Shortlisted for theCWA Dagger in the Library 2021
From the #1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone comes an engrossing,twisty story of dark family secrets and betrayal.
YOU DON'T SEE HER. BUT SHE SEES YOU.
MIDNIGHT: In an area of urban wasteland where cats hunt and foxes shriek,a girl is watching...
When Saffyre Maddox was ten,something terrible happened,and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't,and now she hides,learning his secrets,invisible in the shadows.
Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend.
Nobody sees him. Nobody cares.
But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's night,suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen.
Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance...
An engrossing,twisty story of how we look in the wrong places for bad people while the real predators walk among us in plain sight.
Publisher: CornerstoneISBN: 9781787461505Number of pages: 432Weight: 298 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
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'Dark,furiously twisty and utterly gripping.'- Lucy Foley
'I've really struggled with reading during lockdown but this weekend I finished Lisa Jewell's gripping Invisible Girl and it was such a joy not to be able to put a book down. Her best yet.'- Jojo Moyes
'A masterclass in how to write with pace and tension.'- Harriet Tyce
'Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche,confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.'- Daily Mail
'An engrossing and compelling read.'- The Mirror
'Another twisty,turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell,which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.'-Red
'She isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers'hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.'- Adele Parks
'Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.'- Clare Mackintosh
'A masterclass in character... A wonderful slow-burn gripper - I loved it.'- Louise Candlish
'An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me. Lisa Jewell is the kind of writer you read twice - once as a breathless reader,to see how the story unfolds,and then again to try to work out how she makes it look so easy.'- Erin Kelly
'I am always reminded of Ruth Rendell at her very best when I read Lisa Jewell. Not only is her plotting masterful,Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters,whether they are important or minor,instantly appealing or apparently monstrous. Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.'- Jane Casey
'Dark,gripping,emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.'- Tamar Cohen
'I loved it. Every damn word.'- AJ Finn
'A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.'- Jenny Colgan
'Once again,Jewell deliversa story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked.'- Good Housekeeping
'Gripping,disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.'- Alex Marwood
'Really good,gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish.'- Olivia Colman
Lisa Jewell
British author Lisa Jewell's first book,Ralph's Party,came out in 1998. Since then,she's gone on to write a range of fiction including her so-called'curry and flatmates'novels of the nineties and noughties as well as challenging contemporary fiction and thrillers.
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