Synopses & Reviews
She's standing at the front door. Covered in blood. Is she the victim of a crime? Or the perpetrator?
Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is being pushed away. His marriage is ending. Charlie, his eldest daughter, will barely speak to him. And Charlie's rebellious best friend Sienna is getting into more and more trouble, and taking Charlie along for the ride.
Sienna has been almost like family to O'Loughlin-a troubled child who for years spent more time in the O'Loghlin residence than her own home. O'Loughlin's worst fears are confirmed when Sienna turns up at his front door, traumatized and covered in blood. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Sienna's house: her father Ray Hegarty, a celebrated former police officer, murdered.
The blood covering Sienna was her father's. She can't remember what happened, but, at the same time, doesn't mourn her father's death. O'Loughlin vows to unearth the dark secrets of Sienna's mind, hoping his efforts will win back the confidence of a daughter he may be in danger of losing forever. But as the accusations fly, the line between victim and accused begins to blur.
When the detective in charge of the case seems all too eager to lay the blame at Sienna's feet rather than malign the honor of a respected former colleague, O'Loughlin begins to make his own inquiries. But each step he takes toward the truth also brings him closer to the path of a manipulative killer unlike anything he has ever encountered.
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"This remarkable novel offers everything those 'literary' detective novels ought to but usually don't. This is crime fiction of the highest order."--Booklist (starred review)
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Praise for BLEED FOR ME:
"Michael Robotham doesn't just make me scared for his characters; he makes my heart ache for them."--Linwood Barclay
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"Robotham writes with grave tenderness."--Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review
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"There are no bad Robotham novels. They are all good. Some are just better than others and this one is a damned fine read... No sophistry. It's an honest read. It resonates with verisimilitude. This is a measured piece, tight and efficient from a word smith and story teller who knows the value of words and how to hammer and weld them into powerful characters that we believe in and care about."--Salon.com
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"A convoluted and lethal investigation, with collateral damage at every turn. BLEED FOR ME works on many levels, combining the insights of a trained psychologist; the savvy street smarts and irreverent observations of a retired cop; and intricate plotting from a first-rate author."--Bruce Tierney, BookPage
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"Bleed For Me is not only an unnerving, fast-paced psychological thriller, but also an extremely intelligent read by a writer in his prime."--New York Journal of Books
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"Michael Robotham is my favorite kind of crime writer, smart and subtle without ever sacrificing suspense. In BLEED FOR ME, he has crafted a psychological thriller that will take your breath away."--Alafair Burke, author of Long Gone
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"A taut thriller....O'Loughlin continues to be an appealingly flawed hero."--Publishers Weekly
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"Proves Robotham's a writer of the highest class who can create terror from the commonplace and crush the breath out of you."--The Daily Mail (UK)
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"A disquieting, often moving, dissection of the layers of hipocrisy that protect the wicked."--The Times (UK)
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Praise for THE WRECKAGE (2011):
"One of the best novels to come out of the chaos of Iraq; a penetrating peek through the fog of war."--Nelson DeMille
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Praise for SHATTER (2009):
"The most suspenseful book I read all year."--Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
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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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"Pleasantly creepy....Plotted with precision and narrated with real intelligence."--The New York Times Book Review
Synopsis
When Sienna Hegarty turns up at psychologist Joe O'Loughlin's home one night, traumatized and covered in blood, he vows to unearth the dark secrets her mind has buried. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Sienna's house: her father, a retired cop, murdered.
The blood covering Sienna was her father's. She can't remember what happened, but, at the same time, doesn't mourn her father's death. What was going on behind closed doors in the Hegarty household? Is Sienna guilty of brutal murder? And how is her charismatic teacher Gordon Ellis involved?
Joe O'Loughlin must uncover the truth-or he could be next in the sights of a manipulative killer unlike anything O'Loughlin has ever encountered.
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She's standing at the front door. Covered in blood. Is she the victim of a crime? Or the perpetrator? A teenage girl--Sienna, a troubled friend of his daughter--comes to Joe O'Loughlin's door one night. She is terrorized, incoherent-and covered in blood.
The police find Sienna's father, a celebrated former cop, murdered in the home he shared with Sienna. Tests confirm that it's his blood on Sienna. She says she remembers nothing.
Joe O'Loughlin is a psychologist with troubles of his own. His marriage is coming to an end and his daughter will barely speak to him. He tries to help Sienna, hoping that if he succeeds it will win back his daughter's affection. But Sienna is unreachable, unable to mourn her father's death or to explain it.
Investigators take aim at Sienna. O'Loughlin senses something different is happening, something subterranean and terrifying to Sienna. It may be something in her mind. Or it may be something real. Someone real. Someone capable of the most grim and gruesome murder, and willing to kill again if anyone gets too close.
His newest thriller is further evidence that Michael Robotham is, as David Baldacci has said, "the real deal--we only hope he will write faster."
Synopsis
She's standing at the front door. Covered in blood. Is she the victim of a crime? Or the perpetrator? When Sienna Hegarty, a troubled friend of his daughter, comes to Joe O'Loughlin's door terrorized, incoherent, and covered in blood, he vows to unearth the dark secrets her mind has buried. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Sienna's house: her father, a retired cop, murdered.
Tests confirm that it's Mr. Herharty's blood on Sienna. She says she remembers nothing. Investigators take aim at Sienna. O'Loughlin senses something different is happening, something subterranean and terrifying to Sienna. It may be something in her mind. Or it may be something real. Someone real. Someone capable of the most grim and gruesome murder, and willing to kill again if anyone gets too close.
About the Author
Michael Robotham has been an investigative journalist in Britain, Australia and the US. One of world's most acclaimed authors of thriller fiction, he lives in Sydney with his wife and three daughters.