Sarah Hilary won the 2015 Theakston's Crime Novel of the Year with her debut, the 2014 Richard and Judy pick SOMEONE ELSE'S SKIN. She followed up with NO OTHER DARKNESS, proclaimed as 'riveting' by Lisa Gardner and 'truly mesmerising' by David Mark. Now D.I. Marnie Rome returns in her third novel.

The young girl who causes the fatal car crash disappears from the scene.

A runaway who doesn't want to be found, she only wants to go home.

To the one man who understands her.

Gives her shelter.

Just as he gives shelter to the other lost girls who live in his house.

He's the head of her new family.

He's Harm.

D.I. Marnie Rome has faced many dangerous criminals but she has never come up against a man like Harm. She thinks that she knows families, their secrets and their fault lines. But as she begins investigating the girl's disappearance nothing can prepare her for what she's about to face.

Because when Harm's family is threatened, everything tastes like fear...

"A tense, terrifying tale of obsession and possession . . . a writer at the top of her game" - Radio Times

"One of Britain's best new crime writers" - Daily Mail

"Writes with an effortless ease and fervour that displays what an accomplished writer she is" - Crimespree magazine

"Tastes Like Fear is quality intelligent crime, with enough twists to keep you glued to the page and a massive dose of terrifying anticipation" - Northern Crime blog

"Tastes Like Fear is an extraordinary depiction of psychological and economic violence that is genuinely chilling " - Pam Reader blog

"A masterclass in pace and plot" - Joanne Sheppard blog

"Tastes Like Fear is a triumph; brutal, honest and quite brilliant " - Random Things Through My Letterbox blog

"Fast-paced, tightly plotted and well-written" - The Bath Magazine

"I cannot recommend this book highly enough" - Live and Deadly blog

"It is devious, dark, deliciously chilling. A formidable addition to an accomplished series that just keeps getting better and better" - Never Imitate blog

"A tautly conceived story that will grab you from the first page and refuse to let go until the last" - CrimeSquad

"Tastes Like Fear is every bit as assured and involving as its two predecessors, and Hilary is a writer who is clearly here to stay" - Crime Time

"Yet again the author proves herself to be among the leaders of contemporary British crime fiction" - For Winter Nights blog

"Mixing a strong sense of social justice with carefully crafted characters and an interesting plot, this is a powerful piece of crime writing that builds to an emotionally charged conclusion" - Sydney Herald