The Death of Me

Name: The Death of Me
Brand: Hachette UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Michelle Davies
ISBN: 9781409193616

Author: Michelle Davies

Narrator: Susanna Wolff

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 11/11/2021

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Psychological, Nonfiction, Music, Pop Vocal

Synopsis

When Isaac Naylor committed suicide after a teenage fan was found dead in his hotel room, the world thought it had lost one of the greatest rock stars of a generation. Naylor, lead singer of The Ospreys, had been arrested for causing the girl's death and was on police bail when he drowned himself in the sea off the Devon coast, leaving two notes addressed to his bandmates and his younger brother, Toby, discarded on the beach.

Now, eight years on, music journalist Natalie Glass stumbles across a blind item on a US gossip website that suggests Naylor's death wasn't quite what it seemed - and he might in fact still be alive. The item claims he is the mystery songwriter who has for the past year been submitting lyrics to producers in London via his lawyer for other artists to record. He insists on anonymity and the only person who knows his identity is the lawyer.

But as she delves deeper into what happened, the plot to stop her intensifies and Natalie finds she has a stark choice: give up trying to find out what happened to Naylor or risk her own obituary ending up in print.

About Michelle Davies

Michelle Davies was born in Middlesex, raised in Buckinghamshire and now lives in north London.When she's not turning her hand to crime, Michelle writes as a freelance journalist for women's magazines including Marie Claire, Essentials, YOU and Stylist. Her last staff job before going freelance was as Editor-at-Large at Grazia and she was previously Features Editor at heat. She began her career straight from school at 18, working as a trainee reporter on her home-town newspaper, the Bucks Free Press.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrice Gotting - #prdgreads on February 08, 2022

My Thoughts: this book is a slow burn thriller, whilst reading i fluctuated on what my rating would be, but the last quarter of this book was so fast paced that it couldn’t possibly be any less than 5 penguins (if I could give it more I definitely would!) We’re following Natalie, who is a recently di......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on February 10, 2022

Oh I really enjoyed The Death of Me and literally couldn't put it down - I read it over a 24 hour period and would have read it in one sitting if I didn't have to eat or sleep! I have never read any of Michelle Davies' books before but after reading this one, I want to read them all. Rock band The O......more

Goodreads review by Joanne on December 29, 2021

I love reading books by Michelle Davies and she is now one of those authors I will preorder without even knowing what the book is about! Shadow of a Doubt and the DC Maggie Neville series are all huge favourites of mine and can now be joined on that list by The Death of Me! It’s a brilliant, breatht......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on February 14, 2022

It has been a long time since I last read a thriller and this has made me wonder why, that chase, the who dunnit, the twists, the suspicion, hook, line and sinker, this book has it all. I found myself just needing to know what was going to happen next in this book and I didn’t see the big twist comin......more

Goodreads review by Renita on June 08, 2022

Brilliant......more

Quotes

A twisting tale about the dark undercurrents of fame and fortune. You'll read THE DEATH OF ME with your heart in your mouth. Erin Kelly

A cat and mouse game of a novel where nobody and nothing is as it seems, all set in the seedy world of music. Topped off with a twist you definitely won't see coming. Araminta Hall

So cleverly done ... Michelle's trademark plotting is combined brilliantly with the rising tension. Harriet Tyce