{"product_id":"halfway-house-4","title":"Halfway House","description":"\u003cb\u003eOn her first shift at an Edinburgh halfway house for violent offenders, a young woman is taken hostage … and that's just the beginning… The twisty, shocking, darkly funny thriller by award-winning author Helen FitzGerald.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'A new novel from Helen Fitzgerald is \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e a major event … magnificent' \u003cb\u003eMark Billingham\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Outrageous, hilarious and dark as hell – this is Helen FitzGerald on absolute top form’ \u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘[Lou] is irresistible and very funny … The set-up is fascinating, the narrative is both fast-moving and convincing’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e _______\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey’re the housemates from Hell…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When her disastrous Australian love affair ends, Lou O’Dowd heads to Edinburgh for a fresh start, moving in with her cousin, and preparing for the only job she can find … working at a halfway house for very high-risk offenders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Two killers, a celebrity paedophile and a paranoid coke dealer – all out on parole and all sharing their outwardly elegant Edinburgh townhouse with rookie night-worker Lou…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And instead of finding some meaning and purpose to her life, she finds herself trapped in a terrifying game of cat and mouse where she stands to lose everything – including her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Slick, darkly funny and nerve-janglingly tense, \u003ci\u003eHalfway House \u003c\/i\u003eis both a breathtaking thriller and an unapologetic reminder never to corner a desperate woman…\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e __________________________\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eTense, claustrophobic and laugh-out-loud funny … an amazingly talented writer’ \u003cb\u003eMichael Wood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A genius combination of horror, humour and humanity' \u003cb\u003eB M Carroll\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Helen FitzGerald \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e **Shortlisted for Theakston Crime Novel of the Year**\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Sharp, shocking and savagely funny’ \u003cb\u003eChris Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Dark, dark, deliciously dark' \u003cb\u003eAmanda Jennings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'Wickedly funny, breath-stealingly tense and utterly chilling' \u003cb\u003eMiranda Dickinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 'The main character is one of the most extraordinary you'll meet between the pages of a book' \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Sublime' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A dark, comic masterpiece' \u003cb\u003eMark Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Urgent, angry, absolutely terrifying’ \u003cb\u003eErin Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Tantalisingly powerful' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'FitzGerald writes like a more focused Irvine Welsh or a less misogynist Philip Roth' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Domestic life is rarely served up quite so dark as this’\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238295425368,"sku":"9781914585708","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781914585708.jpg?v=1778648467","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/halfway-house-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}