The Calling had me from the first page and never let me go. I absolutely loved Hazel Micallef
KATE ATKINSON
 

Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef of Port Dundas, Ontario is making her way toward retirement with something less than grace. Hobbled by a bad back and a dependence on painkillers, and blindsided by her recent divorce, sixty-one-year-old Hazel has only the constructive criticism of her old goat of a mother to buoy her.

But when a Port Dundas woman is found murdered in her home – with no sign of resistance and her mouth sculpted into a strangely meaningful shape – Hazel’s bickering department springs to life. And as more bodies are found, Hazel must confront a clamoring press and the town’s rumour mill whilst she edges ever closer to this terrifying, gruesomely inventive serial killer.

Micallef, a nice twist on the traditional middle-aged alcoholic male cop, is wearily, startlingly real.
Guardian

Terrifying, moving and complex... the first in a sensational series... truly compelling...a thrilling psychological tale which ratchets up the pace from the intriguing opening scene to the heart-in-the-mouth finale.
Peterborough Evening Telegraph

A superbly written novel with a brilliantly conceived and realized plot...unforgettable.
Globe & Mail, Canada

You’re in the hands of a master storyteller. The Calling is a stunner – dark, surprising and utterly compelling
MO HAYDER

So impressive I couldn't put the damned thing down... genuine surprises, twists and turns that will keep you turning pages quickly and too late into the night.
LA Times

The novel quickly builds to an excruciating level of suspense . . . an excellent thriller, both riveting and precise. The ending is a shocker.
Library Journal

‘...perfectly gripping... It is a clever serial/ ritual-murderer tale set in remotest rural Canada, but the most original feature of the story is its principal detective . . . Hazel Micallef is a splendid recruit to the ranks of fictional detectives.’
Literary Review

The Calling is that rare unplug-the-phone, skip-all-meals, ignore-your-bedtime thriller. It’s twisty, sharp and very, very creepy—and Det. Hazel Micallef is a perfectly original charmer
GILLIAN FLYNN, author of SHARP OBJECTS

A wonderful, creepy, twisty novel. You’ll want to devour it all in one sitting
PETER ROBINSON

Bracingly original mystery . . . a first-rate crime writer
Publishers Weekly

The most enthralling, creepiest, grizzliest book I've read in years.
CHELSEA CAIN, author of HEARTSICK

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