If you have never read a Mo Hayder book, do so, now! 'Wolf' is terrifying, provoking and utterly brilliant. Ukweli is best known for playing the role of FBI psychiatrist Dr Robert Borden in the American TV series Blindspot, which was shown in the UK on Sky Living. He’s also had roles in Humans, Grantchester, The Royals and Hard Sun.

From the latest Scandinavian serial killer to Golden Age detective stories, we love our crime novels! Since as far as I can see the book doesn’t set out to be anything more substantial than entertainment, then it all comes down to whether the reader finds the subject matter entertaining. I didn’t. In truth, I found it to be reasonably well written unsavoury pulp with an absurd plot, and am entirely untempted to read any more of Hayder’s work. For which I imagine we are all grateful… Rowlands, Eve (15 February 2023). "First look images of Marvel and Game of Thrones stars in Welsh-made BBC drama Wolf". Wales Online . Retrieved 24 May 2023.Iwan Rheon stars as Molina, a man who poses as a detective to trap the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family in an isolated Welsh country house. One of the things that was really important to me was to make sure that dynamic between Honey and Molina works. I've always wanted to work with Iwan because he's done such fantastic work on screen, theatre and in so many different genres too. WOLF cast and creator on the horror-thriller series with "massively high stakes and a hugely climactic finale" Shortlist for Theakston's Crime Novel of the year Award 2009". digyorkshire.com. 2 June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016 . Retrieved 17 June 2009.

Sacha Dhawan who plays Honey, says: "We first meet Honey and Molina at the beginning of the series when they con their way into the Anchor-Ferrers home. It was great to play those scenes. When I was prepping for Honey, I wanted to make it clear that Molina and Honey are two different characters. Honey, unlike Molina, is very tidy, sharp and focused about making this job meticulous. That's his motivation - to complete it to the best of his ability. The stakes are so high because he's also he's got to fund his family but they’re of course kidnapping a family so there’s a lot of risks and things that could go wrong. Honey and Molina really are chalk and cheese but Molina is the only person Honey has and they’ve got to function together to get out alive. In most crime novels the violent act, usually the murder, is the engine. Take that away and there is little left to drive the story along. So I do get a little cross with authors who aren’t precise about the violence they’re using to create tension because I feel they’re being dishonest with their readers. If people don’t like the blood and violence in my books, fine, they can always close the cover and put it aside and maybe read a romance instead. – Mo Hayder”

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Nisbet, Megan (20 May 2023). "The Welsh-filmed dramas and TV series coming in 2023 and beyond". Walesonline . Retrieved 24 May 2023. Hayder χρειαζόταν κάτι δυνατό. Κι αυτό ήρθε να το προσφέρει ο «Λύκος», αφού στις σελίδες του απαντώνται ερωτήματα που εκκρεμούσαν από τα παλιότερα βιβλία και ταλαιπωρούσαν τον κεντρικό ήρωα, αλλά και τον αναγνώστη. Για όσους έρχονται τώρα για πρώτη φορά σε επαφή με τη γραφή της Hayder, βέβαια, μάλλον θα είναι αρκετά δύσκολο να… συντονιστούν με το κομμάτι της αφήγησης που αφορά την προσωπική ζωή του ήρωα και θα πρέπει να αρκεστούν στην υπόθεση ομηρίας που εκτυλίσσεται στις σελίδες του βιβλίου. Άλλωστε, αυτή παρουσιάζει το δικό της ενδιαφέρον και μπορεί άνετα να σταθεί ως ένας αυτόνομος αστυνομικός γρίφος που ψάχνει τη λύση του. So, to sum up, there were parts I really liked and some parts I didn't but as a whole not a bad read at all. Just not as good as some of the others. Whenever there is another Caffery novel, I'll be there ready. She also described it as: “A riveting crime story was baked into Mo’s novel – such incredible plotting – as a screenwriter, it completely hooked me in.” Where was it filmed? With sublime pacing and plotting once again from Mo Hayder, there is little to disappoint here. I can safely say that Wolf will keep you reading until the wee small hours. If you’re brave enough…

