{"product_id":"it-was-her","title":"It was her","description":"Product Description\n\n\nDo you want a thriller where nothing is as it seems?Twenty years ago, Tatia was adopted into a well-off home where she seemed happy, settled. Then the youngest boy in the family dies in an accident, and she gets the blame. Did she do it?Tatia is cast out, away from her remaining adopted siblings Joel and Poppy. Now she yearns for a home to call her own. So when she see families going on holiday, leaving their beautiful homes empty, there seems no harm in living their lives while they are gone. But somehow, people keep ending up dead.Did she kill them?As bodies start to appear in supposedly safe neighbourhoods, DI Ray Drake and DS Flick Crowley race to find the thinnest of links between the victims. But Drake's secret past is threatening to destroy everything.PRAISE FOR MARK HILL'A fantastic debut: dark, addictive and original. I couldn't put it down'Robert Bryndza, author of The Girl in the Ice'Grips from the start and never lets up' The Times 'Wreaks havoc with your assumptions. Hill has a hell of a career ahead of him' Alex Marwood, author of The Wicked Girls and The Darkest Secret 'A cracking debut. I can't wait to see more of Ray Drake' Mark Billingham, #1 bestselling author of Love Like Blood and In The Dark 'Utterly gripping, packed with unforgettable characters - and SO well-written. The twists had me reeling!' Louise Voss\n\n\nReview\n\n\nA cracking debut. I can't wait to see more of Ray Drake.--\nMark Billingham (on His First Lie)\n\n\nDark, tense, twisted and totally satisfying. Nice one Mr Hill. More please--\nJen Med's Book Reviews (blog)\n\n\nDeliciously dark characters, a poisonous middle-class family and a detective inspector with more to hide than most! Another thoroughly enjoyable read from Mark Hill--\nDampPebbles (blog)\n\n\nDeliciously tense and darkly addictive. I couldn't put it down until I had devoured it completely!--\nJane Isaac\n\n\nHill has a hell of a career ahead of him.--\nAlex Marwood\n\n\nI had to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next--\nHooked From Page One (blog)\n\n\nI raced through the pages as if my life depended on it and could not put this book down. An utterly fabulous addition to the series--\nNovel Deelights (blog)\n\n\nTwisty, pacy and an engaging. Loved it--\nPatricia Gibney\n\n\nIt Was Her is\nsupremely well-crafted, from that irresistible premise, right through to the heart-thumping finale. Absolutely first-class writing--\nRandom Things Through My Letterbox (blog)\n\nA fantastic debut: dark, addictive and original.\nI couldn't put it down.--\nRobert Bryndza (on His First Lie)\n\nHe's\na real talent.--\nSteve Cavanagh\n\nHe's only two books into his crime writing career but he's already\nup there with the big players (blog)--\nEbookwyrm's BlogCave\n\nHill's stories have a strong ring of contemporary truth and this downbeat but assured novel should establish him as\na major voice in English crime writing--\nMaxim Jakubowski,\nCrime Time\n\nI found myself racing through the pages as\nI desperately wanted to discover what was going to happen next--\nOver the Rainbow Book Blog\n\nIf you like having goose-bumps whilst reading, or that feeling of looking over your shoulder,\nthis book is definitely for you!--\nBooks Beyond the Story (blog)\n\nLeft me wanting more (in a good way).\nBring on the next book in the DI Ray Drake series!--\nOff-the-Shelf Books (blog)\n\nMark Hill has joined\nthe upper echelons of London crime writers--\nBarry Forshaw,\nCrime Time\n\nMark Hill writes at a great pace and\nkeeps you fully submerged in the plot with his writing style--\nBroadbean's Books (blog)\n\nProof his debut,\nHis First Lie, was no fluke,\nHill's the real deal, delivering a thriller with shocking scenes, punchy action, twists and a flawed copper in DI Ray Drake...\nA crime fan's must-read!--\nPeterborough Evening Telegraph\n\nScary\nwonderful--\nValentina Giambanco\n\nWhat a\nsuperb writer!--\nAlex Gray\n\nWith\nIt Was Her Mark Hill just gets better and better. Beautifully written and\nutterly gripping.--\nCass Green\n\nWith compelling yet flawed charac","brand":"Sphere","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39667915685973,"sku":"9780751563245N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/059c2af7-1526-451e-8fc2-5bbe12b6971b.jpg?v=1644275355","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/it-was-her","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}