“Welcome to the family,” Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be whoever I like. But I’ll soon learn that the Winchesters’ secrets are far more dangerous than my own…
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house from top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.
I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.
I only tried on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out… and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.
But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.
They don’t know what I’m capable of…
“You must be our new neighbors!” Mrs. Lowell gushes and waves across the picket fence. I clutch my daughter’s hand and smile back: but the second Mrs. Lowell sees my husband a strange expression crosses her face. In that moment I make a promise. We finally have a family home. My past is far, far behind us. And I’ll do anything to keep it that way…
I used to clean other people’s houses—now, I can’t believe this home is actually mine. The charming kitchen, the quiet cul-de-sac, the huge yard where my kids can play. My husband and I saved for years to give our children the life they deserve.
Even though I’m wary of our new neighbor Mrs. Lowell, when she invites us over for dinner it’s our chance to make friends. Her maid opens the door wearing a white apron, her hair in a tight bun. I know exactly what it’s like to be in her shoes.
But her cold stare gives me chills…
The Lowells’ maid isn’t the only strange thing on our street. I’m sure I see a shadowy figure watching us. My husband leaves the house late at night. And when I meet a woman who lives across the way, her words chill me to the bone: Be careful of your neighbors.
Did I make a terrible mistake moving my family here?
I thought I’d left my darkest secrets behind. But could this quiet suburban street be the most dangerous place of all?
A gripping, twisty thriller from Freida McFadden, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!
The guiltiest people aren’t always the ones behind bars…
As a new nurse practitioner at a maximum-security prison, Brooke Sullivan is taught three crucial rules:
But nobody knows that Brooke has already broken the rules. Nobody knows about her intimate connection to Shane Nelson, one of the penitentiary’s most notorious and dangerous inmates.
They certainly don’t know that Shane was Brooke’s high school sweetheart—the star quarterback, the golden boy who’s serving a life sentence for a series of grisly murders. Or that Brooke’s testimony was what put him there.
But Shane knows. He knows more than anyone. And he will never forget.
The Inmate is a propulsive, mind-bending thriller about how we define guilt—and who has to pay for it, from Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden.
There’s someone at your front door – should you let them in? Find out in a riveting new psychological thriller from global sensation and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Housemaid.
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Who knows what the storm will blow in…
Casey’s cabin in the wilderness is not built for a hurricane. Her roof shakes, the lights flicker, and the tree outside her front door sways ominously in the wind. But she’s a lot more worried about the girl she discovers lurking outside her kitchen window.
She’s young. She’s alone. And she’s covered in blood.
The girl won’t explain where she came from, or loosen her grip on the knife in her right hand. And when Casey makes a disturbing discovery in the middle of the night, things take a turn for the worse.
The girl has a dark secret. One she’ll kill to keep. And if Casey gets too close to the truth, she may not live to see the morning.
In this taut, deadly tale of endurance and desperation, Freida McFadden explores how far one girl will go to save herself – and the deadly repercussions of survival at any cost…
Tropes
Psychological Thriller
Suspense
Mystery Thriller
Survive the Night
Runaway Child
Also by Freida McFadden:
The Surrogate Mother
Do Not Disturb
The Tenant
Ward D
The Crash
The Boyfriend
The Housemaid is Watching
The Perfect Son
The Coworker
The Locker Door
Never Lie
The Teacher
The Inmate
One by One
THE FOURTH NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES BY RICHARD OSMAN
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‘The rightful king of crime’ i News
‘Deeply moving… some of his best writing yet’ Telegraph
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club.
An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing.
As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home.
With the body count rising, the package still missing and trouble firmly on their tail, has their luck finally run out? And who will be the last devil to die?
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‘As charming and funny as always but SO MOVING’ Marian Keyes
Richard Osman, Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024
The Bullet that Missed broke the record for the fastest-selling adult fiction hardback ever, September 2022
It’s the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He’s made a big mistake, and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster, and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds too? Well, wouldn’t that be a bonus? But this time they are up against an enemy who wouldn’t bat an eyelid at knocking off four septuagenarians. Can the Thursday Murder Club find the killer (and the diamonds) before the killer finds them?
‘Moving, hilarious, brilliantly suspenseful’ Jeffery Deaver ‘A thing of joy’ – Kate Atkinson
‘The tonic we all need’ – Shari Lapena
King’s terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a mysterious mist, now available for the first time from Hodder in standalone form, as part of their exciting Stephen King reissue programme for 2021.
The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King’s terrifying novella about a town engulfed in a dense, mysterious mist – originally published in the acclaimed short story collection Skeleton Crew and made into a feature film by Frank Darabont – is now available as a stand-alone publication.
A man staggered into the market . . . ‘Something in the fog!’ he screamed
Following a freak summer storm, David Drayton, his son Billy, and their neighbour Brent Norton join dozens of others and head to the local grocery store to replenish supplies.
