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Husband, friend, co-worker . . . killer?
Charlie and Emily Swift are the Instagram-perfect couple: gorgeous, successful and in love. But then Charlie is named as the prime suspect in a gruesome murder and Emily's world falls apart.
Desperate for justice, she turns to Charlie's troubled best friend, London Herald journalist, Sophie Kent. Sophie knows police have the wrong man - she trusts Charlie with her life.
Then Charlie flees.
Sophie puts her reputation on the line to clear his name. But as she's drawn deeper into Charlie and Emily's unravelling marriage, she realises that there is nothing perfect about the Swifts.
As she begins to question Charlie's innocence, something happens that blows the investigation - and their friendship - apart.
Now Sophie isn't just fighting for her justice, she's fighting for her life.
'Gripping . . . crime with a side order of chic ' Glamour on Breaking Dead [holding quote]
' Original, amazingly written and tense' The Sun on Breaking Dead [holding quote]
About the author
Corrie Jackson has been a journalist for fifteen years. During that time she has worked at Harper's Bazaar, the Daily Mail, Grazia and Glamour. Corrie now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband and two children. Breaking Dead, her debut novel, was the first in the journalist Sophie Kent series and was described by Glamour as 'Gripping . . . crime with a side order of chic' and by the Sun as 'Original, amazingly written and tense'.
Summary
For fans of Nicci French and Sophie Hannah, Corrie Jackson's explosive new novel will leave you questioning how far you would go for friendship.
Foreword
What if London's most wanted killer is also your friend?
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The book is deliciously complex, gritty and dark. Jackson uses her own experience as a journalist to show a newsroom under pressure. It is written beautifully and with so much energy - the characters leap off the page. It gallops to a good and surprising resolution
