Enter the world of One Folgate Street and discover perfection...but can you pay the price
Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect,on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in,she discovers that a previous tenant,Emma,met a mysterious death there - and starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before.
As twist after twist catches the reader off guard,Emma's past and Jane's present become inexorably entwined in this tense,page-turning portrayal of psychological obsession.
Following in the footsteps of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train,The Girl Before is being brought to the big screen by Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard.
Publisher: Quercus PublishingISBN: 9781786480262Number of pages: 432Weight: 300 gDimensions: 192 x 124 x 30 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller.'- Lee Child
'A remarkably poised (debut) psychological thriller.An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train.'- The Sunday Times
This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017...This year The Girl Before will be that book.'- InStyle
'I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings.'- Peter James
'The tension is built up subtly,leading to a devastating climax. A really clever thriller...(the film) will no doubt become the third big'Girl'film.'- Daily Mail
'Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I've read in years. Twisty,turny,and with an ending not to be missed!'- Lisa Gardner
'Slick,sexy,suspenseful and smart.'- Mail on Sunday
'Original and entertaining.'- The Times
'A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes.'- Daily Express
'Original and brilliantly written'- The Sun
'Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home...until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant.'- Cosmopolitan
'Creepy...The buzz around this could not be fizzier.'- Heat
'The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the'top girl'of this season's suspense novels.'- The Washington Post
'Enthralling'- Woman and Home
'A guaranteed best-seller.'- Red Magazine
'The most intriguing plot idea I've seen in a good while.'- The Spectator
'Genuinely eerie...beautifully handled...the pages fly.'- USA Today
'Ingenious.'- The New York Times
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