Worst Case Scenario by Helen FitzGerald

A deliciously dark, unapologetically funny, and nail-bitingly tense psychological thriller by the international bestselling author of The CryNUMBER 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' SJI Holliday`A dark, comic masterpiece which manages to be both excruciatingly tense and laugh-out-loud funny at the same time. Great stuff!' Mark Edwards
Binding: Paperback / softback