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  • Published: 12 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448176120
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

The Last Winter of Dani Lancing




A hauntingly original literary crime debut - this year's S. J. Watson...

Something very bad happened to Dani Lancing.
Twenty years later, her father is still trying to get her to talk.

Her best-friend has become a detective, the last hope of all the lost girls.

And her mother is about to become a killer…

A hauntingly original debut that will stay with you long after the last page.

  • Published: 12 September 2013
  • ISBN: 9781448176120
  • Imprint: Ebury Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 416

About the author

P.D. Viner

P.D. Viner is an award winning film-maker and creator of the highly successful SmartPass audio guides. He’s married to an American Doctor of Linguistics and, along with their five-year-old daughter, he is her test-subject. He has lived abroad for ten years, working and studying in the USA, New Zealand and Russia, and has been a pretty bad stand-up comedian, produced mime shows for Japanese TV and written theatre for the Shakespeare festival, produced in London and Verona.

His first novel The Last Winter of Dani Lancing is now in development with Warner TV, working with the creator of Dirty Pretty Liars and the head writer of Dexter.

To find out more visit: www.pdviner.com

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Praise for The Last Winter of Dani Lancing

An exciting thriller that is also deeply moving. A hugely impressive debut

Mark Billingham

Brilliant! P.D. Viner's writing is audacious, clever and bold. I think he'll go far

Sophie Hannah

THE LAST WINTER OF DANI LANCING marks the debut of a major new voice in crime fiction. P.D. Viner has crafted a deeply textured psychological thriller that reveals, layer by tragic layer, the damage wrought by a single act of homicide. A remarkably assured debut and a thrilling read. Look forward to more

Michael Harvey

Inventive, clever, and beautifully written. This novel of a single crime's ripple effects on the survivors is told with ingenious plotting and rich, true characters. A bold and impressive debut

Ace Atkins, New York Times Bestselling author of The Broken Places

a chilly, emotionally charged page-turner... will hook readers with its intensity and puzzlelike plot

Kirkus

... an extremely deep and involved plot that jumps from character to character and keeps them on their toes at all times ... the solid writing from this new author will keep their target reader more than intrigued

Suspense Magazine

A wonderful story, a superb debut... Whatever you do stick with it, this is a remarkable book and deserves to be read.

Miles Orchard, milorambles.co.uk

An entertaining thriller, but also a moving examination of loss, memory and morality

Sunday Mirror

a superb & accomplished debut, beautifully written & with a heart of sadness ... Loved it! ... Great debut

Stav Sherez

Genuinely intriguing

Laura Wilson, The Guardian