Bleedout

Synopsis

‘You must watch your back when somebody you trust steps behind you.’

Hugh Freyl is the most respected lawyer in Springfield, Illinois. That he is blind only enhances his reputation: justice should be blind. And yet late one night, in the library of his law firm, he is savagely beaten to death.

There is just one obvious suspect: David Marion, a convicted killer from the wrong side of the tracks. Hugh himself secured David’s release from a brutal maximum security penitentiary. David has never seemed grateful.

But how much – or how little – does it take to make a man kill?

Reviews

“Buy it … brilliant …move over John Grisham”

Mirror

“Stunning”

Telegraph

“Gruesome but enthralling”

Times Literary Supplement

“So sharp you can cut yourself on it”

Spectator

“Outstanding”

Time Out

“Astonishing”

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Bleedout

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