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The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill
- Author
- C.S. Robertson
- Narrator
- Lauren Lyle
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Publish Date
- 20 January 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and criminology, Psychological thriller, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
What to expect
'Dark, twisted and compelling, you won't want Grace to clean your house . . .' C.L. TAYLOR
Some people die alone, and someone has to clean what's left behind - houses, bodies, memories, and old, dark secrets.
Grace McGill is an insular, friendless woman, living in Glasgow in her 30s. She has her beloved cat, and she has her own business - deep cleaning the houses of Undiscovereds. People who die alone and stay that way until they are found weeks, sometimes months, later.
While working in the home of a man named Tommy Agnew, her suspicions are aroused by a hidden photograph and a stack of newspapers, all from the same date over many, many years.
Grace can't get the mysterious life and sad death of Tommy Agnew out of her head, and she soon begins an investigation that could cost her her life. The past has stayed buried for many years already, but Grace has never been one to brush things under the carpet . . .
A STAND-OUT NOVEL WITH A UNIQUE NARRATIVE VOICE AND AN UNGUESSABLE MYSTERY. YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO REMEMBER GRACE McGILL. <font>
(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
Critics Review
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A dark, disturbing and highly original thriller. You'll love Grace McGill
Mark Billingham
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Dark, twisted and compelling, you won't want Grace to clean your house . . .
C.L. Taylor
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A brilliantly original thriller, dark and brooding, with a real emotional punch
Doug Johnstone
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Clever, dark, unusual and full of genuine surprises
Louise Beech
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One of the highlights of my reading year. A deliciously dark masterpiece
Helen Fitzgerald
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Twisted, twisting, original and sinister. The Undiscovered Deaths of Grace McGill is unforgettable
Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End
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So original
Crime Monthly
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This is an ingenious, disturbing and chilling thriller in which Grace is an unforgettable character, and not what she seems. Superb storytelling, with an elegant twist
Daily Mail
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[A] Gut-wrenching thriller. There are jaw-dropping revelations and startling assertions in C.S. Robertson's gruesome tale
The Times
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Dark and quirky - there's just something readers are going to love about meeting Grace McGill
Scottish Sun
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A brilliant read
Daily Record
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A truly startling novel
The Sunday Times
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A sharp and vigorous novel with a massively original theme
On Magazine
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Dark and quirky - there's just something readers are going to love about meeting Grace McGill
The Sun, 2022 Must Reads
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This enthralling story defies genre description
NFOP Magazine
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It's not just a clever read - you'll sail through a range of emotions and there's no way you'll forget Grace. I'm struggling to remember reading a book like it before, and what a way to start 2022 reading
Belfast Telegraph
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Beautifully written with a shocking twist, this remarkable thriller has a unique narrator in Grace McGill, and her voice stays with you long after you read the final page
Sunday Express
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It's a dark page ripper
Peterborough Telegraph
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This fascinating thriller had me hooked from the first chapter . . . as dark and disconcerting as it is compelling
Scottish Field
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It's a dark and disturbing novel. It's chilling and haunting. It's original and touching. This book will genuinely be one of your best reads of the 2022
Crime Squad
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This novel is something a bit different: off-beat, slightly macabre, and not the usual psychological crime drama
Yorkshire Times
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This is a very colourful and vivid novel . . . gripping, intense and atmospheric
Crime Fiction Lover
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Robertson tries something audacious, and he pulls it off superbly
The Spectator
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This is a disturbing read with a shocking twist
Sunday Express
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Inventive
Guardian, Best Crime & Thrillers of 2022
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Details
- Author
- C.S. Robertson
- Narrator
- Lauren Lyle
- Duration
- 9 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 January 2022
- ISBN
- 9781529367676
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Comical (humorous) crime and mystery, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and criminology, Psychological thriller, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Synopsis
'A dark, disturbing and highly original thriller. You'll love Grace McGill' MARK BILLINGHAM'Dark, twisted and compelling, you won't want Grace to clean your house . . .' C.L. TAYLORSome people die alone, and someone has to clean what's left behind - houses, bodies, memories, and old, dark secrets. Grace McGill is an insular, friendless woman, living in Glasgow in her 30s. She has her beloved cat, and she has her own business - deep cleaning the houses of Undiscovereds. People who die alone and stay that way until they are found weeks, sometimes months, later. While working in the home of a man named Tommy Agnew, her suspicions are aroused by a hidden photograph and a stack of newspapers, all from the same date over many, many years. Grace can't get the mysterious life and sad death of Tommy Agnew out of her head, and she soon begins an investigation that could cost her her life. The past has stayed buried for many years already, but Grace has never been one to brush things under the carpet . . .A STAND-OUT NOVEL WITH A UNIQUE NARRATIVE VOICE AND AN UNGUESSABLE MYSTERY. YOU ARE GUARANTEED TO REMEMBER GRACE McGILL. font>(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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