Captured

How many wrongs will put things right?

Even though he is still young, Kenny has just weeks to live. Before he dies, he wants to find his childhood best friend Callie Barton and thank her for the kindness she showed him when they were at school together.

But when Kenny begins his search, he discovers that Callie Barton has gone missing. Although cleared of any involvement, her husband Jonathan seems to be hiding something.

Kenny has no choice but to take matters into his own hands. And knowing that time is running out on him, he's prepared to do whatever it takes . . .

‘A psychological thriller for which the term ‘page-turner’ might have been coined’ Metro

'Britain’s own Stephen King’ Guardian

Finalist, Ngaio Marsh Best Crime Novel Award (NZ) 2011

‘Cross is a wonderful writer . . . Britain’s own Stephen King’
Guardian

‘Once again, Neil Cross proves that he’s not just a master of suspense, but horror too. Reading his ultra-crisp prose and expertly structured tales, it’s not hard to see why he’s also an uber-successful screenwriter. ‘
Daily Mirror

‘A psychological thriller for which the term ‘page-turner’ might have been coined’
Metro

‘Cross’ work is generally very scabrous stuff indeed: blood-boltered, hard-edged and sardonically funny… As in the earlier Burial and Mr In-Between, Cross demonstrates a willingness to plunge into those areas other thriller writers shy away from; while the surface of the book has all the disturbing filigrees one might expect, this book (like its predecessors) is very much a novel of character’
Barry Forshaw, Crime Time

‘Captured gives off an impression of power held in reserve, and it serves an authentic, unsparing vision of goodwill undone by misfortune’
Times Literary Supplement

‘An impressive achievement, but definitely a cold one. Throw a log on the fire and snuggle under a warm blanket before reading!’
Eurocrime.co.uk: read the full review

‘It has been a while since I read a book as quickly as I yesterday read Neil Cross’ latest masterpiece of suspense, Captured.’
Material Witness: read the full review

Venue magazine: interview (January 2010)

Kenny wrote the list because he was dying.
Earlier that morning, an MRI scan had revealed that a malignant brain cancer had germinated in the moist secrecy of his skull like a mushroom in compost.

He had six weeks to live, maybe less. Aggressive chemotherapy and a brutal, invasive procedure called a partial resection might extend that by a month. But Kenny didn’t see the point.

So he thanked his doctors, left the hospital and went for a walk.

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Listen to Neil read from Captured

I wrote Captured for the same reasons I wrote Burial, and in pretty much the same way — once again, I had a story I wanted to tell and once again, I enjoyed telling it. I liked the idea of exciting people and scaring them and keeping them awake at night.

Captured is too new for me to say much more than that — except: I like this place, this kind of story, and I’m planning on staying a while.

Watch Neil talk more about Captured for Simon and Schuster:

UK Edition: Simon & Schuster (January 2010)

US Edition: Open Road Media (December 2014)

Spanish Edition: Valdemar (June 2010)

Italian Edition: Rizzoli Libri (October 2010)

French Edition: Belfond (May 2011)

German Edition: Dumont (August 2011)

Luther - Series 1

...the actors' skill - and Cross' admirable ability to explore his characters' boundaries without either calcifying or forsaking them - allows "Luther" to be superhuman in both the ordinary and extraordinary sense.

Los Angeles Times

Luther - Series 2

“Gritty, brooding, emotionally raw . . . whatever you call it, Luther is powerful TV.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Luther - Series 3

It gets darker, scarier and more captivating with each episode as Luther matches wits with killers and cops alike . . . the outstanding Elba broods like no other actor, and adds nuance to the series beyond the excellent writing of series creator Neil Cross and his team

Sunday Mirror