Jo Spain CONFESSION

Uluslararası yayınevleriQuercus/Hachette, January 2018. World English.

Crooked Lane Books. North American.

Croatia: Znanje. France: City Editions. Netherlands: De Fontein. Czech: MOBA. Poland:Wydawnictwo RM. Sweden: Modernista.

A 2018 Nielsen Ireland Original Fiction bestseller

A 2018 Netgalley Most Exciting Book

A 2018 Bookseller Book to Watch

A 2018 Irish Independent Book to Look Out For

A 2018 Sunday Independent Book to Look Out For

A 2018 RTE Guide Book to Look Out For

Julie ve Harry mükemmel bir evliliğe sahipti. . .
Taa ki her şey arapsaçına dönene  kadar.

Bir gece geç saatlerde, kötü şöhrete sahip bir banker olan Harry McNamara ve eşi Julie'nin lüks evine  bir adam girer. Adam, Harry'ye tarif edilemeyecek kadar şiddetli bir saldırı başlatır. Gözünün önündeki saldırıdan dehşete kapılan  Julie, korkudan oracıkta donakalır

Olayın üzerinden sadece bir saat geçtikten sonra saldırgan,  polise teslim olur. Suçunu itiraf eder. Ancak kurbanını tanımadığını iddia eder; saldırının plansız olduğunu ve cinnet anında cinayeti işlediğini iddia eder. Acaba bu sadece rastgele bir şiddet saldırısı mıdır? Yoksa Harry'nin birçok günahlarından biriyle bağlantılı olabilir mi: yolsuzluk, açgözlülük, ve ihanet gibi?

Ve olayın işlendiği sırada bir arada olan üçlü, yani Harry, Julie ve o yabancı - aralarındaki gerçek suçlu acaba kimdi?

“Even seasoned genre veterans will be riveted by this modern-day morality tale, which peels away layers of the present and past to reveal ugly truths and sins aplenty, from lust and greed to addiction and deceit.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A touch of Marian Keyes humour and an eye for detail make the characters instantly believable.”—Daily Mail

“A claustrophobic, obsessive novel about a married couple and the man who almost killed the husband, one of the money men responsible for Ireland’s financial boom of the 1990s and its subsequent bust. A very good read.”—Literary Review

“You find out who did it on page one. Then you find out the truth behind Harry and Julie’s marriage and life in this brilliantly crafted story of deceit and mistrust. Each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end.”—Prima

“Opening with a brutal attack, there’s high drama from page one of this fabulous thriller. Disgraced Irish banker Harry is murdered in front of his wife. We know the who but the why unveils bit by tiny bit. Clever, pacey, compulsive.”—Sunday Mirror

“A banker is beaten to death in front of his wife. The killer confesses, but doesn’t say why he did it. Spain’s blackly comic touch – who hasn’t wanted to kill a banker? – pulls us through a brilliantly dark tale.”—The Mail on Sunday

“In a departure from her well-received detective series, the Irish writer Jo Spain has written a clever novel about the murder of a disgraced banker. THE CONFESSION opens with a man walking into the banker’s isolated home and attacking him savagely in front of his wife. The assailant claims he has no idea what prompted the crime, an assertion that Spain undermines in a series of flashbacks, gradually exposing a chilling history of dysfunctional families.”—The Sunday Times 

“Spain teases out a tale woven around ‘secrets, little petty lies and bigger sins’, which is reminiscent of Liz Nugent’s Unravelling Oliver in its vivid portrait of a fascinating monster.” —The Irish Times

“Brilliantly crafted story of deceit and mistrust. Each piece of the puzzle is gradually put together and keeps you gripped until the end.” —Prima

“Fast paced. Full of incident. Punchy and energetic. A brilliant hook and rapid-fire ride towards resolution.” —Irish Independent

“Enthralling—Spain dissects her characters’ secrets with razor-sharp precision.” —JP Delaney, author of The Girl Before

“Jo Spain is such a talent. THE CONFESSION had me in its thrall from the first page, revealing the dark side of the Celtic Tiger.” —Sarah Ward, author of In Bitter Chill

“An absolute cracker of a book, compulsive, deviously plotted and intense—I will be recommending this to everyone.” —Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner

“I loved this twisty slice of Irish domestic noir.” —Claire McGowan, author of the Paula McGuire series

“I can’t praise THE CONFESSION enough. Brilliant writing, great story, loved the premise, a really cracking read.” —B. A. Parris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors