Hanging Hill: A Novel

In this “powerful and frightening” British thriller, two estranged sisters confront a crime that exposes the nightmares that lurk at the edges of domesticity (Irish Independent).

On a picture-perfect morning in Bath, England, a teenage girl’s body is found on the towpath of a canal. Police detective Zoe Benedict is convinced the department head should look beyond the usual domestic motives to solve the brutal murder case. But no one wants to hear any far-fetched ideas from the department’s black sheep.

Meanwhile, Zoe’s sister, Sally, has started working as a housekeeper for a wealthy entrepreneur whose eccentricities are beginning to seem increasingly repugnant, and possibly dangerous. As Zoe digs into the case and Sally’s suspicions grow, all signs point to one conclusion: There’s something very wrong at the house on Hanging Hill.

“A chiller to the very end. Hayder deals with Britain at its grittiest. ” —Peter Millar, The Times (London)

“Mo Hayder has crafted a powerful and frightening thriller that grips the reader from page one to the blood-freezing shock of the final page. Utterly compelling. ” —Irish Independent

“[A] superbly plotted tale [with] an end more alarming than anything that comes before. ” —New York Daily News

© 2012 Atlantic Monthly Press (Ebook): 9780802194794

Release date

Ebook: 7 February 2012