Cross Her Heart: A Novel - Couverture rigide

“Swift and entertaining... Cross Her Heart has a welcome sisterhood-is-powerful vibe; it’s a novel that defines women by their relationships with one another, even as their creator is ruthlessly shoving them into position for the next twist.” (New York Times Book Review)

“The amazing Sarah Pinborough has done it again with this brilliant, pacy story of lies and deceit.” (B.A. Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors)

“The past decade of crime fiction has been remarkable for the huge number of novels... featuring women... Some have been excellent, but most have been indistinguishable... Critics have spent much time searching for well-written, original examples. Sarah Pinborough passes the test. She... is adept at conjuring the unexpected.” (Times (London))

“The plotting in Cross Her Heart is calm, cool and beautifully orchestrated—until, WHAM, you marvel at what Pinborough has just tossed in your lap. There are plenty of I-can’t-believe-she-just-did-that moments that will have you sitting straight up in your chair. What a terrific ride.” (Meg Gardiner, author of Unsub)

“As the narrative weaves among these three... characters, readers are pulled deeper into their connected webs of secrets and lies... Fans of Pinborough’s smash debut, Behind Her Eyes, won’t be disappointed... [This is] a fast-paced, twisty thriller... Devotees of B.A. Paris and Ruth Ware will be fascinated.” (Library Journal (starred review))

“[A] tension-driven page-turner... The anxiety builds relentlessly... Cross Her Heart is unapologetically feminist, driven by the strong relationships between women, for better or worse. This will be an easy sell for fans of all domestic suspense... especially fans of Liane Moriarty and Megan Abbott.” (Booklist)

“The one element that sets Pinborough’s novel apart from similar thrillers is the emphasis on female empowerment and the power of female relationships.... Fans of Gillian Flynn and Paula Hawkins will find this comfortingly familiar despite (or maybe because of?) the shocks and turns along the way.” (Kirkus Reviews)

“[Pinborough’s] work invariably possesses a surreal, dreamlike quality... The juggling of multiple viewpoints shows great elan, and the author’s storytelling is as sure-footed as ever.” (The Guardian)

“A masterclass in artful misdirection... brilliantly rendered and utterly harrowing. To say any more would be to give Pinborough’s high stakes game away: suffice to say those twists keep coming, each one a perfectly controlled explosion, right to the mesmerising final pages.” (Irish Times)

“The first act lays the groundwork... But then Pinborough...puts her foot down, and throws more twists and turns into the road than Switzerland’s Grimsel Pass. Once the first reveal hits you in the face, you’ll be lucky if you can put the book down to go to bed.” (Independent (UK))