Bleedout - Couverture rigide

'Brady is very good on both the causes of crime and the pain of crime victims, including those cases where the victim is also the criminal [. . . ] BLEEDOUT is an intelligent, honest, often heart-breaking meditation on the American prison system, and the analogies with our own are very clear. It is an indictment of the justic system, and an expose of the nature of crime' THE GUARDIAN
'Brady handles the tensions in both plots with great skill, but the triumph of the book lies in the way in which she develops the two centarl characters. Gruesome but enthralling' TLS 13/5
'A crime novel par excellence - literary, intriguing, and very different . . . continues to surprise until its astonishing climax' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 22/5
'Anyone reading this, unaware of Brady's track record, would assume she was a lifelong pulp-fiction specialist' SUNDAY TIMES 29/5
'Clever and heart-breaking . . . keeps things twenty-first-century with corporate crime, political corruption and a keen, compelling tale of a blind lawyer and the convicted murderer whom he frees from a lifetime in prison. It will turn every assumption you ever had about guilt, innocence and the machinations of our 'civilised' justice system on its head, and still surprise you with the final twist'
'The best book of the year, without doubt, is BLEEDOUT by Joan Brady. I'll challenge anyone who disagrees with me. (Joan Brady is my mother.) A fast-paced, brutal, poignant thriller set in the American Midwest, it should be on everyone's bedside table' Alexander Masters, EVENING STANDARD
I particularly want to highlight a stunning thriller, Joan Brady’s BLEEDOUT’ and in her round-up of the month of publication, she continues: ‘This author has already been a winner with Theory of War (Whitbread, 1993). She has produced a terrifying thriller here that deserves your full support, it’s fantastic’.
Sarah Broadhurst BOOKSELLER paperback preview
'Brady's atmospheric world is always entertaining' TELEGRAPH
'Whitbread winner Joan Brady's first venture into crime works well . . . thoughtful' GUARDIAN
'A mesmerizing, literally un-put-downable, debut thriller' IRISH INDEPENDENT

Hugh Freyl is a blind lawyer, scion of Illinois' most influential family. He recounts this story from the grave. David Marion is Freyl's protege and a young convicted killer whose release from prison Freyl has orchestrated. He now stands accused of Hugh Freyl's murder. None from Freyl's powerful inner circle will stand up for David's innocence. The perfect scapegoat for their misdoings, he alone bears the burden of proof.
Revealing the inner-workings of an untouchable elite with all their tricks, entitlements and intricate financial schemes, Brady shows us a place that could be any small American city - a place where innocence can backfire and where fear is the only effective weapon against a corrupt government.