Eeny Meeny: DI Helen Grace 1
May 2014 · Detective Inspector Helen Grace Book 1 · Penguin UK
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THE ROCKET-PACED SERIAL-KILLER THRILLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FROM M. J. ARLIDGE
'What a great premise! Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER
'Wow! A gripping read from the very beginning' 5***** Reader Review
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The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it.
Days later, another desperate escapee is found - and a pattern is emerging.
Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice:
Kill or be killed.
As Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation to hunt down this unseen monster, she learns that it may be the survivors - living calling cards - who hold the key to the case.
And unless she succeeds, more innocents will die . . .
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'A serial killer thriller that holds your attention from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review
'This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo' Judy Finnigan
Praise for M.J. Arlidge and the DI Helen Grace series:
'M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace' Daily Mail
'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' Sun
'Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless' Sunday Sport
'Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!' Lisa Gardner
'A gripping debut . . . D.I. Helen Grace is a flawed but winning heroine. And, boy, the pages fly by' USA Today
'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller' Huffington Post
'What a great premise! Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years' JEFFERY DEAVER
'Wow! A gripping read from the very beginning' 5***** Reader Review
________
The girl emerged from the woods, barely alive. Her story was beyond belief. But it was true. Every dreadful word of it.
Days later, another desperate escapee is found - and a pattern is emerging.
Pairs of victims are being abducted, imprisoned then faced with a terrible choice:
Kill or be killed.
As Detective Inspector Helen Grace leads the investigation to hunt down this unseen monster, she learns that it may be the survivors - living calling cards - who hold the key to the case.
And unless she succeeds, more innocents will die . . .
________
'A serial killer thriller that holds your attention from start to finish' 5***** Reader Review
'This is going to be as big as Jo Nesbo' Judy Finnigan
Praise for M.J. Arlidge and the DI Helen Grace series:
'M. J. Arlidge has created a genuinely fresh heroine in DI Helen Grace' Daily Mail
'Taut, fast-paced, truly excellent' Sun
'Gruesomely realistic, intriguing and relentless' Sunday Sport
'Eeny Meeny debuts one of the best new series detectives, Helen Grace. Determined, tough and damaged, she must unravel a terrifying riddle of a killer kidnapping victims in pairs. Mesmerizing!' Lisa Gardner
'A gripping debut . . . D.I. Helen Grace is a flawed but winning heroine. And, boy, the pages fly by' USA Today
'A fast-paced, twisting police procedural and thriller that's sure to become another bestseller' Huffington Post
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4.3
243 reviews
Richard Richard
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March 9, 2018
Ineffective, tedious and lacklustre story featuring soulless cardboard cut-out characters told with a foggy monotonous narrative. Now, with my eyes glazed over in utter boredom, I can't help thinking that the only serious crime committed here is that the author botched a real opportunity to do so much more with such a robust premise. Poor.
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Lindsay Booth
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September 23, 2014
I enjoyed this book. I like crime thrillers and this had a unique story line and you really was left wondering 'whodunnit' however whilst I accept that some artistic licence is needed when covering the police investigation elements to the book, the inaccuracies were too much for me. I am not sure if the author did research into this element, or if they did they completed disregarded it. Only bugbear for me.
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Laura Blue
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November 12, 2014
Interesting main plotline. Wasn't keen on the characters,particularly the main one, and I felt some police terminology wasn't explained "so19"? Also felt that there wasn't much research into the police and the police came off in a bad light, breaking all the rules. Also thought "grace" for a police officer protagonist's surname should have been different as we already have Roy Grace. I'm not keen on main characters being brought into the book late on. I won't be buying the second one but this one was ok.
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About the author
M. J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last fifteen years, specializing in high-end drama production, including the prime-time crime serials Torn, The Little House and Silent Witness. Arlidge also pilots original crime series for both UK and US networks. In 2015 his audio exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a Number One bestseller.
His first thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014. It was followed by the bestselling Pop Goes the Weasel, The Doll's House, Liar Liar, Little Boy Blue, Hide and Seek, Love Me Not, and Down to the Woods.
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