Bitter Fruit

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After immigrating to Ireland from South Africa, gaining Irish citizenship in the process, Tempest Black discovered a love of writing, coffee, and corvids. She fused her passion for all three into her debut crime novel, Bitter Fruit. Tempest holds an honours degree in psychology, and her studies are currently being used to craft the next unhinged killer for DI Lewan Kane to confront. She lives in Dublin with her family, where she runs a tattoo parlour with her husband.

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The crime debut of the year from a sensational new voice in Irish fiction.

'A hugely accomplished debut novel' JOHN CONNOLLY
'Tempest Black is a major talent' **MARK BILLINGHAM
**'Electrifying, audacious and thrillingly perplexing' **CHRIS BROOKMYRE
**'One of the most compelling debuts out in years' **YRSA SIGURDARDOTTIR
**'An incredibly assured debut' PETER SWANSON

A KILLER WITH A GOSPEL.

On Easter morning, a body is found in the ruins of a church; decapitated, naked, knelt as if in prayer.

A DETECTIVE WITHOUT FAITH.

Detective Lewan Kane is deeply troubled by the harrowing scene: this ritualistic killer hasn't left a single trace.

**A MYSTERY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
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In a quiet corner of Dublin, Ella Lonan is wrestling with her sanity, haunted by disturbing visions - severed heads on an altar, a young woman drowned by a black ocean.

When Kane appears in one such episode, Ella turns up at his office, desperate for answers.

Can Ella's visions help Lewan catch a killer? Or will they open the door to something even darker than death?

Readers can't get enough of *Bitter Fruit
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'Debut novels this good don't come along very often' **** **** **** **** ****

'A truly excellent read' **** **** **** **** ****

'A stunning debut' **** **** **** **** ****

'Dark, atmospheric and wonderfully unsettling' **** **** **** **** ****

'Remember the name Tempest Black' **** **** **** **** ****