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  • Published: 3 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857500762
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99

Poppet

Featuring Jack Caffrey, star of BBC’s Wolf series. A tense and terrifying thriller from the bestselling author

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28 Mar 2013
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28 Mar 2013
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3 Mar 2014
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The heartstopping new Jack Caffery novel - a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller

Bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder has penned another spine-tingling and stomach-churning thriller that is guaranteed to keep you turning the pages. Creepy, enthralling, twisty and very moving, Poppet is perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter.
'Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers' -- Karin Slaughter
'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there' -- The Times
'Oozes sinisterness from the first page' -- Entertainment weekly
'Full of twists, turns and lots of tension . . . deliciously dark and creepy.' -- ***** Reader review
'Completely compulsive reading . . . gritty and often shocking.' -- ***** Reader review
'Poppet had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up from the very beginning.' -- ***** Reader review
'Full of twist and turns with a totally unexpected twist at the end!' -- ***** Reader review
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THE MAUDE IS OUTSIDE.

IT WANTS TO COME IN.

IT WANTS TO SIT ON YOUR CHEST.

The patients at Beechway High Secure Unit are terrified. Unexplained power cuts have lead to a series of horrifying incidents. And now fear has spread from the inmates to the staff.

DI Jack Caffery is called to investigate, whilst working the most impossible case of his life.

Will he be able to stare pure evil in the eye, and survive?
  • Published: 3 March 2014
  • ISBN: 9780857500762
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Mo Hayder

Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers you will ever read. Her first novel, Birdman, was hailed as a 'first-class shocker' by the Guardian and her follow-up, The Treatment was voted by the Times one of 'the top ten most scary thrillers ever written'. In 2012 Gone won the prestigious Edgars Best Novel award.

Mo's books are 100% authentic, drawing on her long research association with several UK police forces and on her personal encounters with criminals and prostitutes. She left school at 15 and has worked as a barmaid, security guard, English teacher, and even a hostess in a Tokyo club. She has an MA in film making from the American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. She now lives in England's West Country and is a full-time writer.

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Also by Mo Hayder

Wolf
Hanging Hill
Gone
Pig Island
The Devil of Nanking
Ritual
The Treatment
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Praise for Poppet

With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there

The Times

Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers

KARIN SLAUGHTER

Extraordinarily good. Creepy, enthralling, twisty and very moving. Wow.

STEVE MOSBY

Oozes sinisterness from the first page

Entertainment weekly

Enthralling...Hayder’s sharply drawn characters, major and minor, and her psychological acumen combine for a frightening and convincing read.

Publisher's Weekly