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Deadly Animals: Winner of the Val McDermid Crime Debut Award 2024 | Marie Tierney

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**WINNER OF THE VAL McDERMID DEBUT AWARD 2024** **One of The Times' best crime and mystery books of 2024 so far** 'A remarkable debut' - THE TIMES 'Utterly mesmerising' - PETER JAMES 'Exceptional talent' - DAILY MAIL 'I adored this novel' - JENNIE GODFREY 'Exceptional in every way' - CHRIS WHITAKER 'A crime novel I wish I had written' - LYNDA LA PLANTE 'Marie's writing is beautiful' - BELINDA BAUER 'A dark glittering gem of a book' - LISA GRAY 'Gloriously dark, deadly and deathly' - C. J. SKUSE 'An incredible debut. Damn near perfect' - SUSI HOLLIDAY 'Tierney is a name to watch' - SAM HOLLAND 'A masterpiece' - WILLIAM HUSSEY 'Extraordinary' - JO CALLAGHAN Thirteen-year-old Ava Bonney is different. While her friends play, Ava searches for roadkill. She knows studying animal decomposition is an unusual hobby, but Ava doesn't care what other people think. Then, one night, when Ava sneaks out to find a fox, she instead stumbles upon the body of Mickey Grant. Despite his many years in the police, Detective Seth Delahaye has never seen a murder case like this one - as though the victim was set upon by a wild animal. Nor has he met anyone quite like Ava: so determined, resourceful and . . . unusual. And when another boy goes missing, he has no idea that Ava will become his secret weapon in the hunt for a killer. DISCOVER THE GRIPPING 2024 BRITISH CRIME NOVEL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. 'Deadly Animals is a shockingly beautiful, rare and heartbreaking gem. I really can't recommend it highly enough' - CHRIS WHITAKER

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Deadly Animals: Winner of the Val McDermid Crime Debut Award 2024 | Marie Tierney

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Set in 1980 Birmingham, this mystery comes from two perspectives trying to solve a disturbing string of murdersā€” an investigation by 14-year-old Ava, involved since a discovery during her own pursuits of her version of a Body Farm on the local roadkill, & the more official one by the police. Well-performed, I definitely found myself listening at every chance & loved that the ending interview confirms that this isn‘t the last we‘ll see of Ava!

TorieStorieS TW: a wide variety of animal death and death/abuse of children 1w

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Jeg

Deadly Animals: Winner of the Val McDermid Crime Debut Award 2024 | Marie Tierney

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Picked this up at the library because it looked different. Again it‘s one of those books which to me ,most of it was very obvious and I wasn‘t sure if it was meant to be obvious. I liked the main character 13 year old Ava. I learnt a lot about bones, forensic science and decaying bodies. Yes it was a bit gruesome in parts. Mixed feelings about it really. You might love it.

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