For fans of Martina Cole, Kimberley Chambers and Jessie Keane, this compelling thriller uncovers the dark side of high fashion.
London Fashion Week. When a teenage model is found brutally murdered, journalist Sophie Kent is distraught. She failed to save the girl and now she wants justice.
Determined to catch the murderer, Sophie cuts through the industry's glittery surface to expose a toxic underworld of drugs, prostitution, blackmail and secrets. Then her personal life threatens to derail everything.
Battling her demons and her wealthy dysfunctional family, Sophie goes head to head with a sadistic killer - a killer who is only just getting started . . .
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Praise for BREAKING DEAD
'Exciting . . . Crime with a side order of chic' Glamour
'It's original, amazingly written and tense. A cracker' Sun
'Crime meets couture in this gripping story' Marie Claire
'A fast-paced, punchy, self-assured thriller from a writer who's bound to go from strength to strength' Red
'Rushes along at a feverish pace, with a feisty heroine' Good Housekeeping Corrie Jackson has been a journalist for fifteen years. During that time she has worked at Harper's Bazaar, the Daily Mail, Grazia and Glamour. Corrie now lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband and two children. Breaking Dead, her debut novel, was the first in the journalist Sophie Kent series and was described by Glamour as 'Gripping . . . crime with a side order of chic' and by the Sun as 'Original, amazingly written and tense'. THE FIRST THRILLER FEATURING JOURNALIST SOPHIE KENT.
There's no such thing as a fashionable way to die . . . Highly promotable author who has worked as a journalist for fourteen years. She knows the world she writes about. For fans of Jessie Keane and Kimberley Chambers. Published just ahead of the London Fashion Week Gripping . . . crime with a side order of chic It's original, amazingly written and tense. A cracker . . . Crime meets couture in this gripping story A fast-paced, punchy, self-assured thriller from a writer who's bound to go from strength to strength The dark underbelly of the modelling world is a gritty setting . . . Breaking Dead rushes along at a feverish pace, with a feisty heroine If you like your holiday reads fast-paced and edge-of-your-sun lounger, this one's for you Deliciously well drawn, intriguing . . . a pacy, intelligent and bang on thriller, darkly observant and grimly realistic . . . A gripping and intriguing read. There was lots of twists and turns and I had to keep turning the page to find out what happened. A really unique read . . . Sophie Kent is a great character and I already feel as if I want to see and read her about her again . . . a cracking plot - very grimly and grisly realistic . . . An absolutely perfect holiday read It is a very good debut novel. I thoroughly recommend it, and am looking forward to the next in the series It did NOT disappoint at all. I can't wait to read more from this author because she knows exactly how to write a gripping crime story, with real and believable characters and with one hell of a brilliant plot. Breaking Dead is an exciting and fresh read in a crowded genre . . . I cannot recommend it enough A crime novel with a difference, told from the point of view of a tenacious reporter. Well written with sensitivity to horrific crimes and told in a way that will keep you guessing Yay for an awesome new crime series. I love investigative reporter Sophie Kent. She is damaged, yet determined. Very much looking forward to the next book in this series! A VERY SATISFYING CRIME DEBUT - 5 STARS . . . I found this to be a stylish, very readable crime thriller . . . The author's depiction of the sordid, drug and booze-addled underworld of the fashion industry is quite frighteningly realistic and the combination of this and the sometimes equally murky world of tabloid journalism works extremely well as a backdrop to what is a very good crime story in its own right Crime
