Kind of Cruel

The brilliantly chilling seventh crime thriller from the queen of psychological suspense - a must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins.

''Utterly chilling'' Observer

''Truly hair-raising'' Independent on Sunday

Some secrets are so dark you keep them even from yourself . . .

When Amber Hewerdine consults a hypnotherapist as a desperate last resort, she doesn''t expect that anything much will change.

She doesn''t expect it to help with her chronic insomnia . . .

She doesn''t expect to hear herself, under hypnosis, saying words that mean nothing to her: ''Kind, cruel, kind of cruel'' - words she has seen somewhere before, if only she could remember where . . .

She doesn''t expect to be arrested two hours later, as a result of having spoken those words out loud, in connection with the brutal murder of Katharine Allen, a woman she''s never heard of . . .