The Last Days of Kira Mullan
Nicci French
- She
- thinks
- it
- was
- murder.
But
- if
- she
- can’t
- trust
- herself,
- can
- anyone
- else?Nancy
- North
- and
- her
- boyfriend
- Felix
- are
- making
- the
- move
- across
- London
- to
- Harlesden.
- A
- new
- flat,
- a
- new
- area,
- a
- new
- start.
- Because
- while
- Nancy
- is
- fine
- now,
- she
- wasn’t
- fine
- before.
- But
- settling
- into
- the
- new
- flat
- and
- meeting
- the
- new
- neighbours
- isn’t
- helped
- by
- Felix’s
- hovering
- concern.
- She
- is
- all
- right.
- She
- is
- sticking
- to
- her
- breathing
- exercises
- and
- doctor-prescribed
- help.So,
- when
- their
- new
- neighbour
- Kira
- Mullan
- is
- found
- dead
- by
- suicide,
- Felix
- is
- understandably
- worried
- about
- Nancy’s
- frame
- of
- mind.
- But
- Nancy
- saw
- Kira
- the
- day
- before
- she
- died
- and
- she
- didn’t
- strike
- her
- as
- someone
- who
- was
- suicidal
- –
- she
- was
- upset
- and
- angry,
- yes,
- but
- was
- she
- upset
- and
- angry
- enough
- to
- take
- her
- own
- life?Nancy
- is
- the
- only
- one
- convinced
- that
- there’s
- more
- to
- Kira’s
- death
- than
- has
- been
- discovered.
- But
- all
- the
- police
- and
- the
- neighbours
- see
- is
- a
- vulnerable
- woman
- who
- isn’t
- sure
- of
- what
- she
- saw,
- and
- might
- even
- be
- imagining
- things
- .
- .
- .Is
- Nancy
- imagining
- things,
- or
- are
- there
- more
- questions
- that
- should
- be
- asked
- about
- the
- last
- days
- of
- Kira
- Mullan?'A
- heroine
- you'll
- be
- rooting
- for
- on
- every
- page
- and
- a
- forensic
- study
- of
- gaslighting.
- Pure
- literary
- adrenaline’
- Erin Kelly
