Next to Die

Resumen del libro

What if having a best friend could put you in the crosshairs of a killer?

A psychopath the police have dubbed Billy Dead Mates is targeting pairs of best friends, and killing them one by one. Before they die, each victim is given a small white book.

For months, detectives have failed to catch Billy, or figure out what the white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. The police are on edge; the public in a panic. Then a woman, scared by what she's seen on the news, comes forward. What she reveals shocks the investigators and adds another troubling layer to an already complex case.

Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck has one of Billy's peculiar little books. A stranger gave it to her at a gig she did last year. Was the stranger Billy, and is he targeting her or is it something more nefarious? Kim has no friends and trusts no one, so how and why could Billy Dead Mates want to target her? If it's not her, then who will be the next to die?

Biografía del autor

Sophie Hannah (Manchester, 1971) es una reconocida autora de thrillers psicológicos, publicados en más de veinte países y adaptados para televisión. Su obra incluye también el cuento, los libros infantiles y la poesía. Miembro honorario de la junta del Lucy Cavendish College, en Cambridge, ha recibido numerosos premios y reconocimientos, entre ellos el Premio Daphne du Maurier, el International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award y el National Book Award en la categoría de Thriller. Tras Los crímenes del monograma, Ataúd cerrado, El misterio de las cuatro cartas y Los asesinatos de Kingfisher Hill, ésta es su quinta incursión en el universo Poirot.