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A wrenching, gripping, unforgettable debut crime novel for fans of Susie Steiner and Kate Atkinson.

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AND CWA JOHN CREASEY (NEW BLOOD) AWARDS ´(a) meticulous and compelling novel about the aftermath of a major crime and its effect on the affected families and investigating officers both.´ Ian Rankin ´...it deserves every accolade. This psychological suspense story is one of the best books of the year...Askew is a writer on the rise.´ The Globe and Mail (Canada)

This is a fact: Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed thirteen women, then himself.

But no one can say why.

The question is one that cries out to be answered - by Ryan´s mother, Moira; by Ishbel, the mother of Abigail, the first victim; and by DI Helen Birch, put in charge of the case on her first day at her new job. But as the tabloids and the media swarm, as the families´ secrets come out, as the world searches for someone to blame... the truth seems to vanish.

A stunningly moving novel from an exciting new voice in crime, ALL THE HIDDEN TRUTHS will cause you to question your assumptions about the people you love, and reconsider how the world reacts to tragedy.

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Stunning debut... compellingly written. Daily Mail

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Askew, Claire
Claire Askew is an award-winning poet and novelist. Her debut novel, All the Hidden Truths, won the 2016 Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize as a work in progress, and was selected as a Times Crime Book of the Month. Claire has won numerous other accolades for her work, including the Jessie Kesson Fellowship and a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award. She lives in Edinburgh.

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