Once there, they become trapped by a strange mist that has enveloped the town. Violent forces concealed in the mist are starting to emerge. And there is another shocking threat from within – one group of survivors, led by a religious zealot, is calling for a sacrifice.
Now David and his son must try to escape. But what’s outside may be even more dangerous.
This exhilarating novella explores the horror in both the enemy you know – and the one you can only imagine.
Bestselling author Riley Sager returns with a Gothic chiller about a young caregiver assigned to work for a woman accused of a massacre decades earlier.
**Pre-order the brand new, chilling suspense thriller from Riley Sager now – MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT**
THE HEART-POUNDING GOTHIC THRILLER FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Everyone believes that Lenora Hope is a mass murderer.
When the Hope family was massacred decades ago, she was the only one left after that tragic night.
Mute, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair, Lenora has never been able to tell her side of the story.
Until her new live-in caregiver Kit brings her a typewriter.
And with one working finger Lenora begins to type:
I want to tell you everything.
Real readers LOVE The Only One Left:
‘Plot twists on plot twists! A story that keeps you guessing throughout’
‘Kept me guessing to the very end’
‘I literally couldn’t leave this story alone’
‘The tension throughout this book is so intense it is breath taking’
‘I devoured this in a single sitting’
‘Laden with an abundance of twists and turns that are truly mind-bending’
‘The ending though . . . didn’t see that one coming!’
‘Riley never fails to disappoint me, now to wait for the next book…’
And your favourite authors love it too…
‘A master storyteller’ ALEX MICHAELIDES
‘Spine-chilling’ RUTH WARE
‘Twisty’ SHARI LAPENA
‘Addictive’ STEPHANIE WROBEL
‘Propulsive’ ELLERY LLOYD
‘Terrific’ KARIN SLAUGHTER
‘Shocking’ LISA GARDNER
From Sunday Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a dark and twisting psychological thriller about a mother who suspects her son of committing a terrible crime… But how far will she go to protect her family?
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All families have secrets. But some secrets are deadly.
Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until, one quiet evening, two detectives show up at her front door.
“Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night…”
A high school girl has vanished from their quiet neighbourhood, and the police suspect the worst. Erika’s teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.
Erika has always sensed something… different in her seemingly perfect oldest child. He’s charming, smart and popular, but mothers have the best instincts. Erika knows there’s more to her son than meets the eye.
She wants to believe he’s innocent, but as the evidence mounts, she can’t deny the truth?Liam may have done the unthinkable.
With The Perfect Son, bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a twisted, thought-provoking crime thriller about a family’s loyalty pushed to the limits.
Tropes
Missing Girl
Suspense
Psychological Thriller
Sociopathic Child
Multiple POVs
Mother and Son
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Amazon readers are gripped by this unputdownable psychological thriller:
“WOW! ABSOLUTELY a must read, one of her best books yet!”
“I couldn’t put this book down. It kept you guessing and on the edge of your seat. I loved it and can’t wait to read more of her books!”
“This was an incredible story! I read it in one sitting because I had to know how it ended.”
Read the Sunday Times and No. 1 New York Times Bestselling, record-breaking thriller that everyone is talking about – soon to be a major film.
A totally original psychological mystery – David Baldacci
One of the best thrillers Ive read this year – Cara Hunter
The pace and finesse of a master – BBC Culture
Alicia Berenson lived a seemingly perfect life until one day six years ago. When she shot her husband in the head five times. Since then she hasnt spoken a single word. Its time to find out why. the silent patient is the gripping must-read debut thriller of 2020 – perfect for fans of the Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn and the Girl Before by JP Delaney.
*Don’t miss the latest books from Karin Slaughter, AFTER THAT NIGHT and THIS IS WHY WE LIED, available to order now* The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller
*Don’t miss the latest books from Karin Slaughter, AFTER THAT NIGHT and THIS IS WHY WE LIED, available to order now* The gripping No. 1 Sunday Times crime thriller
Watch Will Trent on Disney+!
He watches.
A woman runs alone in the woods. She convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she’s wrong. A predator is stalking the women of Grant County. He lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim.
He waits.
A decade later, the case has been closed. The killer is behind bars. But then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the MO is identical.
He takes.
Although the original trail has gone cold – memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared – agent Will Trent and forensic pathologist Sara Linton must re-open the cold case. But the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wife….
Praise for the Number One bestselling author:
‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child
‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn
‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen
‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly
‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs
‘Fiction doesn’t get any better than this’ Jeffery Deaver
‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ Peter James
‘Karin Slaughter has – by far – the best name of all of us mystery novelists’ James Patterson
‘With heart and skill Karin Slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last’ Camilla Lackberg
‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride
*The Silent Wife was a No.1 bestseller w/c 20/6/20