The Cut

Strikingly original and definitively Brookmyre - theres nothing he cant do\r\nMick Herron\r\n\r\nI recommend The Cut SO HIGHLY! A fast-paced thriller, lovely characters, [and] it kept me guessing\r\nMarian Keyes\r\n\r\nThe supremely entertaining, moving, and unpredictable new thriller from multi-award-winning bestseller Chris Brookmyre is a wholly original masterpiece and the best crime novel of 2021.\r\n\r\nMillie Spark can kill anyone. \r\n\r\nA special effects make-up artist, her talent is to create realistic scenes of bloody violence. \r\n\r\nThen, one day, she wakes to find her lover dead in her bed.\r\n\r\nTwenty-five years later, her sentence for murder served, Millicent is ready to give up on her broken life - until she meets troubled film student and reluctant petty thief Jerry.\r\n\r\nTogether, they begin to discover that all was not what it seemed on that fateful night . . . and someone doesnt want them to find out why.\r\n\r\nA twisty spiralling rabbit hole of a book that draws you deeper with every chapter. Brilliantly original, compulsively readable, right to the final page\r\nRuth Ware\r\n\r\nDark, heartfelt, stylish and thrilling, The Cut is the kind of wonderfully original tale I just adore. Chris Brookmyre is a storytelling mastermind\r\nChris Whitaker\r\n\r\nThis is a special novel. A brilliant, original, up-to-the-minute tale with all of the dark, edgy, humorous brilliance weve come to expect from one of the finest crime fiction writers in the world. The Cut is simply superb\r\nAbir Mukherjee