The Silence Between Breaths
Sep 2016 · Hachette UK
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How do you survive the unthinkable?
Passengers boarding the 10.35 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work, reunions, holidays and new starts, with no idea that the journey is about to change their lives for ever...
Holly has just landed her dream job and Jeff is heading for his first ever work interview. Onboard customer service assistant Naz dreams of better things as he collects rubbish from the passengers. And among the others travelling are Nick with his young family; pensioner Meg setting off on a walking holiday with her dog; Caroline, run ragged by the competing demands of her stroppy teenagers and her demented mother; and Rhona, unhappy at work and desperate to get home. And in the middle of the carriage sits Saheel, carrying a deadly rucksack . . .
And in the aftermath, amidst the destruction and desolation, new bonds are formed, new friendships made... and we find hope in the most unlikely of places and among the most unlikely people.
'Cath Staincliffe gets into the heads of ordinary people and makes them extraordinary' Ann Cleeves
'Harrowing and humane. A real knockout' Ian Rankin
'Complex and satisfying' Sunday Times
Passengers boarding the 10.35 train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston are bound for work, reunions, holidays and new starts, with no idea that the journey is about to change their lives for ever...
Holly has just landed her dream job and Jeff is heading for his first ever work interview. Onboard customer service assistant Naz dreams of better things as he collects rubbish from the passengers. And among the others travelling are Nick with his young family; pensioner Meg setting off on a walking holiday with her dog; Caroline, run ragged by the competing demands of her stroppy teenagers and her demented mother; and Rhona, unhappy at work and desperate to get home. And in the middle of the carriage sits Saheel, carrying a deadly rucksack . . .
And in the aftermath, amidst the destruction and desolation, new bonds are formed, new friendships made... and we find hope in the most unlikely of places and among the most unlikely people.
'Cath Staincliffe gets into the heads of ordinary people and makes them extraordinary' Ann Cleeves
'Harrowing and humane. A real knockout' Ian Rankin
'Complex and satisfying' Sunday Times
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Grace Simkin
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September 14, 2019
I had no hesitation in giving this 5 stars. Such a powerful tale of love, loss and the human spirit. A terrorist attack on a busy train and the major impact this has on everyone involved. Such a powerful and heartbreaking story that I couldn't wait to keep getting back to. One of the best books I have read in a long time.
About the author
Cath Staincliffe is an award winning novelist, radio playwright and creator of ITV's hit series Blue Murder. Cath's books have been shortlisted for the CWA Best First Novel award. She was joint winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger in 2012. Letters To My Daughter's Killer was selected for the Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club on ITV3 in 2014. Cath also writes the Scott & Bailey books based on the popular ITV series. She lives with her family in Manchester.
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