· The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer [book review] Kate Hamer’s debut novel The Girl in the Red Coat is a psychologically tense novel that calls to mind that darkly disturbing fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. In Hamer’s novel a young girl disobeys her mother and wanders off during a day out at a story-telling www.doorway.rus: Kate Hamer’s sophisticated debut, The Girl in the Red Coat, is no ordinary whodunit, nor does it resort to over-the-top prurience to get under your skin. In many ways, this makes it even more chilling, as Hamer masterfully manipulates the reader into anticipating the worst with each (frantically) turned page/5(). The Girl in the Red Coat, a literary thriller by Kate Hamer, details the kidnapping of eight-year-old Carmel from a story-telling festival in England by an older man claiming to be her estranged grandfather. The story alternates between Carmel and her mother, Beth's points of .
Kate Hamer's sophisticated debut, The Girl in the Red Coat, is no ordinary whodunit, nor does it resort to over-the-top prurience to get under your skin. In many ways, this makes it even more chilling, as Hamer masterfully manipulates the reader into anticipating the worst with each (frantically) turned page. The Girl in the Red Coat is not one of them. Its British publisher, Faber, is throwing considerable cash behind Kate Hamer's debut novel to make sure it sells — and that people talk about it. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer was a compelling read. Single mum Beth is devoted to her only child, eight year old Carmel. Carmel's father is just resurfacing in Carmel's life, when mother and.
Costa Book Award for First Novel finalist. Dagger Award finalist. “Kate Hamer’s gripping debut novel immediately recalls the explosion of similarly titled books and movies, from Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels to The Girl on the Train to Gone Girl . What kicks The Girl in the Red Coat out of the loop of familiarity is Ms. Hamer’s keen understanding of her two central characters: Carmel and her devastated mother, Beth, who narrate alternating. THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT is a totally unique take on an abduction story. It is layered, complex, and emotional, and brings the reader deep into the minds of two very different main characters: mother Beth and daughter Carmel. Eight-year-old Carmel has always been different. The Girl in the Red Coat, a literary thriller by Kate Hamer, details the kidnapping of eight-year-old Carmel from a story-telling festival in England by an older man claiming to be her estranged grandfather. The story alternates between Carmel and her mother, Beth's points of view, covering the years of Carmel's disappearance.
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