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Lost Lives

A must-read crime novel – from a real-life police detective

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Pub Date 1 Jan 2019 | Archive Date 15 Nov 2018

Simon and Schuster UK | Simon & Schuster UK


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Description

'Lisa Cutts knows exactly how to tell a cracking story' MARK BILLINGHAM

The unputdownable new crime novel, brimming with expert knowledge and authenticity, from an author with over twenty years’ policing experience.

SHE TRUSTED THEM WITH HER LIFE
 
When Anna arrives in the UK, she believes it’s the start of a better life for her and her daughter. But what awaits her is more shocking than anything she could have ever imagined . . .
 
SHE TRUSTED THEM WITH HER DAUGHTER
 
DI Harry Powell is investigating a shooting, but the victim has been scared into silence. As Harry struggles to piece together what little information he has, he stumbles upon an operation that may put countless lives across the country at risk.
 
SHE WAS WRONG
 
As Anna’s situation grows more dangerous by the day, Harry is forced to push his overstretched team to the limits to find answers. But for one of them, will it already be too late?

Praise for LOST LIVES:

'Utterly gripping and hauntingly realistic, I raced through this in one sitting' LISA HALL

?'Compelling, pacy, full of tension that had me gripped from the first page to the last'  ANGELA MARSONS

‘A genuinely immersive read.
Lisa’s background as a detective is used to such good effect in this clever, suspenseful tale’ KATE RHODES
 
'An important story, superbly and entertainingly told’ LOUISE CANDLISH, award-winning author of Our House

'A moving and thought-provoking story that highlights one of today’s most merciless crimes . . . Compulsive readingRACHEL ABBOTT

'A gritty, timely and harrowing police procedural, we read this in hours, but it lingered in our thoughts for days' heat 4* review
 
'Lost Lives left me breathless . . . heartbreaking and thrilling - this is pure geniusELIZABETH HAYNES

‘Masterful storytelling from a writer at the top of her game’ JULIE WASSMER
'Lisa Cutts knows exactly how to tell a cracking story' MARK BILLINGHAM

The unputdownable new crime novel, brimming with expert knowledge and authenticity, from an author with over twenty...

Advance Praise

‘Utterly gripping and hauntingly realistic, I raced through this in one sitting. A real page-turner’
LISA HALL

‘A pacy, fascinating book which tackles the subject of sex trafficking with unflinching honesty. Her characters are so believable and emotionally complex, it was a genuinely immersive read. Her background as a detective is used to such good effect in this clever, suspenseful tale’
KATE RHODES

 

'Once I’d picked up Lost Lives I didn't move a muscle until I’d finished it. Not only a smart, compulsive police procedural but also a candid and compassionate exposure of people trafficking: I read with a growing sense of horror and shame. An important story, superbly and entertainingly told. Hard to pull off, but Lisa Cutts does it with heart and style’
LOUISE CANDLISH

 

Lost Lives left me breathless . . . Heartbreaking and thrilling – this is pure genius’
ELIZABETH HAYNES

 

‘Chillingly authentic, Lisa Cutts holds a mirror up to modern-day slavery in this taut, pacy thriller that shocks to the core  while remaining rooted in humanity.  Masterly storytelling from a writer at the top of her game’
JULIE WASSMER

‘Utterly gripping and hauntingly realistic, I raced through this in one sitting. A real page-turner’
LISA HALL

‘A pacy, fascinating book which tackles the subject of sex trafficking with...


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ISBN 9781471168291
PRICE £7.99 (GBP)

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