Poppet
(Jack Caffery Book 6): the heart-stopping thriller that will keep you up all night from bestselling author Mo Hayder
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4.3 • 84 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Creepy, enthralling, twisty and very moving, Poppet is perfect for fans of Stephen King, Karin Slaughter and Stuart MacBride
'Hayder has a profound ability to shock and surprise her readers' Karin Slaughter
'Oozes sinisterness from the first page' Entertainment weekly
'With Mo Hayder you never know where you are going until you get there' The Times
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THE MAUDE IS OUTSIDE.
IT WANTS TO COME IN.
IT WANTS TO SIT ON YOUR CHEST.
The patients at Beechway High Secure Unit are terrified. Unexplained power cuts have lead to a series of horrifying incidents. And now fear has spread from the inmates to the staff.
DI Jack Caffery is called to investigate, whilst working the most impossible case of his life.
Will he be able to stare pure evil in the eye, and survive?
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Reader can't get enough of Poppet:
'Full of twists, turns and lots of tension . . . deliciously dark and creepy'
'Completely compulsive reading . . . gritty and often shocking'
'Poppet had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up from the very beginning'
'Full of twist and turns with a totally unexpected twist at the end!'
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In Edgar-winner Hayder's enthralling sixth thriller featuring Det. Insp. Jack Caffery of the Bristol Major Crime Investigation Team (after 2010's Gone), Caffery stubbornly clings to a missing person case as he gets drawn into fatal abuses at Beechway High Secure Unit, a psychiatric hospital. Jacqui Kitson is pressing the police to find her grown daughter, Misty, a model who disappeared a year-and-a-half earlier. Caffery knows what happened to Misty, but he's protecting someone, an unusual stance that plays out in tantalizing fashion. Strange events are unfolding at Beechway, where belief in a monster called "The Maude" is growing among increasingly hysterical patients and staff members. A patient who goes missing is eventually discovered buried nearby. Another dies after self-harming, while a third gouges out his eye. When a severely disturbed patient is released, the terror spreads from hospital to village. Hayder's sharply drawn characters, major and minor, and her psychological acumen combine for a frightening and convincing read.
Customer Reviews
Captivating
A truly fantastic book from start to finish.
All of your jack caffery novels
What a fabulous writer you are many thanks for many hours of gripping reading
Great read.
Great read. Mo's grasp of the thrilling is amazing, making for a really gripping story that chills you just the right amount.