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  • Published: 16 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241999660
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

If I Tell





An edge-of-your-seat story with fantastic female leads from an exciting new voice in crime-writing

A girl covered in blood. Her missing stepfather. Two detectives racing against time.

Laura is her team's top interviewer, an expert at finding the 'in' with victims that helps crack the case.

Niamh is her straight-talking partner who is noticing cracks in her mentor's careful facade.

Jenny is the 14-year-old assault victim found bloody and confused on a suburban street. They need answers, and fast. But Jenny seems terrified to tell them the truth.

And as the pair try to reach her, Laura begins to lose herself in memories of her own shattering trauma, leading to a mistake that could have fatal consequences . . .

  • Published: 16 February 2023
  • ISBN: 9780241999660
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

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Praise for If I Tell

Daringly dark and packs a huge emotional punch - an exceptional crime debut that lingers in the memory long after the last page

Catherine Ryan Howard

An intense, emotional and utterly compelling narrative that deftly leads us into the dark places of ordinary lives

Jake Arnott

Thrilling and utterly compulsive

Liz Nugent

Heartbreaking, haunting and hypnotic

Patricia Gibney

Great, great, great - I am giving it a lot of love . . . read this one!

Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ

Dark, angry, searing and beautifully written, The Interview is an incredible read, impossible to put down. Gill Perdue is a fresh, assured new voice in Irish crime writing

Andrea Mara

A tightly wound plot that keeps you on your toes until the final chapters. Incredible story telling

Arlene Hunt

Propulsive

RTÉ Guide

Utterly immersive and brilliantly told

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