Worst Case Scenario

Worst Case Scenario is a psychological thriller by Helen Fitzgerald that follows probation officer Mary Shields, who becomes obsessed with Liam Macdowall, a murder convict released into her care. The novel is dark, funny, and tense, with a perceptive and relevant portrayal of a woman's battle with rage, guilt, fear, duty, and disaster.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 276 pages
Publication date: 16 May 2019
Publisher: Orenda Books

A deliciously dark, unapologetically funny, and nail-bitingly tense psychological thriller by the international bestselling author of The Cry NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER *** Guardian, Telegraph, Herald Scotland AND The Week BOOK OF THE YEAR *** *** Sunday Times TOP 40 Crime Novels in the Last 5 Years *** ***Longlisted for Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2020*** ‘Shocking, gripping, and laugh-out-loud hilarious from the first line to the last. Brilliant Erin Kelly ‘This frenetic novel’s strongest assets are its sheer verbal energy and the acerbic views of its heroine, who resembles a female Frankie Boyle Sunday Times ‘The main character is one of the most extraordinary you’ll meet between the pages of a book Ian Rankin ‘A scandalously rude comic masterpiece Daily Telegraph ‘Sublime Guardian _________________ Mary Shields is a moody, acerbic probation officer, dealing with some of Glasgow’s worst cases, and her job is on the line. Liam Macdowall was imprisoned for murdering his wife, and he’s published a series of letters to the dead woman, in a book that makes him an unlikely hero – and a poster boy for Mens Rights activists. Liam is released on licence into Mary’s care, but things are far from simple. Mary develops a poisonous obsession with Liam and his world, and when her son and Liam’s daughter form a relationship, Mary will stop at nothing to impose her own brand of justice … with devastating consequences. A heart-pounding, relentless, and chilling psychological thriller, rich with deliciously dark and unapologetic humour, Worst Case Scenario is also a perceptive, tragic, and hugely relevant book by one of the most exciting names in crime fiction. _________________ ‘Laced with pitch-dark acerbic humour, the classic thriller gets a modern twist.

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 129 x 197 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781912374694