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About The Book
‘The simplicity of Cleave’s writing disguises the intricacy of his plot … the plotting and tension are breathtaking’ The Times Thriller of the Month
Recovering from a devastating loss, Victoria Burke moves her family out past the edges of the city, where her nearest neighbours are miles away. But soon after their arrival, pets begin to disappear and her daughter starts behaving strangely – behaviour that convinces Victoria her daughter is possessed.
She approaches the church for help, and hits a dead end, but when people close to the family begin to die, she is forced to turn to a disgraced priest … a man who spent twenty years in jail for rape and murder…
And that is just the beginning…
Twisty, horrifying and breathtakingly tense, The Possession marks the return of New Zealand’s King of Crime, with an explosive, chilling novel about a woman who will do almost anything to keep her family secrets safe…
Recovering from a devastating loss, Victoria Burke moves her family out past the edges of the city, where her nearest neighbours are miles away. But soon after their arrival, pets begin to disappear and her daughter starts behaving strangely – behaviour that convinces Victoria her daughter is possessed.
She approaches the church for help, and hits a dead end, but when people close to the family begin to die, she is forced to turn to a disgraced priest … a man who spent twenty years in jail for rape and murder…
And that is just the beginning…
Twisty, horrifying and breathtakingly tense, The Possession marks the return of New Zealand’s King of Crime, with an explosive, chilling novel about a woman who will do almost anything to keep her family secrets safe…
About The Author
Photograph by Martin Hunter
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.
Product Details
- Publisher: Orenda Books (November 21, 2024)
- Length: 276 pages
- ISBN13: 9781916788404
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