POPPET by MO HAYDER.
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Hey
there Earthlings, Alternatives and Trollers. Put down that mouse and
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Book
blog day boo yah. As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were
we talk anything and everything and pretty much run with it. Today's
blog is on the book Poppet by Mo Hayder.
The
Beechway high secure unit in Bristol, England, has a storied
past-first as a nineteenth-century workhouse, then a poorhouse for
the homeless, and now as a psychiatric hospital. With that troubled
history come superstitions like the Maude, believed to be the ghost
of a sadistic workhouse matron.
But
while some of the patients and staff think the Maude is behind a
series of unexplained episodes of self-harm amongst the ward's
patients, nursing co0ordinator AJ LeGrande thinks they might be the
work of an all too human horror-a homicidal patient who was released
back into the public in error.
Calling
on Dept. Jack Caffery, LeGrande hopes his investigation will reveal
what's truly been going on inside and outside the hospital's walls.
But what Caffery discovers about former patient Isaac Handel is
beyond anyone's imagination.
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Poppet's good reads page.
Poppet
was published on May 14th 2013 by Atlantic Monthly Press.
It is the sixth book in the Jack Caffery series and the fourth book
in the Walking Man series.
My
opinion of Poppet is that is it a very well written and thought out
book. Mo Hayder has certainly a flair for getting under the readers
skin and Poppet certainly delivers on that front. The story
definitely causes goosebumps as it builds to its conclusion, the fact
that Caffery the main character along with LeGrande don't fully guess
the protagonist until a few connections have been made and the
protagonist made a few mistakes the reader doesn't see it until its
been read a few times. I do love this book and give it an 9/10 and
highly recommend it to those who love crime and thriller books
combined.
Mo
Hayder, born in 1962 is a British author known for her crime and
thriller fiction. Mo Hayder has currently written ten books with an
eleventh on the way. Hayder however wasnt always a writer, having
worked as a barmaid, security guard, film-maker, a hostess in a Tokyo
club, an educational administrator and a teacher of English as a
foreign language. Hayder also has a Ma in film from The American
University in Washington DC, and an MA in Creative Writing from Bath
Spa University. Mo Hayder currently lives in Bath, England with her
partner and daughter.
Mo
Hayder's current books are: Her debut book Birdman released in
January 200 and was an international bestseller, Hayder's second
novel The Treatment, was both a Sunday Times bestseller and a winner
of the 2002 WH Smiths Thumping good read award. Tokyo (also known as
The Devil of Nanking), released march 2005, is Hayder's third book
and is also a Sunday times bestseller. Pig Island was the fourth book
written by Hayder and was published in April 2006, it became another
bestseller and was nominated for both a Barry award for best British
crime novel and a CWA dagger. The fifth book Ritual which became the
first in the Walking Man series was the CWA Ian Fleming award. Skin
the sixth book written, is the secondary book in the Walking Man
series and was released in early 2009. In February 2011 the third
book in the walking man series and seventh overall Gone was released
and won the Edgar award for best novel. Book number eight was Hanging
Hill was written in 2011, Poppet came out in 2013 and was followed by
book number ten, Wolf in 2014. Mo Hayder has an up and coming book
Bonehead which is currently (as of the writing -03/04/2020- and
posting of this blog-14/03/2020) in the process of being written.
My
opinion of Mo Hayder is that she is a great writer and has a great
flair for getting under peoples skin with her words, I would love to
meet her and have a conversation about her influences for her stories
and how she writes her stories. I'm excitedly awaiting the release of
Bonehead.
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