{"product_id":"say-her-name-9781542029681","title":"Say Her Name","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My book of the year so far...' --Lee Child, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this chilling thriller from the bestselling authors of \u003ci\u003eSpare Room\u003c\/i\u003e, one woman just wants the truth about who she really is. But she's not the only one looking...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's twenty years since Eva, a biracial woman, was adopted as an eight-year-old, and Cherry and Carlton 'Sugar' McNeil have always been the only parents she's wanted or needed. But when she's dealt the double blow of Cherry's death and her own suspension from work, Eva decides it's time to discover who she was before she was theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst Sugar's advice, Eva joins a DNA database, desperate for a match that will unlock her identity. And when a positive hit comes, she's excited to learn there are relations out there who might hold the key. But the closer Eva gets to uncovering her past, the more it appears someone is trying to stop her finally finding the truth...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she continues to dig, Eva is drawn into a dark and merciless underside to society, where black women disappear without a word. Names erased from history, no search parties, no desperate pleas for their return. Once, someone tried to save Eva from all this. Someone wanted a better life for her. But now that she's torn down the facade of her life, has she come too far to be spared again?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitchell, Dreda Say:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHer Majesty the Queen awarded Dreda an MBE in her New Year's Honours' List, 2020. She scooped the CWA's John Creasey Dagger Award for best first-time crime novel in 2004, the first time a Black British author has received this honour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan and Dreda write across the crime and mystery genre--psychological thrillers, gritty gangland crime and fast-paced action books. \u003ci\u003eSpare Room\u003c\/i\u003e, their first psychological thriller, was a #1 UK and US Amazon Bestseller. Dreda is a passionate campaigner and speaker on social issues and the arts. She has appeared on television, including \u003ci\u003eCelebrity Pointless\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCelebrity Eggheads\u003c\/i\u003e, BBC 1 \u003ci\u003eBreakfast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Morning Live\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsnight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Review Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFront Row Late\u003c\/i\u003e on BBC 2. Ryan and Dreda performed a specially commissioned monologue on the ground-breaking \u003ci\u003eSky Arts Art 50\u003c\/i\u003e on Sky TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDreda has been a guest on many radio shows and presented BBC Radio 4's flagship books programme, \u003ci\u003eOpen Book\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written in a number of leading newspapers including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and was thrilled to be named one of Britain's 50 Remarkable Women by Lady Geek in association with Nokia. She is a trustee of the Royal Literary Fund and an ambassador for The Reading Agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of their books are currently in development as TV and film adaptations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDreda's parents are from the beautiful Caribbean island of Grenada. Her name, Dreda, is Irish and pronounced with a long-vowel ee sound in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarter, Ryan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHer Majesty the Queen awarded Dreda an MBE in her New Year's Honours' List, 2020. She scooped the CWA's John Creasey Dagger Award for best first-time crime novel in 2004, the first time a Black British author has received this honour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan and Dreda write across the crime and mystery genre--psychological thrillers, gritty gangland crime and fast-paced action books. \u003ci\u003eSpare Room\u003c\/i\u003e, their first psychological thriller, was a #1 UK and US Amazon Bestseller. Dreda is a passionate campaigner and speaker on social issues and the arts. 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