Edinburgh after a 25-year absence in search of his parents and his inheritance. But both have disappeared. A quick, routine police check should be enough - and Detective Inspector Helen Birch has enough on her plate trying to help her brother, Charlie, after an assault in prison. But all her instincts tell her not to let this case go. And so she digs. George and Phamie Bennet were together for a long time. No one can ever really know the secrets kept between husband and wife. But as Birch slowly begins to unravel the truth, terrible crimes start to rise to the surface
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Dedicated cop Helen Birch faces a terrible choice - family or justice? - in the gripping second novel from the author of All The Hidden Truths
In Edinburgh ist Detective Helen Birch auf dem Weg zu ihrer neuen Dienststelle, als sie zu einem Einsatz gerufen wird, der sie zutiefst erschüttert: ein Amoklauf am Three Rivers College. Der junge Ryan Summers hat dreizehn Studentinnen erschossen, dann die Waffe gegen sich selbst gerichtet. Was bleibt, ist die quälende Frage nach dem Warum. Während sich die Medien mit Spekulationen überschlagen, führen ihre Ermittlungen Helen Birch zu Ryans Mutter Moira sowie zu den verzweifelten Angehörigen der Opfer. Doch beide Seiten verbergen Geheimnisse, und die Wahrheit scheint Helen immer mehr zu entgleiten …