
A Window Breaks (Paperback)
C. M. Ewan (author)- 10+ in stock
'Fantastic' - Lee Child
If your family was targeted in the middle of the night, what would you do?
You are asleep. A noise wakes you.
You stir, unsure why, and turn to your partner.
Then you hear it.
Glass. Crunching underfoot.
Your worst fears are about to be realized.
Someone is inside your home.
Your choices are limited.
You can run. Or stay and fight.
What would you do?
A Window Breaks is the nerve-shredding thriller from C. M. Ewan, the author of Safe House.
Perfect for fans of T. M. Logan's Lies and Mark Edwards's The Retreat.
Praise for A Window Breaks
'Fantastic' - Lee Child
'Totally addictive' - Ann Cleeves
'A thrill a minute page-turner' - Simon Kernick
'If you only read one thriller this year read this' - C. L. Taylor
'Smashed my way through this . . . nerve-shredding' - Tim Weaver
'Brilliantly crafted, excruciatingly tense' - Sharon Bolton
'Starts at full throttle and never lets up' - T. M. Logan
'Heart stopping . . . a sure fire bestseller' - Jo Spain
'Breakneck ride of a thriller' - Fiona Cummins
'Almost unbearably tense and exciting' - Mark Edwards
'Fierce read, with heart, muscle and an out-of-sight twist' - Mick Herron
'Tense, fast-paced thriller' - Jenny Quintana
'Brilliant and almost impossible to put down' - Andrew Taylor
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9781529009675
Number of pages: 464
Weight: 324 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 31 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
Astoundingly paced and plotted, it left me breathless. Totally addictive -- Ann Cleeves
A thrill a minute page-turner with non-stop tension and real heart. I'd highly recommend it -- Simon Kernick
If you only read one thriller this year read this -- C. L. Taylor
Smashed my way through this . . . A nerve-shredding, lightning-paced home invasion thriller packed with twists and heart -- Tim Weaver
Starts at full throttle and never lets up - A Window Breaks puts you right in the middle of the action and ratchets up the tension on every page. A real rollercoaster of a thriller -- T. M. Logan
Brilliantly crafted, excruciatingly tense -- Sharon Bolton
An absolutely heart-stopping, pulse-racing, thrilling and intelligent read. A sure fire bestseller -- Jo Spain
An absolutely breakneck ride of a thriller and a masterclass in maintaining tension right up until its poignant end. I couldn't put it down -- Fiona Cummins
Almost unbearably tense and exciting, A Window Breaks is a nerve-shredding thriller -- Mark Edwards
A tense, fierce read, with heart, muscle and an out-of-sight twist -- Mick Herron
A Window Breaks came between me and sleep, it's brilliant and almost impossible to put down -- Andrew Taylor
Tense, fast-paced thriller, brilliantly written with characters I was totally invested in -- Jenny Quintana
Nerve-shredding tension that never lets up . . . fantastic -- Clare Donoghue
A tense and frantic read and I can't recommend it enough -- Merilyn Davies
That rare thing: a heart-thumping thriller with an exquisite understanding of fear, grief and forgiveness. I loved it -- Sarah Hilary
A fantastic thriller! The action is relentless, the situation terrifying, the writing excellent. But what makes it sing are the nuanced and complex family dynamics, and the themes of grief and guilt and love. -- Cath Staincliffe
A breathtakingly perfect thriller. My heart rate is only just slowing down. Filled with tension, pace, and heart. Twisty as hell and guaranteed to put a lump in your throat. Brilliant! -- Luca Veste
One cracker of a book . . . an absolute masterclass in tension, plotting and characterisation, with emotional stakes so high it's hard to catch a breath -- Susi Holliday
A terrific thriller that thrusts an average family into a high-stakes fight for survival . . . a tale that makes brilliant use of lies, secrets and universal fears to layer twist upon twist, ratcheting up the tension to a powerful and emotional conclusion -- Adam Hamdy
My heart raced and knuckles whitened as Ewan ratcheted up the nearly unbearable tension in this unputdownable thriller. Wow! -- Alafair Burke
A propulsive, page-turning, breakneck set of twists -- Russel D McLean
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