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The Couple at No 9

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內容簡介 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 LARGE?As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched . . .What happened thirty years ago?What part did her grandmother play?And is Saffy now in danger? . . ._________DON'T MISS THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM CLAIRE DOUGLAS, THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED - AVAILABLE 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"

作者介紹

作者介紹 Claire DouglasClaire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters, which was followed by Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes and Just Like the Other Girls. Her latest novel, The Couple at No 9, was a Sunday Times top 3 bestseller and a Kindle number 1. She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.

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