A Breakout Thriller from a Sharp New Talent
Maureen Coughlin is in a rut. At twenty-nine, the strong Staten Island native fears she may become a 'lifer' at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she waits tables five nights a week. Nursing a strained relationship with her mother, she tries to find ambition in the little things - a gym membership, a plan to return to school, a dash of cocaine before work - but there's no denying that she's stuck.
Then, leaving work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her coworker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, a silver-haired aspiring politician. Fearing repercussions, Sebastian forces her into silence, and Maureen is more than happy to forget what she's seen - until Dennis turns up dead on the train tracks the next morning. In her search for answers, Maureen finds new meaning in her life. But before she can track down Sebastian, he tracks down her mother. Soon Maureen is bouncing from one corner of Staten Island to the other, trying to protect her mother while staying one step ahead of Sebastian.
With The Devil She Knows, Bill Loehfelm has written a pitchblack thriller that evokes the grit of Dennis Lehane in a fresh, compulsively readable voice, with a heroine every inch as tough as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander. This is a breakout novel by a writer whom Publishers Weekly has praised for his 'superb prose and psychological insights.'
Genre: Thriller
Maureen Coughlin is in a rut. At twenty-nine, the strong Staten Island native fears she may become a 'lifer' at the Narrows, the faux-swank bar where she waits tables five nights a week. Nursing a strained relationship with her mother, she tries to find ambition in the little things - a gym membership, a plan to return to school, a dash of cocaine before work - but there's no denying that she's stuck.
Then, leaving work one night, Maureen walks in on a tryst between her coworker Dennis and Frank Sebastian, a silver-haired aspiring politician. Fearing repercussions, Sebastian forces her into silence, and Maureen is more than happy to forget what she's seen - until Dennis turns up dead on the train tracks the next morning. In her search for answers, Maureen finds new meaning in her life. But before she can track down Sebastian, he tracks down her mother. Soon Maureen is bouncing from one corner of Staten Island to the other, trying to protect her mother while staying one step ahead of Sebastian.
With The Devil She Knows, Bill Loehfelm has written a pitchblack thriller that evokes the grit of Dennis Lehane in a fresh, compulsively readable voice, with a heroine every inch as tough as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander. This is a breakout novel by a writer whom Publishers Weekly has praised for his 'superb prose and psychological insights.'
Genre: Thriller
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Hardback Editions
May 2011 : Hardback
| Title: The Devil She Knows: A Novel Author(s): Bill Loehfelm ISBN: 0-374-13652-1 / 978-0-374-13652-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2012 : Paperback
| Title: The Devil She Knows Author(s): Bill Loehfelm ISBN: 1-250-00759-3 / 978-1-250-00759-9 Publisher: Picador USA Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
May 2011 : MP3 CD
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May 2011 : Audio CD
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May 2011 : Audio CD
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May 2011 : Audio Cassette
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May 2011 : Kindle edition
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May 2011 : Unknown
| Title: The Devil She Knows [With Earbuds] (Playaway Adult Fiction) Author(s): Bill Loehfelm ISBN: 1-4417-8888-3 / 978-1-4417-8888-7 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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