Sarah Hilary winner of the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year returns with a new DI Marnie Rome novel QUIETER THAN KILLING For fans of Val Mc Dermid Alex Marwood & Claire Mackintosh' Hilary is my drop-everything writer; always original always bang-on psychologically always gripping I am a huge fan' Alex Marwood ' Tremendous' Ian Rankin It's winter the nights are dark & freezing & a series of seemingly random assaults is pulling DI Marnie Rome & DS Noah Jake out onto streets of London When Marnie's family home is ransacked there are signs that the burglary can have only been committed by someone who knows her Then a child goes missing yet no-one has reported it Suddenly events seem connected & it's personal Someone out there is playing games It is time for both Marnie & Noah to face the truth about the creeping chilling reaches of a troubled upbringing Keeping quiet can be a means of survival but the effects can be as terrible as killing