It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare . . .THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH'Spine-chilling'SUNDAY TIMES'A well-plotted tale...Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching'DOROTHY KOOMSON'Secrets,skeletons,mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller,I loved it'EVE CHASE____BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIOWhen pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations,the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body. Two bodies,in fact.POLICE INVESTIGATEForensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years,which leads the police to question the cottage's former owner - Saffy's grandmother,Rose.OWNER QUESTIONEDRose's Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police - but it is clear she remembers something.A KILLER AT LARGEAs Rose's fragmented memories resurface,and the police dig ever deeper,Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched . . .What happened thirty years agoWhat part did her grandmother playAnd is Saffy now in danger . . .____DON'T MISS THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM CLAIRE DOUGLAS,THE WOMAN WHO LIED - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW'This book has everything I love: murder,a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tension'EMMA CURTIS'Combines a tight,gripping,plot and truly shocking twist,with beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart'NUALA ELLWOOD'A darkly absorbing mystery'CRIME MONTHLY'Twisty,nail-biting,and utterly absorbing,you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down'LOUISE O'NEILL'Expansive,emotional,with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best'GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative'THE TIMES CRIME CLUB NEWSLETTER'The perfect gripping holiday read'LESLEY PEARSEPraise for Claire Douglas'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas'Tim Weaver,bestselling author of No One Home'Thrillingly tense and twisty'B. A. Paris,bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors'Stunning...with a killer twist'Closer'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire'Twisty,exciting yet so very real'Gillian McAllister,bestselling author of Anything You Do Say
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9781405943406Number of pages: 432Weight: 298 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 26 mm
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Spine-chilling...Douglas writes sensitively about dementia in this heartbreaking novel about how far a desperate woman will go to survive
This book has everything I love: murder,a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tensionA darkly absorbing mysteryCombines a tight,gripping plot and truly shocking twist,with beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart. One of the best I have read in a long timeSecrets,skeletons,mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller,I loved itA well-plotted tale. All the characters are hiding things and you're often waiting for the next secret to blow up. Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching. Enjoyed itDevotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrativeTense,twisty,fraught with emotion and packed with secrets,The Couple at No. 9 is Claire's best thriller yetThis well-paced thriller never lets up the pace,and delivers a twist that it's unlikely you will have seen comingDense and deeply creepy,this is a top-class chillerExpansive,emotional,with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping bestGripping,twisty and hold-your-breath tense,this is Claire Douglas's best book yetTwisty,nail-biting,and utterly absorbing,you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 downAnother page-turner...TwistyAbsolutely LOVED it. Twisty,turny and full of surprises. A definite 5 starClaire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceitFabulous. It had me reading late into the night,desperately needing to see what happensThe perfect gripping holiday readPraise for Claire DouglasThrillingly tense and twistyStunning...with a killer twistPerfect for fans of The Girl on the TrainTwisty,exciting yet so very realFew people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas
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