Shatter

By Michael Robotham

Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Shatter is a 2008 psychological thriller by Australian writer Michael Robotham. It is the third novel featuring clinical psychologist Joe O'Loughlin, who has Parkinson's disease. O'Loughlin fails to talk a woman down from the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, and she jumps to her death. Her teenage daughter insists her mother was afraid of heights and would never jump. Joe uncovers a killer who uses phone calls to break down and control his victims.

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• Stephen King: “Plenty of people saw the naked woman jump to her death, but professor Joe O’Loughlin discovers the lady was afraid of heights. Someone out there has become an architect of suicide, and soon he’s got his sights set on O’Loughlin’s family. The most suspenseful book I read all year.”