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Start giftingThe Couple at No 9
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THE NEW HEART-POUNDING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, CLAIRE DOUGLAS
It was the house of their dreams. Until the bodies were found . . .
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. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose.
OWNER QUESTIONED
Rose is in a care home and 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?
Why did no one miss the victims?
What part did her grandmother play?
And is Saffy now in danger?
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
© Claire Douglas 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, but 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. She is now a Sunday Times and international bestseller and her last novel, The Woman Who Lied, spent eleven weeks in the Sunday Times top ten. She has sold nearly two million copies of her books in the UK. Her previous book, The Couple at No. 9, has been optioned for television.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.
Reviews
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 tension A darkly absorbing mystery Combines 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 time Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it A 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 it Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at No. 9 is Claire's best thriller yet This well-paced thriller never lets up the pace, and delivers a twist that it's unlikely you will have seen coming Dense and deeply creepy, this is a top-class chiller Expansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best Gripping, twisty and hold-your-breath tense, this is Claire Douglas's best book yet Twisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down Another page-turner . . . Twisty Absolutely LOVED it. Twisty, turny and full of surprises. A definite 5 star Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit Fabulous. It had me reading late into the night, desperately needing to see what happens The perfect gripping holiday read Praise for Claire Douglas Thrillingly tense and twisty Stunning . . . with a killer twist Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train Twisty, exciting yet so very real Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas Expand reviews