Louise Hegarty

Broschiertes Buch

Fair Play

Beschreibung

'A treat . . . Takes on the biggest questions of life and death' - PAUL MURRAY, author of THE BEE STING 'Dazzling' - Colin Walsh, author of Kala 'Brilliant' - The Times 'Ingenious' - The Telegraph 'Terrific' - The New York Times 'Heartbreaking' - The Guardian 'Sally Rooney meets The Secret History' - The Sunday Times THE HEART IS A LOCKED ROOM Abigail's brother Benjamin is dead, and her world has literally been split in two. In one reality Abigail finds herself back at work, navigating the frustrations of well-wishers and busybodies, desperately wondering why her brother has gone. In the other an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer among his circle of close friends. Is this a murder mystery or something more? What secrets do Benjamin's friends hold? And can Abigail, immersed in her grief, find out the truth of her beloved brother's life.

Autor

Louise Hegarty's stories have appeared in Banshee, The Tangerine, The Stinging Fly and The Dublin Review and have been featured on BBC Radio 4. She was the inaugural winner of the Sunday Business Post/Penguin Ireland Short Story Prize. Her story 'Now, Voyager' was produced as part of A City and A Garden, a new state-of-the-art sonic experience commissioned by Sounds from a Safe Harbour in association with Body & Soul and presented as part of Brightening Air Coiscéim Coiligh. Her short story 'Getting the Electric', originally published in The Stinging Fly, has been optioned by Fíbín Media. Fair Play is her debut novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pan Macmillan
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 130mm
• ISBN-13: 9781035036158
• ISBN-10: 1035036150
• Artikelnr.: 74776160

Rezensionen

Louise Hegarty's genre-splicing debut is a treat - clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting