The Confession

an addictive psychological thriller with twists you won't see coming

De: Jo Spain

Narrado por: Christopher Bonwell, Michele Moran

THE INCREDIBLE DEBUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT LIE

"Spain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale" - Daily Mail

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SOMETIMES THE TRUTH IS NOT ALL IT SEEMS...
SOMETIMES A CONFESSION IS JUST THE BEGINNING...

Late one night a man walks into the luxurious home of disgraced banker Harry McNamara and his wife Julie. The man launches an unspeakably brutal attack on Harry as a horror-struck Julie watches, frozen by fear. It looks like Harry's many sins - corruption, greed, betrayal - have finally caught up with him.

An hour later the intruder, JP Carney, hands himself in, confessing to the assault. The police have a victim, a suspect in custody and an eye-witness account, but Julie remains troubled.

Has Carney's surrender really been driven by a guilty conscience or is this confession the first calculated move in a deadly game?

PERFECT FOR FANS OF THEN SHE WAS GONE AND THE GOOD DAUGHTER

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Discover DI Tom Reynolds in the first instalment of Jo Spain's acclaimed detective series, With Our Blessing.

For even more Jo Spain, check out her most exciting and thrilling work yet, The Perfect Lie.

(P)2018 Quercus Editions Limited©2018 Joanne Spain

Reseñas de la Crítica

Fabulous . . . Clever, pacey, compulsive

Refreshing and... full of twists

Spain's blackly comic touch pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale

A brilliantly dark tale

A clever and unusual premise . . . punchy and energetic . . . a brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride

Fresh, witty writing style . . . an eye for details make the characters instantly believable

Brilliantly crafted . . . each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end

A scathing overview of the Celtic Tiger years . . . [a] vivid portrait of a fascinating monster

This gripping novel is more of a whydunnit than a whodunnit

A contender for the most arresting opening paragraph of the year . . . This is crime fiction for grown-ups, taking its time to explore the ins and outs of human psychology

An intriguing Rubik's Cube of a book that kept me turning the pages to get to the truth. So well plotted and beautifully written. I absolutely loved it

A clever novel . . . gradually exposing a chilling history of dysfunctional families

I can't praise The Confession enough. Brilliant writing, great story . . . a really cracking read

A dizzying tale of lives falling apart that has you addicted from the very first page. I found it impossible to put down, so desperate was I to get to the truth

Enthralling - Spain dissects her characters' secrets with razor-sharp precision

Here is my confession: I've never read Jo Spain before but now I'll be buying all of her books. The Confession is brutal and brilliant

The Confession is jaw-dropping. Clever. Addictive. Beautifully drawn characters. Masterful storytelling

Loved it! Fabulous characters, superbly written, twists, turns & ends with a punch

An absolute cracker of a book, compulsive, deviously plotted and intense - I will be recommending this to everyone

Jo Spain is such a talent. The Confession had me in its thrall from the first page, revealing the dark side of the Celtic Tiger

I loved this twisty slice of domestic noir

GRIPPING

THIS BOOK KEPT ME INTEREST%ED THROUGHOUT.JO SPAIN ID A GREAT JOB AND I WILL BE LOOKING AT HER WORK TO READ MORE.

Engaging

Couple of times during the history makes you feel you know how it will end but again couple of twist happen

Possibly my novel of the year

What did you love best about The Confession?

...and I'm only saying that because the year ain't over.

Two characters and the people around them live their accidentally and totally-on-purpose tragic lives.

Julie wonders why her husband Harry, the once-love-of-life, is brutally attacked in their home by stranger JP Carney. But, over the course of this intriguingly ever-winding story, we find out how and why the attack happened and how Julie knew more about attacker's motives and the victim's sins than she first let on.

Quality storytelling of this calibre is rare. I got to the end and went right back and read it again.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Julie, her initial innocence slowly unfurls to reveal a damaged and damaging heroine, one we fear, pity and despise in equal measure.

Pretty ordinary

I persevered with this book to the end. This universe of unlikeable characters was a bit dreary, and became more so as the book went on. The twist at the end wasn’t much of one either. All in all not much of a pay-off in reading this one.