Dead Mans Gift and Other Stories, Simon Kernick
Dead Mans Gift and Other Stories, Simon Kernick
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Dead Man's Gift and Other Stories
one book, five thrillers from bestselling author Simon Kernick – absolutely no-holds-barred!

Author: Simon Kernick

Narrator: Paul Thornley, Bea Holland

Unabridged: 10 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2018


Synopsis

From Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Kernick - the UK's answer to Harlan Coben - come two electrifying novellas and three gripping short stories published in book form for the very first time. Fans of David Baldacci, Stuart MacBride and Peter James will not be disappointed!

'High impact, fast paced - a real adrenalin rush!' -- ***** Reader review
'Simon Kernick never fails to deliver' -- ***** Reader review
'All action!' -- ***** Reader review
'Kept me gripped from the very start' -- ***** Reader review
'Suspense at every page turn!' -- ***** Reader review
'A real rollercoaster read...' -- ***** Reader review

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ONE BOOK. FIVE THRILLERS.

Including:

DEAD MAN'S GIFT

MP Tim Horton arrives home to find his seven-year-old son has been abducted - and the nanny brutally murdered.

The kidnapping gang's demands are simple: Tim must sacrifice his own life to save his son's.

A dead man's gift...

ONE BY ONE

Six former school-friends have been reunited on a remote island.

Separated since a fateful night twenty-one years ago, when their friend Rachel was killed, they're afraid for their lives - because the man arrested for Rachel's murder has been released.

They think he's coming for them. They're almost right.

Plus three more thrillers guaranteed to keep you gripped to the page...

Can you withstand five full-strength doses of Simon Kernick?

About Simon Kernick

Simon Kernick is a number one bestseller and one of the UK's most popular thriller writers, with huge hits including KILL A STRANGER, GOOD COP BAD COP, RELENTLESS, THE LAST 10 SECONDS, SIEGE and the BONE FIELD series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary on November 01, 2020

Simon Kernick writes very good short stories and this is an excellent collection of some of his better ones. Often short stories lack substance and good gritty characters, but Simon Kernick manages to pack so much detail and action into such few pages. The book is a collection of two novellas and fiv......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on June 13, 2020

Simon Kernick is an author I’ve been meaning to read for quite some time, and when I stumbled upon Dead Man’s Gift and Other Stories, I decided it was time to dive in. Although I’m not the biggest lover of short stories, I find them to be a great way of getting a feel for an author. Dead Man’s Gift,......more

Goodreads review by Neil on December 24, 2023

Two novellas and five short stories, all delivered in Kernick’s trademark full-speed-ahead-and-damn-the-torpedos prose style. The last story, featuring ex-cop hitman Dennis Milne, is the absolute best of them.......more

Goodreads review by Sofía on March 15, 2023

Novelas cortas de novela negra, muy chulo. Y sobre todo me ha hecho salir un poco del bloqueo lector🤧 repetiría más libros del autor!!......more

Goodreads review by Joanna on September 28, 2023

This is a collection of seven short stories, varying from 142 pages to 14 pages. My favourite was One by One, it had a And Then There Were None vibe to it. They're all clever and engaging, despite only being short. I've read some short stories where you feeling like they end quite abruptly but these......more