Hurting Distance

year ago, and her new book is another superbly creepy foray in the genre. Her plots are brilliant - I couldn't see through this one at all.' -- Guardian 'Hannah's second novel is a beautifully written chiller-thriller about the after-effect of rape. It grips from start to finish - a grip which held me against my will because the sustained atmosphere of mild hysteria is hard to take ... I couldn't put it down' -- Literary Review 'Another success for this inventive writer.' -- Sunday Telegraph 'A superbly creepy, twisty thriller about obsessive love, psychological torture, and the darkest chambers of the human heart.' -- The Times 'The terror created by Hannah will continue to lurk on the edges of your sub-conscious long after you've put this book down' -- The News of the World 'I have been devouring poet and novelist Sophie Hannah's psychological thriller LITTLE FACE. I can't remember when I was more intrigued by the premise of a book... I read this book greedily, longing to know why anyone would swap a baby ... The tension ratchets up throughout the book; the scenes of David's increasingly vile psychological torture of Alice are particularly gripping ... A toothsome read; I'm eager to get my hands on the next one' -- Naomi Alderman, The Bookseller 'An ingeniously perverse plotline that provokes a dark, tense psychological narrative written with poise and poetry ... looks like another runaway bestseller.' -- Iain Finlayson, Saga 'Hannah writes with great panache, Naomi's first person account is addressed for much of the time to her lover she is infatuated by, while Charlie's story is told in the third person. Hannah is a master at conveying relationships and her characters are distinct and interesting. She dissects particularly well the obsessive nature of love and there's an edgy, unreliability to her narrator Naomi that contributes to the suspense of the story. With shocking revelations on all sides this is an outstanding psychological thriller' -- Tangled Web 'Lock your doors and secure the windows - you won't want to be disturbed reading HURTING DISTANCE.' -- Sainsbury's Magazine 'Thrilling' -- Star 'This psychological thriller is so creepy and tense that if you wake in the night you'll definitely want to put the light on. This brilliant novel will unnerve you for days after you turn the last chilling, but enthralling page' -- Choice 'This brilliant second novel by Hannah will unnerve you for days after you turn the last chilling, but enthralling page.' -- Candis 'Tale of obsession and manipulation' -- Sainsbury's 'Brilliantly strange and beautiful by degrees, it defies even the most experienced crime reader's ability to second guess' -- Redbrickonline.com (University of Birmingham's student newspaper) 'An utterly gripping plot, this is the standout thriller of the year' -- Elle, Read of the Year 'Here's a psychological thriller that gets its hooks into you and refuses to let go' -- The Sunday Times 'Prose of exquisite precision and power' -- Sunday Times (audio review)