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  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405914871
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99

Eeny Meeny

DI Helen Grace 1




Two victims. One bullet. One lives. One dies. A dark, ingenious, rocket-paced serial-killer thriller from a major new British talent

A young couple wakes disorientated, trapped and without food or water. There's no escape. Instead there's a gun loaded with a single bullet and a mobile phone with charge enough only to deliver a short message: when one of you kills the other, the survivor will walk free

Other pairs are soon taken. The victims appear to be chosen at random, but the planning is meticulous. And until DI Helen Grace can establish a connection, a twisted killer will remain out of reach. A breakthrough is elusive, but then the investigation begins to turn full circle . . .

  • Published: 19 November 2014
  • ISBN: 9781405914871
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 448
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

M. J. Arlidge

M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last fifteen years, specialising in high end drama production. In the last five years Arlidge has produced a number of prime-time crime serials for ITV, including Torn, The Little House and most recently Undeniable, broadcast in spring 2014. Currently writing for Silent Witness, Arlidge is also piloting original crime series for both UK and US networks. Debut thriller Eeny Meeny, which introduces Detective Inspector Helen Grace, has sold to publishers around the world. The follow up, Pop Goes the Weasel, was published by Penguin Books in September 2014.

 

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Praise for Eeny Meeny

M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace . . . he spares us none of the dark details, weaving them together into a tapestry that chills to the bone

Daily Mail

With an orchestration of tension that is always sharp and cinematic, M. J. Arlidge's debut novel grabs the reader by the throat

Barry Forshaw, Crimetime

Eeny Meeny is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo

Judy Finnigan

It's amazing

Richard Madeley

This taut, fast-paced debut is truly excellent

The Sun

A macabre, theatrical thriller that gripped me with every twist

Woman and Home

Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!

Lisa Gardner

Expertly pulled off. It has a devious premise. DI Helen Grace is fiendishly awesome. It's scary as all hell. And it has a full cast of realistically drawn, interesting characters that make the thing read like a bullet

Will Lavender

What a great premise!...EENY MEENY is a fresh and brilliant departure from the stock serial killer tale. And Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years

Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Skin Collector and Solitude Creek

A gripping debut ... D.I. Helen Grace is a flawed but winning heroine ... and, boy, the pages fly by

USA Today

A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller

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