Bitter Fruit
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Bitter Fruit
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Tempest Black
'Tempest Black is a major talent' Mark Billingham
'Electrifying, audacious and thrillingly perplexing' Chris Brookmyre
'An incredibly assured debut' Peter Swanson
'One of the most compelling debuts out in years' Yrsa Sigurdardottir
'A deeply satisfying debut' Carmel Harrington
'DI Lewan Kane is destined for Rebus-like fame' Trevor Wood
'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets True Detective' Hannah Morrissey
A KILLER WITH A GOSPEL.
On Easter morning, a body is found in the ruins of a church; decapitated, naked, knelt as if in prayer.
A DETECTIVE WITHOUT FAITH.
Detective Lewan Kane is deeply troubled by the harrowing scene: this ritualistic killer hasn't left a single trace.
A MYSTERY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
In a quiet corner of Dublin, Ella Lonan is wrestling with her sanity, haunted by disturbing visions - severed heads on an altar, a young woman drowned by a black ocean.
When Kane appears in one such episode, Ella turns up at his office, desperate for answers.
Can Ella's visions help Lewan catch a killer? Or will they open the door to something even darker than death?
'Chilling, suspenseful but also deeply moving. Bitter Fruit is one of the most astonishing debut novels I've read in a very long time'
Mark Billingham, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author
'Bitter Fruit ticks all the right boxes for lovers of quality crime fiction: the prose, the characters and last but not least the gruesome murder case at hand that leaves nothing to be desired'
Yrsa Sigurdardottir, international #1 bestselling author
'I devoured Bitter Fruit! Haunting and mystical, yet also hard-hitting and brutal with a terrific cast of characters. Echoes of James Lee Burke and John Connolly which is remarkable for a debut'
Trevor Wood, bestselling author of The Man on the Street
'An atmospheric, multi-layered, twist-filled mystery led by two compelling protagonists, Bitter Fruit is a strikingly ambitious debut novel'
Catherine Kirwan, Irish Times bestselling author
'Both brutal and beautiful, with lush prose that delves deep into the country's wilderness. Tempest Black conjures an eldritch Ireland that is uniquely her own. Mark my words, Black is more than a writer to watch - she's one to follow'
Hannah Morrissey, USA Today bestselling author©2027 Tempest Black (P)2027 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Critic Reviews
Chilling, suspenseful but also deeply moving. Bitter Fruit is one of the most astonishing debut novels I've read in a very long time. Tempest Black is a major talent (Mark Billingham, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author)
Unusual, intriguing, unsettling - a hugely accomplished debut novel (John Connolly, #1 internationally bestselling author)
Electrifying. An audacious and thrillingly perplexing mystery that skilfully unveils its many secrets layer by intricate layer (Chris Brookmyre, Sunday Times bestseller)
This incredibly assured debut by Tempest Black is great stuff, anchored by a disturbing mystery and suffused with atmospheric dread. Vivid, compelling and creepy (Peter Swanson, Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author)
Bitter Fruit by Tempest Black is one of the most compelling debuts out in years. It ticks all the right boxes for lovers of quality crime fiction, the prose, the characters and last but not least the gruesome murder case at hand leave nothing to be desired. I for one will be following this author from now on. (Yrsa Sigurdardottir, #1 international bestselling author)
I devoured Bitter Fruit! Haunting and mystical, yet also hard-hitting and brutal with a terrific cast of characters, echoes of James Lee Burke and John Connolly which is remarkable for a debut. I have no doubt that DI Lewan Kane is destined for Rebus-like fame! (Trevor Wood, author of The Man on the Street)
A tense, immersive, and deeply satisfying debut (Carmel Harrington, #1 Irish Times bestseller)
An atmospheric, multi-layered, twist-filled mystery led by two compelling protagonists, Bitter Fruit is a strikingly ambitious debut novel that will win Tempest Black many fans. (Catherine Kirwan, Top 10 Irish Times bestselling author)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets True Detective in this debut that is both brutal and beautiful. With lush prose that delves deep into the country's wilderness and a tight, well-crafted investigation that probes a killer's psyche, Tempest Black conjures an eldritch Ireland that is uniquely her own. Mark my words, Black is more than a writer to watch - she's one to follow (Hannah Morrissey, USA Today bestseller)
A seriously impressive debut with beautifully written, superbly drawn characters and a cracking plot that really made me think (Ajay Chowdhury, author of The Waiter)
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