Bestselling and prize winning author Mo Hayder has expertly crafted an authentically disturbing, gripping, unsettling and engrossing thriller in Wolf. Perfect for fans of Stephen King, Stuart MacBride and Karin Slaughter, this is one novel you won't be able to put down... year old Oliver Anchor-Ferrers has just been through surgery to replace his heart valves, and as he contemplates his wife, Matilda, and his adult daughter, Lucia, he also contemplates his own mortality. They’ve come to their beautiful Victorian home they’ve named The Turrets, high on a hill in the Mendips, so that Oliver can recover from his surgery. Lucia is brooding, as usual. It seems she’s never recovered fully since her ex-boyfriend was brutally murdered 14 years ago, not too far from The Turrets, actually, by a madman named Minnet Kable. When Matilda finds something near the house that calls to mind that long ago crime, she’s understandably terrified, and when two men show up, claiming to be police investigating the death of a nearby woman, all hell breaks loose in the Anchor-Ferrers household, calling up old crimes and new vendettas. I had an overwhelming sense of the lonliness of this city - a trillion souls in their bedrooms, high in the cliffs of windows. I thought of what was underneath it all - I thought of the electricty cables, steam, water, fire, subway trains and lava in the city's guts, the subterranean rumbling of trains and earthquakes. I thought of the dead souls from the war, concreted over.” Juliet Stevenson as terrorised Mathilda Anchor-Ferrers in Wolf. (Image credit: BBC) Owen Teale on playing Oliver Anchor-Ferrers

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The last 25% of the book rushes by in a roller coaster of emotion and I was almost "hiding behind the settee" to read it, reading whilst hiding your eyes is not easy at all. And then the amazing twist right at the end made me want to scream but was of course, just perfect. Viewers may recognise the actor from his role as Jay in StreetDance 3D, or as FBI psychiatrist Robert Borden on US series Blindspot. This book is just wow. It is scary because it is one of those subjects that people think could happen. It is completely realistic in nature and that’s what makes it so frightening. Also the twist was absolutely superb!!!! Meanwhile, Sian Reese-Williams ( Line Of Duty, Hidden) stars DI Maia Lincoln, a woman with a case to prove, Juliet Stevenson is Mathilda Anchor-Ferrers, an intelligent yet neurotic wealthy housewife, with Owen Teale ( Game Of Thrones) as her wealthy and well-connected husband Oliver. Annes Elwyplays their daughter Lucia Anchor-Ferrers.

After a brief marriage to Gary Olsen she emigrated at 25 to Japan [6] [7] where she became a teacher of English as a foreign language in Tokyo. [6] She was also a waitress at a nightclub and an amateur filmmaker. [6] Writing career [ edit ] In an isolated house in Monmouthshire, the wealthy Anchor-Ferrers family find themselves the victims of a psychopath’s cruel games, trapped and terrorised. When the two narratives collide, it is a thrilling, nail-biting and deeply disturbing race against time. One of the biggest writing challenges of this series was balancing the two crime storylines, (both of which are rich with twists and turns – one of Mo Hayder’s specialities), with enough breathing room for characterisation. I’d like to think we succeeded in doing this, though, as evidenced by the stunning cast we got on board. The roles in this series are hugely demanding and every actor brought their A game. Now, you could say there is a decent mystery in who these two really are and why they are targeting this particular family. But it is obscured by a sheer unpleasantness that taps into our deep-seated fears: of home invasion, torture, the threat of rape and murder. Elsewhere, we are witness to other grim crimes.Will he find out who’s missing a dog? Are they okay? Are they in trouble? Will help arrive in time? a b c d e f "Clare Dunkel obituary". The Times. 9 August 2021 . Retrieved 9 August 2021. (subscription required) a b Dunn, Adam (17 March 2002). "A disturbing journey into the pedophile mind". SF Gat. San Francisco, CA . Retrieved 29 July 2021.