The pain tourist - Paul Cleave

A young man wakes from a coma to find himself targeted by the men who killed his parents, while someone is impersonating a notorious New Zealand serial killer
the latest chilling, nerve-shredding, twisty thriller from the author of The Quiet People



Paul Cleave is an automatic must-read for me'
Lee Child


Riveting from start to finish. Smart and twisty, this book will get under your skin'
Liz Nugent


Shocking and chilling. A literary ice plunge. I absolutely loved it'
Helen Fields


Almost three books in one! Multiple murders, dedicated detectives
past and present. Complex, detailed and oh, so clever'
Sam Holland

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How do you catch a killer

When the only evidence is a dream?

James Garrett was critically injured when he was shot following his parents'
execution, and no one expected him to waken from a deep, traumatic coma. When he does, nine years later, Detective Inspector Rebecca Kent is tasked with closing the case that her now retired colleague, Theodore Tate, failed to solve all those years ago.

But between that, and hunting for Copy Joe
a murderer on a spree, who'
s imitating Christchurch'
s most notorious serial killer
she'
s going to need Tate'
s help. Especially when they learn that James has lived out another life in his nine-year coma, and there are things he couldn'
t possibly know, including the fact that Copy Joe isn'
t the only serial killer in town


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An absolute thrill ride. Precise and swift and a joy to read
storytelling at its best'
James Oswald


Such a unique concept, with wonderful, emotional writing ... I hooked on the story from the word go. BRILLIANT'
Lisa Hall


The most original and intense thriller ever!'
Michael Wood


I'
d forgotten how good Paul Cleave is!'
Sarah Pinborough


You can'
t be a true fan of crime fiction if you'
re not reading Cleave'
s books'
Tom Wood


Uses words as lethal weapons'
New York Times


Cleave writes the kind of dark, intense thrillers that I never want to end'
Simon Kernick

What readers are saying



A masterpiece'
Caf
Thinking

A heart-pounding, jaw-dropping thrill ride'
Emma'
s Bibliotreasures

A brilliantly executed thrilling, twisty, nerve-shredding serial-killer chiller'
Live & Deadly

A red-hot, sleep-stealing, pulse-pounding read'
Jen Med'
s Book Reviews

An addictive trip!'
The First Eleven Minutes

I am absolutely lost for words'
PRDG Reads

Number-one TOP read of the year'
Ian Dixon

Cleave has made my heart pound, pulse race and jaw drop'
Little Miss Book Lover

Praise for Paul Cleave


The sense of dread builds unstoppably in this gripping page-turner
an intense, chilling read'
Gilly Macmillan


You may think you know where it'
s going, but you couldn'
t be more wrong. A true page-turner filled with dread, rage, doubt and more twists than the Remutaka Pass'
Linwood Barclay


A true page-turner, with an intriguing premise, a rollercoaster plot and a cast of believably flawed characters'
Guardian


This merits comparison with the work of Patricia Highsmith'
Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW


Tense, thrilling, touching. Paul Cleave is very good indeed'
John Connolly


An intense adrenaline rush from start to finish'
S J Watson


A riveting and all too realistic thriller'
Tess Gerritsen


A gripping thriller
I couldn'
t put it down'
Meg Gardiner


Did my head in time and again'
Michael Robotham


One to remember'
New York Journal of Books