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The seventh DI Helen Grace thriller from one of the UK´s most exciting thriller writers. A desperate young woman runs through the storm. She hares up the path, hammering on the front door, crying for help. The startled owner opens the door, ushers her inside, promising her whatever assistance she needs. This fateful decision will be his last. He should never have opened the door...

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A blood-red sunrise
Just after 7 AM DI Helen Grace stumbles on a dead woman lying in a country road. She has been brutally shot for no apparent reason.

Two hours later
At gunpoint a shopkeeper is forced to close up by two assailants. Before the police can get inside a single gunshot rings out.

A rampage of revenge?
Over one long day the town of Southampton is terrorized by two young killers who appear to be killing at random.

For DI Helen Grace, it´s a race against time. Uncover why they´re doing this and who´s next or always be a step behind - until the sun sets on this bloody killing spree.

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Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years Jeffrey Deaver

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Arlidge, M. J.

M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specializing in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller.

His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK´s bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll´s House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek and Love Me Not. Down to the Woods is the eighth DI Helen Grace thriller.

In 2019 he published a standalone thriller, A Gift for Dying.

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