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Bestselling psychological thriller author Erin Kelly's much loved debut novel

FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world but something terrible is about to happen, and someone's going to end up dead . . .Already drawing comparisons to Barbara Vine, Tana French and Sophie Hannah, Erin Kelly is an extraordinarily talented new author.

Author Biography

Erin Kelly read English at Warwick University. She has worked as a freelance journalist for over ten years and has written for the Daily Mail, Psychologies, the Guardian and Cosmopolitan, among others. She lives in North London with her family. THE POISON TREE is her first novel.

Review

A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century - The TimesA beautifully crafted, evocative psychological thriller . . . A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century - The TimesA terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it. - Stephen KingA terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it. - Stephen King(An) excellent debut psychological thriller, reminiscent of early Barbara Vine. - Daily Mail Books of the YearAn unusually good debut psychological thriller from an author who instinctively knows how to tell a suspense story (think early Barbara Vine) and whose plotting, characterisation, fluent writing and dark humour should ensure her a successful career. - Daily MailA wonderfully tense and foreboding thriller that is at the same time a clever, considered study of desire and a good old-fashioned page-turner. - PsychologiesBrilliant! THE POISON TREE grabs you with the first sentence and doesn't let go--even after the last page; this is the sort of thriller that stays with you for a long, long time. Compelling and lyrically stylish, THE POISON TREE is a true winner! - Jeffery Deaver

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Stunning psychological suspense debut in the vein of Barbara Vine and Tana French.

Long Description

It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world but something terrible is about to happen, and someone's going to end up dead . . .Already drawing comparisons to Barbara Vine, Tana French and Sophie Hannah, Erin Kelly is an extraordinarily talented new author.

Review Quote

A terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca . . . This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it.

Promotional "Headline"

Bestselling psychological thriller author Erin Kelly's much loved debut novel

Details ISBN1444701053 Author Erin Kelly Year 2011 ISBN-10 1444701053 ISBN-13 9781444701050 Media Book Imprint Hodder Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Pages 368 Short Title POISON TREE Language English Residence US Birth 1976 Illustrations n/a Format Paperback Publisher Hodder & Stoughton UK Release Date 2011-05-12 Subtitle the addictive , twisty debut psychological thriller from the million-copy bestselling author Publication Date 2011-05-12 Audience General NZ Release Date 2011-06-13 AU Release Date 2011-06-13 We've got this

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