When I Was Ten
A Gripping, Heart-in-mouth Thriller from the Author of Into the Dark
$21.70
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 October 2025
Summary
When I Was Ten is the stay-up-all-night thriller by acclaimed crime author Fiona Cummins.
‘Grips like a vice’ - Val McDermid ‘Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced’ - Daily Mail
Twenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were killed in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age. Their ten year-old daughter - nicknamed the Angel of Death - spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a fa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781035063499 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1035063492 |
| Author: | Fiona Cummins |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 28 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Fiona Cummins evokes the dark arts of journalism and politics with an insider’s relish in this rich, intricately woven novel of childhood crime and adult redemption. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended – Louise Candlish
A chilling and compelling tale of lost childhoods, guilt and redemption * Sunday Express *
Absorbing, tense and beautifully paced * Daily Mail *
Utterly compelling; a true just-one-more-chapter thriller – Clare Mackintosh
The Neighbour is masterfully written and intricately plotted to keep the reader captivated until a hugely enjoyable finale – Jon Coates * Daily Express *
A crime novel of the very first order – David Baldacci on The Collector
Creepy as hell and kept me guessing to the very end – Ian Rankin on The Neighbour
This thriller explores typically dark territory for this author, who has a gift for tapping a rich seam of evil that underpins the surface of the every day. Superbly sinister – Sunday Mirror on The Neighbour
It’s rare that a debut has this much polish. Harrowing and horrifying, head and shoulders above most of the competition – Val McDermid on Rattle
She is the master of depicting the way the most terrifyingly grotesque and evil psychopaths inveigle their way into the lives of ordinary people … When writing from the perspective of ordinary people caught up in horrific events, Fiona Cummins is unbeatable – Jake Kerridge on The Neighbour * Sunday Express *
Trust me – Cummins is a keeper – Lee Child on The Collector
About The Author
Fiona Cummins
Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. Rattle, her debut novel, received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. She has since written bestsellers The Collector, The Neighbour, When I Was Ten and Into the Dark, in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past. Fiona lives with her family in Essex.
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