The Calling

Soon to be a major film starring Susan Sarandon

The Calling is that rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It's twisty, sharp and very, very creepy – and Det. Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer

The Calling had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef

You're in the hands of a master storyteller. The Calling is a stunner - dark, surprising and utterly compelling

A wonderful, creepy, twisty novel. You'll want to devour it all in one sitting

The most enthralling, creepiest, grizzliest book I've read in years.

So impressive I couldn't put the damned thing down . . . genuine surprises, twists and turns that will keep you turning pages quickly and too late into the night.

Bracingly original mystery . . . a first-rate crime writer

The novel quickly builds to an excruciating level of suspense . . . an excellent thriller, both riveting and precise. The ending is a shocker.

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real.

A superbly written novel with a brilliantly conceived and realized plot . . . unforgettable.

. . . perfectly gripping . . . It is a clever serial/ ritual-murderer tale set in remotest rural Canada, but the most original feature of the story is its principal detective . . . Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives.

Terrifying, moving and complex . . . the first in a sensational series . . . truly compelling . . . a thrilling psychological tale which ratchets up the pace from the intriguing opening scene to the heart-in-the-mouth finale.

Inger Ash Wolfe is the pseudonym for a prominent North American literary novelist.

‘That rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller.’ GILLIAN FLYNN 
 
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is making her way towards retirement after keeping the peace in the sleepy town of Port Dundas for many years. But when a local woman is found murdered – her mouth gruesomely shaped into a silent cry – Hazel and her department are faced with their biggest case yet. 
 
They soon discover that this is not the first time a body has been found in this way, and it is unlikely to be the last. 
 
The Calling is now a major film starring Susan Sarandon, Topher Grace and Donald Sutherland. 
 
‘A stunning serial killer chiller – dark, surprising and utterly compelling’ MO HAYDER

Inger Ash Wolfe

A terrifyingly addictive series - I'm hooked! Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef investigates the creepiest of crimes

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a character one can't get enough of. It's hard, maybe impossible, to think of her equal in crime fiction... keeps the reader's heart pounding from first page to last in a distinctive and superior crime novel

Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives

'NIGHTMARE': WHEN FACT AND FICTION COLLIDE 
 
Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is recovering from a bad year, and a traumatic back operation that has left her in the care of her ex husband and his new wife. 
 
But Hazel is lured back to work when a body is pulled from a nearby lake: a discovery that eerily mirrors a disturbing story printed in the local newspaper. 
 
The author of the tale can't be found, and when gruesome, taunting clues begin to arrive Hazel realises she's dealing with a master manipulator, a crazed soul who knows her every move . . .

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A terrifyingly addictive series - I'm hooked! Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef investigates the creepiest of crimes

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a character one can't get enough of. It's hard, maybe impossible, to think of her equal in crime fiction... keeps the reader's heart pounding from first page to last in a distinct ...

A terrifyingly addictive series - I'm hooked! Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef investigates the creepiest of crimes

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a character one can't get enough of. It's hard, maybe impossible, to think of her equal in crime fiction... keeps the reader's heart pounding from first page to last in a distinct ...

A terrifyingly addictive series - I'm hooked! Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef investigates the creepiest of crimes

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef, a character one can't get enough of. It's hard, maybe impossible, to think of her equal in crime fiction... keeps the reader's heart pounding from first page to last in a distinct ...

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