A Matter of Time - The tense thrilling hostage thriller, nominated for McIlvanney Prize

A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star in the genre who has delivered a game-changing fourth book: 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times

About the author

Claire Askew's debut novel All The Hidden Truths won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and the 2019 McIlvanney Debut Crime Fiction Award. Two of her novels have been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger. Her fourth novel, A Matter of Time, was longlisted for the McIlvanney Crime Novel of the Year 2022. Claire is also a poet and non-fiction writer and she lives in Carlisle.

Summary

A beautifully written and plotted police procedural from a rising star in the genre who has delivered a game-changing fourth book: 'Claire Askew takes us away from the obvious plot and asks us tantalising questions ... an absorbing, thought-provoking entry into crime fiction' - The Times

Additional text

Tell Jack Bauer he's been supplanted . . . taut

Product details

• Authors: Claire Askew
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781529327410
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-2741-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 32 mm
• Series: DI Birch
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Crime, Edinburgh, FICTION / Thrillers / Crime, Scotland, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Crime and mystery: police procedural