A gripping psychological thriller played out in cyberspace, in Joanne Harris' dark, twisting Malbry Cycle, together with Gentlemen & Players and Different Class.
Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning
author of over twenty novels. Her Whitbread-shortlisted novel
Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and
Johnny Depp. She is the author of several other bestsellers,
including The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur Le Cure and The
Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such
diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks,
Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark
psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and
Different Class).
Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she
spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly)
becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE, and
in 2022 an OBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a
band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her
garden. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College,
Cambridge, and served for four years as Chair of the Society of
Authors. She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to
smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.
Delivers an almighty twist in the tale late on...brilliantly
atmospheric and at times heartbreaking
*The Times*
An ingenious, gripping read...it terrified the living daylights out
of me
*Daily Express*
Brilliantly written, plotted and insightful...beware unreliable
narrators along with a huge plot twist at the end
*Mirror*
Engrossing psychological thriller...a novel of unusual
complexity...Harris, best known for Chocolat, again shows her skill
and versatility
*Mail on Sunday*
Beautifully written...a rewarding read
*Guardian*
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