Blink

Blink

Summary

A hitman
DI Gavin Sexton is looking into a spate of teenage suicides when he encounters a young girl, paralyzed with locked-in syndrome. Unable to communicate in any other way, she blinks the words: ‘I hired a hitman’.
Was it suicide?
Recovering from loss of sight, Sexton’s old partner DI Jo Birmingham is keeping her promise to investigate the apparent suicide of Sexton’s own wife, Maura. But why does he no longer seem to care?
Secrets thrive on stigma
Sexton believes the girl who cannot move has suffered enough. But how far should he go to protect her? And what if Jo discovers an uncomfortable truth?
Blink will grab you from the first page, and won’t let go.

Reviews

  • ‘Excellent and gripping . . . a riveting read . . . bang on the zeitgeist’
    Irish Independent

About the author

Niamh O'Connor

Niamh O’Connor is one of Ireland’s best known crime authors. She is the true crime editor for the Sunday World, Ireland’s biggest selling Sunday newspaper. Her four novels, If I Never See You Again, Taken,Too Close For Comfort and Blink, have introduced a refreshing heroine in feisty CS Jo Birmingham and two have been shortlisted for Irish Book Awards. Niamh is also the bestselling true crime author of Blood Ties, Cracking Crime, and The Black Widow.
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