First Born: Fast-paced and full of twists and turns, this is edge-of-your-seat reading
Apr 2022 · Hachette UK
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ONE TWIN LIED. ONE TWIN DIED.
Brilliant psychological suspense from the author of word-of-mouth sensation THE LAST PASSENGER.
'Dean handles his plot with skill ... Molly is an intriguing protagonist and Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader' OBSERVER
'The talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot. There is no higher praise' DAILY MAIL
Molly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk averse, she gains comfort from security and structure. Every day the same.
Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous. They used to be inseparable, until Katie moved to New York a year ago. Molly still speaks to her daily without fail.
But when Molly learns that Katie has died suddenly in New York, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. Katie is part of her DNA. As terrifying as it is, she must go there and find out what happened. As she tracks her twin's last movements, cracks begin to emerge. Nothing is what it seems. And a web of deceit is closing around her.
*** PRE-ORDER THE CHAMBER, a locked room thriller like no other, NOW! ***
'Highly accomplished, dark and dazzling. First Born twists and deceives, and cements Will Dean's status as a truly rare talent. Pure brilliance' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Powerful ... Dean takes on issues of personal identity and familial responsibility' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Tiptoes into Highsmith territory here. Pacy, exhilarating and jaw-dropping, it's a meditation on identity and loneliness as well as a bloody good page-turner' ERIN KELLY
'A superb page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH
'The streets of New York shine off the page, and the action rarely lets up. Highly recommended' SARAH HILARY
'Excellent writing and intriguing, ingenious plotting' LIZ NUGENT
'Taut, suspenseful, chilling and surprising' GILLY MACMILLAN
'Equal parts murder mystery and psychological thriller, Will Dean dazzles with FIRST BORN. A tense, taut plot that blows through unexpected twists and turns, you won't be able to look away until the final, shattering page' JULIE CLARK
'Great pace, great twists, a perfect psychological thriller' B.A. PARIS
Brilliant psychological suspense from the author of word-of-mouth sensation THE LAST PASSENGER.
'Dean handles his plot with skill ... Molly is an intriguing protagonist and Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader' OBSERVER
'The talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot. There is no higher praise' DAILY MAIL
Molly lives a quiet, contained life in London. Naturally risk averse, she gains comfort from security and structure. Every day the same.
Her identical twin Katie is her exact opposite: gregarious and spontaneous. They used to be inseparable, until Katie moved to New York a year ago. Molly still speaks to her daily without fail.
But when Molly learns that Katie has died suddenly in New York, she is thrown into unfamiliar territory. Katie is part of her DNA. As terrifying as it is, she must go there and find out what happened. As she tracks her twin's last movements, cracks begin to emerge. Nothing is what it seems. And a web of deceit is closing around her.
*** PRE-ORDER THE CHAMBER, a locked room thriller like no other, NOW! ***
'Highly accomplished, dark and dazzling. First Born twists and deceives, and cements Will Dean's status as a truly rare talent. Pure brilliance' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Powerful ... Dean takes on issues of personal identity and familial responsibility' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Tiptoes into Highsmith territory here. Pacy, exhilarating and jaw-dropping, it's a meditation on identity and loneliness as well as a bloody good page-turner' ERIN KELLY
'A superb page-turner' STEVE CAVANAGH
'The streets of New York shine off the page, and the action rarely lets up. Highly recommended' SARAH HILARY
'Excellent writing and intriguing, ingenious plotting' LIZ NUGENT
'Taut, suspenseful, chilling and surprising' GILLY MACMILLAN
'Equal parts murder mystery and psychological thriller, Will Dean dazzles with FIRST BORN. A tense, taut plot that blows through unexpected twists and turns, you won't be able to look away until the final, shattering page' JULIE CLARK
'Great pace, great twists, a perfect psychological thriller' B.A. PARIS
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4.4
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April 14, 2022
Now here’s a book which will blow your socks off! Molly is a bit of an introvert – the opposite to her identical twin sister, Katie. Inseparable until Katie moved to New York a year ago, they still spoke on a daily basis until, that is, Katie is found dead in her apartment and, much as Molly doesn’t ‘do’ travel, she knows that she has to go there and do what she can to find out what happened to her other half. But no one said it was going to be easy . . . My first thoughts on picking this one up were ‘how on earth is Will Dean going to follow ‘Last Thing to Burn’ – a novel which I have recommended many times over; but follow it he does – and then some! I felt Molly’s pain as she began to do what little she could to help the police in the Big Apple to discover what happened to her sister and I wasn’t entirely sure that she was going to get to the crux of the matter. However, this is a novel full of surprises with even one or two shocks along the way! A spectacular tale, beautifully written as always and one which has left me in awe of the author’s ability to weave such a wonderful story. Five sparkling stars and my very highest recommendation; it will not disappoint!
Cath Luke
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April 17, 2024
Gripping
Oksana Saienchuk
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October 13, 2023
incredibly stunning plot
About the author
Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands and had lived in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying Law at the LSE and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden where he built a house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His debut novel in the Tuva Moodyson series, Dark Pines, was selected for Zoe Ball's Book Club, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize and named a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Red Snow was published in January 2019 and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards, 2019. Black River was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Award in 2021. Will also writes standalone thrillers: The Last Thing to Burn, First Born, the top twenty hardback bestseller The Last Passenger and The Chamber.
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