Synopses & Reviews
London psychiatrist Joseph O'Loughlin seems to have the perfect life. He has a beautiful wife, an adoring daughter, and a thriving practice to which he brings great skill and compassion. But he's also facing a future dimmed by Parkinson's disease. And when he's called in on a gruesome murder investigation, he discovers that the victim is someone he once knew. Unable to tell the police what he knows, O'Loughlin tells one small lie which turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life. Suddenly, he's caught in a web of his own making.
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"[A] pleasantly creepy story, which is plotted with precision and narrated with real intelligence." New York Times Book Review
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"Robotham's novel is taut and fast-moving, but he finds time for an occasional pithy quote or droll digression.....Trust a crafty Brit to slip a Utopian vision into his thriller." Washington Post
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"Tense and thrilling...Robotham...writes with the poise and polish of a veteran....Sure to establish its author as a rising star of crime fiction." Chicago Sun-Times
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"Already a hit in the U.K., Suspect may do for psychological thrillers what Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent did for the legal variety." Booklist
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"Suspect is one of those rare literary gems, a beautifully written thriller that is both moving and relentlessly suspenseful. This is a debut not to be missed!" Tess Gerritsen, author of Body Double
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"Suspect isn't...original....Still, Robotham gives the cliché a solid workout." (Grade: B) Entertainment Weekly
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"Nail-biting tension full of fine characterization, brilliantly researched detail, and subtle humor." The Mirror
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"A clever plot...an absorbing read...a welcome new name in the genre." The Telegraph
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"A highly effective thriller...well-engineered plot, with gathering horrors...a gripper." Literary Review (U.K.)
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"Terrific...a classic 'wrong man' thriller that puts its hero in hot water, then raises the Fahrenheit to a fever pitch....Robotham not only builds the suspense masterfully but tops it off with a stunning twist."
People
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"Believable and authentic from the first sentence, Suspect is altogether an accomplished piece of work. Robotham doesn't put a foot wrong in his plotting, pace, or inventiveness." Weekend Australian
About the Author
Michael Robotham is a former journalist and the coauthor of a dozen bestselling autobiographies published in the United Kingdom. He lives in Sydney, Australia.