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Everything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city until the doorbell rings Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller. A gripping novel laced with humour and cutting character insight a thrill from start to finish. Expect the unexpected!' Sarah Pinborough The strangest and creepiest novel I read all year persuasive and compulsive Ian Rankin Ridiculously addictive S J Watson ***Book of the Year: New Statesman*** ***Book of the Year: Daily Express*** _______________ Just outside the city any city, every city is a grand, spacious but affordable apartment building called The Beresford. Theres a routine at The Beresford. For Mrs May, every days the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building. Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him. In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers. And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door. Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, The Beresford is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fictions most exciting names. _______________ Equally enthralling and appalling unlike anything Ive read in a very long while James Oswald Creepy and brilliant Khurrum Rahman Reminiscent of The Shining a creeping and perfectly crafted novel tinged with dark humour and malice Victoria Selman A masterfully macabre tale Louise Mumford I stepped into the imagination of Will Carver and it swallowed me whole Matt Wesolowski Magnificently, compulsively chilling Margaret Kirk Fans of Chuck Palahniuk will adore Carver he is utterly brilliant Christopher Hooley Devilishly dark and maniacally brilliant Raven Crime Reads Slick, stylish ... a sharply crafted and delectable slice of entertaining darkness The Tattooed Book Geek Intense, brilliant, horrific, humorous and everything in between Liz Loves Books
Everything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city
until the doorbell rings
Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller.
A gripping novel laced with humour and cutting character insight
a thrill from start to finish. Expect the unexpected!' Sarah Pinborough
The strangest and creepiest novel I read all year
persuasive and compulsive Ian Rankin
Ridiculously addictive S J Watson
***Book of the Year: New Statesman***
***Book of the Year: Daily Express***
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Just outside the city any city, every city is a grand, spacious but affordable apartment building called The Beresford.
Theres a routine at The Beresford.
For Mrs May, every days the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building.
Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him.
In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers.
And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door.
Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings
Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, The Beresford is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fictions most exciting names.
_______________
Equally enthralling and appalling
unlike anything Ive read in a very long while James Oswald
Creepy and brilliant Khurrum Rahman
Reminiscent of The Shining
a creeping and perfectly crafted novel tinged with dark humour and malice Victoria Selman
A masterfully macabre tale Louise Mumford
I stepped into the imagination of Will Carver and it swallowed me whole Matt Wesolowski
Magnificently, compulsively chilling Margaret Kirk
Fans of Chuck Palahniuk will adore Carver
he is utterly brilliant Christopher Hooley
Devilishly dark and maniacally brilliant Raven Crime Reads
Slick, stylish ... a sharply crafted and delectable slice of entertaining darkness The Tattooed Book Geek
Intense, brilliant, horrific, humorous and everything in between Liz Loves Books