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      The Couple at No 9: ‘Spine-chilling’ – SUNDAY TIMES

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      It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare . . . '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...

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      Product ID:9781405943406
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:The Couple at No 9
      Subtitle:‘Spine-chilling’ - SUNDAY TIMES
      Authors:Author: Claire Douglas
      Page Count:432
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare . . . '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 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

      It was the house of their dreams. Now it''s their worst nightmare . . .

      ''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 PATIO

      When 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 INVESTIGATE

      Forensics 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 QUESTIONED

      Rose''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 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 PEARSE

      Praise 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


      Imprint Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2021-09-30

      Additional information

      Weight302 g
      Dimensions130 × 197 × 49 mm