Rattle

A gripping psychological thriller from a debut author that gives a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath more frightening than you could possibly imagine.

**The No.1 bestselling /b>b>psychological thriller /b>b>by Fiona Cummins./b>A serial killer to chill your bonesA psychopath more frightening than Hannibal Lecter.He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum.Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his obsession, and he is on the hunt.Jakey Frith and Clara Foyle have something in common. They have what he needs.What begins is a terrifying cat-and-mouse game between the sinister collector, Jakey's father and Etta Fitzroy, a troubled detective investigating a spate of abductions.Set in London's Blackheath, Rattle by Fiona Cummins explores the seam of darkness that runs through us all; the struggle between light and shadow, redemption and revenge. It is a glimpse into the mind of a sinister psychopath. And it's also a story about not giving up hope when it seems that all hope is already lost.b>'It's a rare debut that has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition' - Val McDermid, author of the Tony Hill and Carol Jordan series./b>

A highly original and creepy tale that rattles along with menace and does not let up until the cracking finale

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Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. It received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers. She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past. Fiona lives with her family in Essex.

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THE FIRST DS ETTA FITZROY NOVEL

He leads an ordinary life - some of the time.

He has a past which explains his behaviour - most of the time.

He has a hobby too terrible to understand - all of the time.

Etta is a detective who suspects him.

Erdman and Lilith are parents who fear him.

And Jakey and Clara have something he craves.

The Collector has come to rattle their bones and he won't stop until he's caught.

In this deadly game only one thing is certain.

FINDERS, KEEPERS. LOSERS, GRIEVERS.

'Amid the outpouring of crime novels, Rattle is up there with the best of them'
Marcel Berlins, The Times

'A thriller to keep you up all night'
Daily Mail

'A highly original and creepy tale that rattles along with menace and does not let up until the cracking finale'
Daily Express