The Doll's House (novel)

The Doll's House is a 2013 book by British author Tania Carver.

The Doll's House
First edition
AuthorTania Carver
Audio read byMartyn Waites
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSuspense thriller
GenreCrime
Set inBirmingham
PublishedLondon
PublisherSphere (Little, Brown)
Publication date
2013
Pages471
ISBN9780751550528

Synopsis

The book centres on the discovery of a dead pre-transition male-to-female transgender individual on a council housing estate in Birmingham. The inside of the house is like a doll's house with pink ribbons and pink walls, stuffed toys and the table set for a tea party[1] DI Phil Brennan on the Major Incident Squad begins investigating the puzzling case.

Reception

Author Mark Billingham described the book as 'seriously scary'. In Female First the reviewer wrote 'This book was full of psychopaths, gory murder scenes and scandal and I loved it. I ended up goading myself to read “just a few more pages” all the way. through'[2] In Mystery Tribune the bok was 'recommended for ones looking for psychological thrillers'[3] while The book was also reviewed in Publishers Weekly.[4]

References
  1. "Home".
  2. "The Doll's House by Tania Carver".
  3. "A nice psychological thriller: "The Doll's House" | Mystery Tribune". www.mysterytribune.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  4. "Fiction Book Review: The Doll's House by Tania Carver. Pegasus Crime (Norton, dist.), $25.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-60598-654-8". December 2014.


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