The Treatment: (Jack Caffery Book 2): the dark, disturbing and devastating thriller from bestselling author Mo Hayder

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Transworld, Jul 15, 2009 - Fiction - 496 pages

The Treatment is an utterly absorbing, gritty and gruesome thriller from bestselling and prize-winning author Mo Hayder. Fans of Stephen King, Karin Slaughter and Stuart MacBride will not be disappointed.

'One of the most frightening books I've ever read . . . Hayder's gory insights into the dark side are compelling' GUARDIAN
'Bleak, powerful . . . The Treatment is cleverly plotted and Caffery is a believable creation' OBSERVER
'Chilling . . .the book is surprisingly hard to put down. The plot develops with satisfying unpredictability; the characters are compellingly drawn... its final twist a bravura savagery' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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A quiet residential street in south London.

A husband and wife are discovered, imprisoned in their own home. Badly dehydrated, they've been bound and beaten. He is close to death. But worse is to come: their young son is missing.

When Detective Inspector Jack Caffery is called in to investigate, the similarities with events in his own past make it impossible for him to view this new crime dispassionately.

And as he digs deeper - as he attempts to hold his own life together in the face of ever more disturbing revelations about both his past and his present - the real nightmare begins. . .


Readers can't put The Treatment down:
'A terrifying and tense read'

'An OUTSTANDING 5 star read that chilled me with its creepiness'
'A page-turning crime novel'
'An excellent read, kept me reading for hours at a time'
'I could not put it down and read it in two days'

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About the author (2009)

Mo Hayder has written some of the most terrifying crime thrillers you will ever read. Her first novel, Birdman, was hailed as a 'first-class shocker' by the Guardian and her follow-up, The Treatment was voted by the Times one of 'the top ten most scary thrillers ever written'. In 2012 Gone won the prestigious Edgars Best Novel award.

Mo left school at 15 and has worked as a barmaid, security guard, English teacher, and even a hostess in a Tokyo club. She has an MA in film making from the American University in Washington DC and an MA in creative writing from Bath Spa University. She now lives in England's West Country and is a full-time writer.

For more information on Mo Hayder and her books, see her website at www.mohayder.net

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