All Was Lost

OBSERVER THRILLER OF THE MONTH SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB PICK A HEARTSTOPPING, GRISLY MOORS THRILLER ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO GIVE HER DAUGHTER A BETTER LIFE _______ 'Fast paced and shocking' Observer A brilliant example of Northern noir' Sunday Times 'Dark, grisly and utterly compelling. Thriller writing at its finest' CAROL WYER 'A bruising story drenched in dread. . . recalls Cormac McCarthy in its drive and brutality' GABRIEL BERGMOSER 'Dark, fast-paced and thrilling' ALAN PARKS _______ THE CASH IS GONE. THE HUNT IS ON. HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO FOR YOUR FAMILY? Orla McCabe has found a case of money. Willing to do almost anything to give her family a better life, she flees with her husband and baby daughter - and the money. Meanwhile, detectives Lynch and Carlin are investigating a botched human trafficking deal on the isolated northern moors. They find piles of bullet-riddled bodies, but no cash. The owners of the money are on the hunt, and soon a world of brutal violence envelops Orla and the detectives. To secure her daughter's future, Orla will never stop running. It's just a matter of who she drags into the dark with her. . . This promises an adrenaline ride like no other - Deliverance meets The Hunted set on isolated northern moorland - for fans of Elly Griffiths, Adrian McKinty and JM Dalgliesh

Steven Maxwell is a PhD Creative Writing candidate and winner of the prestigious PhD Research Scholarship at Lancaster University. He lives in Wirral.