When I Was Ten

When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins. ''Grips like a vice'' - Val McDermid , author of the Karen Pirie series '' Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced '' - Daily Mail Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter - nicknamed the Angel of Death - spent eight years in a children''s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own. Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister, compelling her to break two decades of silence. Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story. For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened that night - with devastating consequences for them all. ''I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended'' - Louise Candlish , author of Our House ''Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate'' - JP Delaney , author of The Girl Before ''Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller'' - Clare Mackintosh , author of The Last Party

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Cummins, Cummins Fiona
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.04.2025
• EAN: 9781035063499
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3506349-9
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage; London, Greater London, FICTION / Crime, Crime & mystery, FICTION / Family Life / General, Central London, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Domestic, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Crime and mystery: women sleuths