Dead Woman Walking

'A real race-through read. Bolton's writing is pacy, and features a brilliant twist I wish I'd written.' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I See You (in Shortlist)'For once, the description "e,impossible to put down"e, is fully merited, for this is an absolute page-turner' Daily Mail'With Dead Woman Walking, Sharon Bolton exceeds her own high standards of excellence. It grips from the start . . . The plot merges skilfully, with many splendid twists along the way' The TimesJust before dawn in the hills near the Scottish border, a man murders a young woman. At the same time, a hot-air balloon crashes out of the sky. There s just one survivor. She s seen the killer s face but he s also seen hers. And he won t rest until he s eliminated the only witness to his crime. Alone, scared, trusting no one, she s running to where she feels safe but it could be the most dangerous place of all . . .'Bolton is a gripping storyteller with fine, haunted characters' Peter James'Crepuscular, uncanny mystery' Guardian'Bolton establishes a forbidding atmosphere . . . A slippery, devious narrative in which things are not always what they seem' Crime Scene