Andrew Rosenheim

A haunting apparition: Bonehead, by Mo Hayder, reviewed

A young policewoman returns to her native Gloucestershire, hoping to solve a mystery connected to a terrible past accident there

Mo Hayder. [Credit: Kate Butler] 
issue 13 July 2024
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    Mo Hayder

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 368, £22

It is well established that women are happy to read novels written by men but that male readers rarely extend a reciprocal courtesy. The late Mo Hayder is a case in point, since despite the extraordinary sales of the novels she wrote before her premature death in 2021, her fan base remains overwhelmingly female.

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