First Born: Fast-paced and full of twists and turns, this is edge-of-your-seat r

Description: First Born by Will Dean A twin learns her sister has been murdered in New York and travels to the city to piece together what has happened. Fast-paced and full of twists and turns, this is edge-of-your-seat reading. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description THE LAST THING A TWIN EXPECTS IS TO BE ALONE ...*** From the acclaimed author of THE LAST THING TO BURN comes a new thriller about identity, rivalry and deceit. ***Dean handles his plot with skill ... Molly is an intriguing protagonist and Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader OBSERVERThe talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot. There is no higher praise DAILY MAILHighly accomplished, dark and dazzling. First Born twists and deceives, and cements Will Deans status as a truly rare talent. Pure brilliance CHRIS WHITAKERMolly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk averse, she gains comfort from security and structure. Every day the same.Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous. They used to be inseparable, until Katie moved to New York a year ago. Molly still speaks to her daily without fail.But when Molly learns that Katie has died suddenly in New York, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. Katie is part of her DNA. As terrifying as it is, she must go there and find out what happened. As she tracks her twins last movements, cracks begin to emerge. Nothing is what it seems. And a web of deceit is closing around her.Delivering the same intensity of pace and storytelling that made THE LAST THING TO BURN a word-of-mouth sensation, FIRST BORN will surprise, shock and enthral.Powerful ... Dean takes on issues of personal identity and familial responsibility FINANCIAL TIMESTiptoes into Highsmith territory here. Pacy, exhilarating and jaw-dropping, its a meditation on identity and loneliness as well as a bloody good page-turner. New York buffets the characters about its ruthless streets, just as the reader is propelled from one twist to the next ERIN KELLYA superb page-turner STEVE CAVANAGHWill Dean writes a mean thriller, with a keen ear for what scares us. The streets of New York shine off the page, and the action rarely lets up. Highly recommended SARAH HILARYWill Dean manages to accomplish the rare blend of excellent writing and intriguing, ingenious plotting LIZ NUGENTTaut, suspenseful, chilling and surprising GILLY MACMILLANEqual parts murder mystery and psychological thriller, Will Dean dazzles with FIRST BORN. A tense, taut plot that blows through unexpected twists and turns, you wont be able to look away until the final, shattering page JULIE CLARKGreat pace, great twists, a perfect psychological thriller B.A. PARISA clever and sophisticated construction...A jolly good read SHOTSRather special Sunday Times Crime Club *Star pick*The storyline is truly original, with Author Biography Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands and had lived in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying Law at the LSE and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden where he built a house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and its from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His debut novel in the Tuva Moodyson series, Dark Pines, was selected for Zoe Balls Book Club, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize and named a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Red Snow was published in January 2019 and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers Awards, 2019. Black River was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Award in 2021. Will also writes standalone thrillers: The Last Thing to Burn, First Born, the top twenty hardback bestseller The Last Passenger and The Chamber. Review Will Dean writes a mean thriller, with a keen ear for what scares us. The streets of New York shine off the page, and the action rarely lets up. Highly recommended * Sarah Hilary *This thriller promises to be unforgettable * The Sun, Books for 2022 preview *Original, imaginative, thrilling! * Marian Keyes *This taut, twisted thriller kept me guessing until the very last page. Clever, compelling and utterly thrilling * Lisa Jewell *Tiptoes into Highsmith territory here. Pacy, exhilarating and jaw-dropping, its a meditation on identity and loneliness as well as a bloody good pageturner. New York buffets the characters about its ruthless streets, just as the reader is propelled from one twist to the next * Erin Kelly *Will Dean manages to accomplish the rare blend of excellent writing and intriguing, ingenious plotting * Liz Nugent *Taut, suspenseful, chilling and surprising * Gilly Macmillan *Equal parts murder mystery and psychological thriller, Will Dean dazzles with FIRST BORN. A tense, taut plot that blows through unexpected twists and turns, you wont be able to look away until the final, shattering page * Julie Clark *Great pace, great twists, a perfect psychological thriller * B.A. Paris *A clever and sophisticated construction . . . A jolly good read * SHOTS *Rather special short, sharp shocker * Sunday Times Crime Club, Star Pick *one of the most twisty-turny and, ultimately, satisfying stories of the year * On Magazine *Powerful . . . Dean takes on issues of personal identity and familial responsibility * The Financial Times *Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader * The Observer *The storyline is truly original, with one of those brilliant endings only a great thriller writer can dream up * The Press Association *Spine-chilling * Irish Independent *The talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot. There is no higher praise * Daily Mail * Details ISBN152930718X Author Will Dean Pages 384 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton Year 2023 ISBN-10 152930718X ISBN-13 9781529307184 Format Paperback Imprint Hodder Paperback Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle Fast-paced and full of twists and turns, this is edge-of-your-seat reading Publication Date 2023-04-13 UK Release Date 2023-04-13 DEWEY 823.92 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-09-25 AU Release Date 2023-09-25 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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