{"product_id":"the-marsh-kings-daughter-1","title":"The Marsh King's Daughter","description":"Review\n\nA constantly surprising novel which never takes the obvious route, it is emotionally and intellectually thrilling as well as tremendously exciting (SUNDAY EXPRESS)\n\nSensational . . . if you only read one thriller this year, make it this (CLARE MACKINTOSH)\n\nSubtle, brilliant and mature . . . superb . . . as good as a thriller can be (NEW YORK TIMES)\n\nThis gorgeously written eerie suspense novel gave me chills... I loved it (KARIN SLAUGHTER)\n\nTension-filled thriller... Disturbing and atmospheric - it gripped me from the first page (WOMAN \u0026amp; HOME)\n\nUnlike anything else I've read. Haunting and unputdownable (LAURA MARSHALL)\n\nAlthough there are shades of Emma Donahue's Room here, Dionne explores more thoroughly the relationship between captor and captive, the heavy anchoring of a familial bond and the exploitation of childhood innocence... Riveting (EVENING STANDARD)\n\nOh, such a wonderful book... I am completely blown away. Just mesmerising (ALEX MARWOOD)\n\nTroubling, sinuous and powerfully told, you won't be able to stop turning the pages (MEGAN ABBOTT)\n\nI don't use the word \"brilliant\" often, but no other adjective feels adequate to describe this amazing novel . . . an exceptional achievement (DAVID MORRELL)\n\nA real tour-de-force. Beautifully written, heart-pounding action, finely drawn characters (GILLY MACMILLAN)\n\nMy God - what a writer, what a book. Kept me gripped (MARK HILL)\n\nExceptional...Helena's conflicting emotions about her father and her own identity elevate this powerful story (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW)\n\nUtterly amazing... I loved it (JENNY ASHCROFT)\n\nThis is Room meets The Revenantand has screenplay adaptation shot through it like a stick of rock... the plot is fantastic but it is the characters that set this book alight...LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOK (L.V. HAY)\n\nEerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying in the best possible way (TÉA OBREHT)\n\nLoved it . . . Haunting and compelling (TOM WOOD)\n\nOriginal and exciting, with a thrilling ending. If you liked Room, you'll love it (MARK EDWARDS)\n\nThe prose is sinuous and lush; the storytelling is relentless... Home is set to make the season's other thrillers look undernourished. (IRISH TIMES)\n\nSensationally good psychological suspense - I loved this book (LEE CHILD)\n\nIn this riveting story...there are shadesof Emma Donoghue's Room, (though) Dionne explores more thoroughly the relationship between captor and captive, the heavy anchoring of a familial bond and the exploitation of childhood innocence (EVENING STANDARD)\n\nProduct Description\n\nPublished in ebook and paperback as Home\nYou'd recognise my mother's name if I told it to you. You'd wonder, briefly, where is she now? And didn't she have a daughter while she was missing?\n\nAnd whatever happened to the little girl?\nHelena's home is like anyone else's. With a husband and two daughters, and a job she enjoys. But no one knows the truth about her childhood.\nBorn into captivity and brought up in an isolated cabin until she was 12, Helena was raised to be a killer by the man who kept her captive - her own father.\nNow he has escaped from prison and Helena knows, instinctively, that he is coming for her. To keep her family safe she must find him, before he finds her. Even if it means returning to the darkest parts of her past.\nEven if she has to go home . . .\n\n__________\n\n'I loved this book' LEE CHILD\n\n'Gave me chills' KARIN SLAUGHTER\n'Sensational' CLARE MACKINTOSH\n'You won't be able to stop turning the pages' MEGAN ABBOTT\n'Mesmerising' ALEX MARWOOD\n'A nail-biter' COSMOPOLITAN\n\n'Haunting' LAURA MARSHALL, author of FRIEND REQUEST\n\n'A knockout' SARAH HILARY\n'I was absolutely gripped' GILLY MACMILLAN\n'Eerie and breathtaking, terrific and terrifying' TÉA OBREHT, author of THE TIGER'S WIFE\n'Thrilling' MARK EDWARDS\n\nBook Description\n\nPacked with gripping suspense and powerful storytelling, this is a unique, one-more-page, read-in-one-sitting thriller that you'll remember for ever.\n\nAbout the Author\n\nKaren Dionne drew h","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40154427818069,"sku":"9780751567380N","price":7.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/3ba508ee-157c-436a-bf7e-e2b79a701c34_50cdb26a-47bd-41e7-a1a7-e89cdf60951d.jpg?v=1657189154","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-marsh-kings-daughter-1","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}