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A deliciously dark, unapologetically funny, and nail-bitingly tense psychological thriller by the international bestselling author of The Cry
NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
***Guardian, Telegraph, Herald Scotland AND The Week BOOK OF THE YEAR***
***Sunday Times TOP 40 Crime Novels in the Last 5 Years***
***Longlisted for Theakston' s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020***
' Shocking, gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the last. Brilliant' Erin Kelly
' This frenetic novel' s strongest assets are its sheer verbal energy and the acerbic views of its heroine, who resembles a female Frankie Boyle' Sunday Times
' The main character is one of the most extraordinary you' ll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin
' A scandalously rude comic masterpiece' Daily Telegraph
' Sublime' Guardian
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Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some of Glasgow' s worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he' s published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero – and a poster boy for Men' s Rights activists.
Liam is released on licence into Mary' s care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam' s daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice ... with devastating consequences.
A heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour, Worst Case Scenario is also a perceptive, tragic and hugely relevant book by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction.
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' Laced with pitch-dark acerbic humour, the classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat
' This darkly, funny, shocking and surprisingly emotional thriller is unlike anything you' ve ever read before' Fabulous Magazine
' This novel is a funny, agonising account of one good woman' s battle with rage, guilt, fear, duty and disaster' Literary Review
' Absolutely compelling company from start to finish in this wonderful, energetic, hard-hitting and deeply funny novel' Big Issue
' Simply stunning. Dark, uncompromising, funny, and almost impossible to put down' Luca Veste
' Outrageous, extremely funny and ultimately devastating' Ambrose Parry
' Dark humour and darker truths permeate a thrilling crime novel that is fabulously transgressive and completely unique ... nobody writes like Helen Fitzgerald' Mark Billingham
' Helen Fitzgerald is one of a kind, and a welcome breath of fresh air in the world of off-beat but achingly relatable crime fiction'
NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
***Guardian, Telegraph, Herald Scotland AND The Week BOOK OF THE YEAR***
***Sunday Times TOP 40 Crime Novels in the Last 5 Years***
***Longlisted for Theakston' s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020***
' Shocking, gripping and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the last. Brilliant' Erin Kelly
' This frenetic novel' s strongest assets are its sheer verbal energy and the acerbic views of its heroine, who resembles a female Frankie Boyle' Sunday Times
' The main character is one of the most extraordinary you' ll meet between the pages of a book' Ian Rankin
' A scandalously rude comic masterpiece' Daily Telegraph
' Sublime' Guardian
_________________
Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation offer, dealing with some of Glasgow' s worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he' s published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero – and a poster boy for Men' s Rights activists.
Liam is released on licence into Mary' s care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam' s daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice ... with devastating consequences.
A heart-pounding, relentless and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour, Worst Case Scenario is also a perceptive, tragic and hugely relevant book by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction.
_________________
' Laced with pitch-dark acerbic humour, the classic thriller gets a hell of a twist' Heat
' This darkly, funny, shocking and surprisingly emotional thriller is unlike anything you' ve ever read before' Fabulous Magazine
' This novel is a funny, agonising account of one good woman' s battle with rage, guilt, fear, duty and disaster' Literary Review
' Absolutely compelling company from start to finish in this wonderful, energetic, hard-hitting and deeply funny novel' Big Issue
' Simply stunning. Dark, uncompromising, funny, and almost impossible to put down' Luca Veste
' Outrageous, extremely funny and ultimately devastating' Ambrose Parry
' Dark humour and darker truths permeate a thrilling crime novel that is fabulously transgressive and completely unique ... nobody writes like Helen Fitzgerald' Mark Billingham
' Helen Fitzgerald is one of a kind, and a welcome breath of fresh air in the world of off-beat but achingly relatable crime fiction'