The Doll's House

by Tania Carver

Overview

From the outside, the house was unremarkable. Just one of many on an ordinary, suburban estate. But inside was a different matter. With pink ribbons and pink walls, stuffed toy animals everywhere and a dining table laid out for a tea party, it was a doll's house.The doll was sitting at the table. Life size, with blonde, pigtailed hair and rosy red cheeks, dressed in her best pink party dress. Her finger and thumb curled round the handle of a fine china teacup.An adult woman. Covered in blood. Eviscerated. Dead.In all his years on the force, Detective Inspector Phil Brennan of the Major Incident Squad has never encountered a scene like it. As he investigates he uncovers more bizarre revelations and knows that he must act fast; the next murder has already been planned and the victim is closer to home that he realizes . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605987309
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	12/15/2014
Series:	Brennan and Esposito Series , #5
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	480
Sales rank:	573,412
File size:	766 KB

About the Author

Tania Carver lives in the south of England with her husband and two children. She is the author of The Surrogate, The Creeper, and Cage of Bones, all available from Pegasus Books.

Editorial Reviews

10/27/2014
British author Carver’s formulaic fifth Det. Insp. Phil Brennan novel (after The Black Road) finds Phil and his wife, Marina Esposito, a criminal psychologist, starting anew in Birmingham after enduring a horrific trauma eight months earlier. Phil, now leading a police team whose members don’t know him, looks into an unusual murder. Inside an ordinary house, sitting at a table laid for dinner, is the body of a heavily made-up woman dressed in clothes that make her look like a doll. The investigation follows predictable lines, interspersed with tension between Phil and the man who hoped to have gotten his position, Det. Sgt. Ian Sperring. Meanwhile, Marina must contend with the unwanted attentions of Hugo Gwilym, a best-selling author of pop psychology books. Gwilym’s efforts to seduce Marina complicate Phil’s inquiry once his name surfaces in connection with the case. A key character is predictably put into peril toward the end, while the killer’s identity comes as an anticlimax. (Dec.)

Publishers Weekly

Keep the lights on for this one. Carver has delivered another utterly terrifying, yet believable chiller.

The Daily Mirror

Seriously scary.

Mark Billingham

A dark, sexy, relentlessly suspenseful thriller. if you haven’t discovered this talented newcomer yet, hurry. She’s on her way to the top.

Richard Montanari

If you are unfamiliar with Tania Carver (the collaborative pen name for authors Martyn and Linda Waites) and the Brennan & Esposito series, you are in for the thrill of discovery once you pick up and begin reading The Doll's House. The fifth in a remarkable police procedural series set in England, it is the best of the lot to date, an unforgettable tale that you won’t want to put down. A terrific, if dark and disturbing work.

Bookreporter.com

Carver’s expert timing is aided by her prose: deceptively laconic but with a constant forward push. Everything, it turns out, is done for a reason.

Booklist

Gruesome and fast-paced, with Carver's trademark staccato sentences and plenty of suspense, this is definitely a white-knuckle read.
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The Guardian

Carver’s expert timing is aided by her prose: deceptively laconic but with a constant forward push. Everything, it turns out, is done for a reason.

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