The Guilty One

The stunning Richard & Judy Book Club pick

By: Lisa Ballantyne

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Paperback | 30 August 2012 | Edition Number 1

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A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB FAVOURITE

AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON

''Sophisticated, suspenseful, unsettling'' Lee Child

''Grips like a vice'' Daily Mail

''Compulsive'' Rosamund Lupton

''Moving, insightful'' Guardian
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Daniel Hunter has spent years defending lost causes as a solicitor in London. But his life changes when he is introduced to Sebastian, an eleven-year-old accused of murdering an innocent young boy.

As he plunges into the muddy depths of Sebastian''s troubled home life, Daniel thinks back to his own childhood in foster care - and to Minnie, the woman whose love saved him, until she, too, betrayed him so badly that he cut her out of his life.

But what crime did Minnie commit that made Daniel disregard her for fifteen years? And will Daniel''s identification with a child on trial for murder make him question everything he ever believed in?
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''One of the most readable, emotionally intense novels of the year'' Richard & Judy Book Club

''It kept me up all night and guessing the whole way through'' Jenny Colgan

''A page-turner with real emotional depth'' Daily Express

''Moving and suspenseful'' Joyce Carol Oates

''Absorbing'' Company

''Will touch your heart, even as it leaves you unsettled'' Hallie Ephron

''Outstanding'' Daily Record

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Industry Reviews

[a] moving, insightful debut . . . It's easy to see why this caused such a stir at Frankfurt last year. If it isn't this year's Before I Go To Sleep, I'll eat my laptop - The Guardian

One of the most readable, emotionally intense novels of the year, and a debut one at that. Lisa Ballantyne pulls off the key writer's trick of getting us to care about the characters; by the end of the first chapter, you will be comprehensively on the hook - Richard from Richard and Judy?s Book Club, Autumn 2012 Pick

This is an outstanding work of fiction, and the real crime would have been if the talent of Lisa Ballantyne had never been discovered - Daily Record

Thought provoking, brave and challenging, this book is an unsettling and compulsive read - Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister and Afterwards

Fast-paced and emotionally charged, we were tearing through it well into the night. Keep a tissue handy - you'll be a wreck by the end - Emerald Street

A mature, gripping book you'll be desperate to tell your friends about - Big Issue (Scotland)

The Guilty One will touch your heart even as it leaves you unsettled - Hallie Ephron, author of There Was an Old Woman

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The Guilty One

The stunning Richard & Judy Book Club pick

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A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB FAVOURITE

AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON

*DON''T MISS LISA BALLANTYNE''S NEW THRILLER, THE INNOCENT ONE, OUT NOW*

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