Dead Mile

A compulsive locked room mystery with a unique twist, set on a gridlocked motorway during rush hour

Jo Furniss author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bonnier Books Ltd

Published:4th Jul '24

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The first ever murder mystery set on a gridlocked motorway. Perfect for fans of Belinda Bauer and Ruth Ware.

Perfect for fans of Belinda Bauer and Ruth Ware, DEAD MILE is the most relatable locked-room mystery you'll ever read, set on a gridlocked motorway during rush hour

'I LOVED IT' T. M. LOGAN
'SPELLBINDINGLY ORIGINAL AND UTTERLY COMPELLING' JACK JORDAN
'AN INVENTIVE, GRIPPING TAKE ON A LOCKED ROOM MYSTERY' HARRIET TYCE

Friday afternoon, and the traffic is bloody murder.

Sergeant Belinda 'Billy' Kidd is driving home from the airport, jet-lagged and ready to resign from a career that has left her traumatised. Menopause has robbed her confidence too - now she's a traffic cop who's afraid to drive. When brake lights haemorrhage up the motorway, the cars grind to a halt. Moments later she finds a dead driver in a black sedan.

He has a metal skewer in his neck. But how? The killer can't have left the scene without being spotted by the dozens of witnesses - so he must still be there, among them. If the traffic jam stays put, they're all in danger; if the traffic clears, she'll lose her suspect. The clock is ticking, but she doesn't know how fast.

'A WHITE-KNUCKLE RIDE ... TIGHTLY-PLOTTED AND INTRICATE' HEATHER CRITCHLOW
'AN INGENIOUS, HIGH-OCTANE PAGE-TURNER' KATE SLIMANTS
'SMART, WITTY AND BRILLIANTLY ORIGINAL' WILLIAM SHAW

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A brilliant cop, a highly entertaining story and a smart new take on the 'locked room' mystery make for a winning combination. I loved it! * T.M. Logan, author of The Mother and The Holiday *
An inventive, gripping take on a locked room mystery * Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange *
Spellbindingly original and utterly compelling - Jo Furniss takes the locked room mystery to entirely new heights. Strap yourselves in... Dead Mile is one hell of a ride! * Jack Jordan, author of Do No Harm *
A new take on the locked-room mystery. The action is brisk, the characters are vividly drawn, and the plot snakes around the throat. A tense and ingenious 'locked-traffic' thriller * Vaseem Khan *
Such an original concept with brilliantly drawn characters, I honestly felt I was stuck out in the blistering heat on the tarmac of the motorway with them. DEAD MILE is a fantastic read - a pacy page turner with a twisty plot and a sense of tension that doesn't let up until the final page. Loved it. * Nikki Smith, author of Look What You Made Me Do *
I absolutely loved it. The traffic might be at a standstill but this is a pedal-to-the-metal thriller from page one. The riotously grumpy Sergeant Kidd is my new best mate, and the rest of the complex, expertly-drawn cast make for an ingenious, high-octane page-turner with twists and turns worthy of a Formula 1 course. Utterly brilliant. * Kate Simants, author of Freeze *
Dead Mile has done a very clever thing in taking a situation we've all been in and turned it into a high concept thriller. Because who hasn't drawn to a standstill in motorway traffic and not wondered at their lives of the people in the cars around them. A high octane ride of stalled traffic, stuck lives, terrorist attacks and a murder in plain sight, with a very satisfying ending. * Araminta Hall, author of One of the Good Guys *
(Traffic) jam packed with mystery, humour, unforgettable characters and a killer who could be sitting in the car next to yours, there are plenty of twists and turns on this stretch of road! Page-turning brilliance * Joanna Wallace, author of You'd Look Better As a Ghost *
Takes you on a white-knuckle ride. A tightly-plotted and intricate thriller with a rich cast of characters and dark vein of humour, Dead Mile will keep you guessing to the final pages * Heather Critchlow, author of Unsolved *
An exquisitely written locked room mystery with no locks and no rooms ... an extraordinary and beautifully written whodunnit where Furniss brilliantly pulls all the intricate strands together in a stunning denouement you won't see coming * Graham Bartlett, author of Bad for Good *

ISBN: 9781804183441

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 21mm

Weight: 236g

352 pages