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The Quiet People: The nerve-shredding, twisty MUST-READ bestseller

4.05 (1,341 ratings by Goodreads)

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By (author): Paul Cleave

Suspicion is cast on two successful crime writers, when their seven-year-old son goes missing. Are they trying to show that they can commit the perfect crime? A mesmerisingly twisty, dark thriller from number-one bestselling New Zealand author Paul Cleave

You may think you know where its going, but you couldnt be more wrong. A true page-turner filled with dread, rage, doubt and more twists than the Remutaka Pass Linwood Barclay

Paul Cleave is an automatic must-read for me, and The Quiet People shows why it grabbed me by the throat, shook me around, and left me breathing hard. Fantastic, and highly recommended Lee Child
 
A true page-turner, with an intriguing premise, a rollercoaster plot and a cast of believably flawed characters Guardian
 
An absolute BELTER of a book Id forgotten how good Paul Cleave is! Sarah Pinborough
 
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Can two crime writers get away with murder?

Cameron and Lisa Murdoch are successful New Zealand crime writers, happily married and topping bestseller lists worldwide. They have been on the promotional circuit for years, joking that no one knows how to get away with crime like they do. After all, they write about it for a living.

So when their challenging seven-year-old son Zach disappears, the police and the public naturally wonder if they have finally decided to prove what they have been saying all this time 

Are they trying to show how they can commit the perfect crime?

Electrifying, taut and immaculately plotted, The Quiet People is a chilling, tantalisingly twisted thriller that will keep you gripped and guessing to the last explosive page.

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**Best Indie Novel: Crime Fiction Lover Awards**
** 2021 INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist**
 
The psychological depth of the leads bolsters the complex plot. This merits comparison with the work of Patricia Highsmith Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW
 
What is really compelling about The Quiet People is neither its neat twists nor the topical examination of mob rule, but Cleaves portrait of Cameron as he goes rogue under pressure and tries to use his writers skills to save his son The Times

Gripping from the first page and full of deliciously dark twists and turns. You cant be a true fan of crime fiction if youre not reading Cleaves books Tom Wood


The sense of dread builds unstoppably in this gripping page-turner an intense, chilling read Gilly Macmillan

I don't think I breathed from about halfway through to the end. A masterpiece from a crime genius Susi Holliday
 
His best book yet by the end, readers will find themselves holding their breath Bolo Books

Uses words as lethal weapons New York Times

What starts out as a slow burn, quickly ratchets up the tension and the twists, sending you spiralling down a hill of depravity and desperation Kirsten McKenzie

A cinematic, raging, rollercoaster of a plot wildly entertaining, and will keep you guessing right to the end New Zealand Herald


Cleave has become one of my go-to authors for a chilling slice of cleverly crafted crime LoveReading
 
Super-clever and properly gripping The Sun

A superb novel from a champion storyteller Crime Watch

Praise for Paul Cleave


Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end. Do yourself a favour and check him out Simon Kernick

Tense, thrilling, touching. Paul Cleave is very good indeed John Connolly

Compelling, dark, and perfectly paced Booklist

Relentlessly gripping, deliciously twisted Mark Billingham

An intense adrenaline rush from start to finish S J Watson

A riveting and all too realistic thriller Tess Gerritsen

A gripping thriller I couldnt put it down Meg Gardiner

This very clever novel did my head in time and again Michael Robotham 

Cleaves whirligig plot mesmerises People 

This thriller is one to remember New York Journal of Book See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Nov 2021
  • Publisher: Orenda Books
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781913193942

About Paul Cleave

Paul is Christchurch born and raised and other than a couple of years when he was living in London and bouncing around Europe a little he's always lived there. Paul wanted to write horror and it was a few years in when he realised that crime real life crime is horror. When he made that connection he turned to writing dark crime fiction writing first The Killing Hour and then The Cleaner in his mid-twenties. Not long after that Paul sold his house and lived with his parents so he could write full time a gamble that paid off a few years later when Random House signed him up. From that point on he's written dark tales set in his home city introducing Joe Middleton the Christchurch Carver and Melissa and Theodore Tate and Schroder and Jerry Gray among others to the world.

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