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Six celebrities. One dead signer. No way out. WELCOME TO THE CLINICThe world's most exclusive rehab clinic - a refuge for the rich and beautiful - and perhaps the perfect place for murder? Meg's sister Haley was a troubled country singer, hiding away from fans and paparazzi, until she was found dead. YOU CAN CHECK INNow Meg checks in - to find out why her sister never checked out. She soon realises that the luxury spa and experimental therapy are concealing more sinister secrets.BUT YOU MIGHT NEVER CHECK OUTMeg must confront a whole lot more than her own addiction to find out what happened to Haley. Because the security at The Clinic might not be to keep prying eyes out, but to keep patients in...****PRAISE FOR THE CLINIC:Absolutely thrilling' ALEX MICHAELIDES, bestselling author of The Silent Patient 'A superior, creeping psychological thriller taut with tension and drama' SEATTLE TIMES 'Easily the creepiest setting for a suspense novel since the Overlook Hotel in Stephen King's The Shining' BOOKPAGE
Adrianna, heir to the multimillion dollar Kensington nightclub empire, is planning her dream wedding - a lavish ceremony funded by exclusive sponsors, on the Kensington's private tropical island Elysium.There's only one flaw in her perfect plans. Elysium holds traumatic memories as the place where she was kidnapped and held hostage for three days on her 21st birthday - a case that was never solved...When a bridesmaid is murdered the night before the dress fitting, it soon becomes clear that Adrianna won't be able to get hitched without a hitch. The body is staged in a gruesome display, chillingly reminiscent of Adrianna's kidnapping.When forensic expert Holly becomes embroiled in this alien world, the secrets that have dogged the bride and her bridesmaids since childhood start to come out. The answers lie on Elysium, if Holly can find her way into this playground of the rich and famous - and more importantly, if she can get out of it alive... **** PRAISE FOR CATE QUINN:'Absolutely thrilling' ALEX MICHAELIDES, bestselling author of The Silent Patient 'A superior, creeping psychological thriller taut with tension and drama' SEATTLE TIMES 'Utterly compelling' MARIAN KEYES 'A sly, contemporary crime masterpiece. I loved it' ADRIAN MCKINTY 'Intense, gripping, superb' WILL DEAN'Atmospheric and addictive' THE SUN
Adrianna, heir to the multimillion dollar Kensington nightclub empire, is planning her dream wedding - a lavish ceremony funded by exclusive sponsors, on the Kensington's private tropical island Elysium.There's only one flaw in her perfect plans. Elysium holds traumatic memories as the place where she was kidnapped and held hostage for three days on her 21st birthday - a case that was never solved...When a bridesmaid is murdered the night before the dress fitting, it soon becomes clear that Adrianna won't be able to get hitched without a hitch. The body is staged in a gruesome display, chillingly reminiscent of Adrianna's kidnapping.When forensic expert Holly becomes embroiled in this alien world, the secrets that have dogged the bride and her bridesmaids since childhood start to come out. The answers lie on Elysium, if Holly can find her way into this playground of the rich and famous - and more importantly, if she can get out of it alive...****PRAISE FOR CATE QUINN:'Absolutely thrilling'ALEX MICHAELIDES, bestselling author of The Silent Patient'A superior, creeping psychological thriller taut with tension and drama' SEATTLE TIMES'Utterly compelling'MARIAN KEYES'A sly, contemporary crime masterpiece. I loved it'ADRIAN MCKINTY'Intense, gripping, superb'WILL DEANAtmospheric and addictive'THE SUN
He had three perfect wivesUntil one of them killed him. 'Oh, my, can this author write women!' NEW YORK TIMES'Atmospheric and addictive' THE SUN'I could not put it down... I loved it!' MARIAN KEYES*****Blake's dead. His wife killed him.The question is... which one? Blake Nelson moved onto a hidden stretch of land - a raw paradise in the wilds of Utah - where he lived with his three wives:Rachel, the chief wife, obedient and doting to a fault.Tina, the other wife, who is everything Rachel isn't.And Emily, the youngest wife, who knows little else.Rachel, Tina and Emily have nothing in common - except that they share a husband and a homestead.When their beloved Blake is found dead under the desert sun, the questions pile up. But none of the widows know who would want to kill a good man like their husband.At least, that's what they'll tell the police . . .*****READERS AND CRITICS LOVE THE WIDOWS:'Three wives, three motives, three utterly compelling stories' ELLY GRIFFITHS'Intense, gripping, superb' WILL DEAN'A compelling read with a very dark heart' OBSERVER'A brilliant joyride in the company of three unforgettable women - a hugely enjoyable and original mystery with real heart' JANE CASEY'A sly, contemporary crime masterpiece. I loved it.' ADRIAN MCKINTY'An engrossing, original page-turner that will keep you hooked until the last page' (FIVE STARS)'Forget about sleep while you read this book' (FIVE STARS)'This book did not disappoint in any way . . . A real page turner.' (FIVE STARS)'I was enraptured all the way' (FIVE STARS)
?????'A fantastic whodunnit' HEAT MAGAZINE????? 'Sensational' CRIME MONTHLY'This is not the usual story of vulnerable women in jeopardy ... but one in which the victims fight back.' SUNDAY TIMES____________________Some women just can't take a joke.At least, that's what locals tell the police when a man is found gruesomely murdered at the pub in a tiny outback town. All fingers point to the backpackers working behind the bar that night - sorority sisters Beth and Lauren, who skipped town before the body was discovered.Despite all the evidence against them, rookie cop Tara Harrison knows there must be more to this case. But even as she tries to prove their innocence, Tara discovers that Beth and Lauren have dark secrets of their own - secrets they've sworn to take to the grave...Sun-drenched, suspenseful and addictive, with a cast of fierce, unforgettable women, Blood Sisters is the irresistible must-read of 2023. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Liane Moriarty and Taylor Jenkins-Reid.____________________*BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2022 - SUNDAY TIMES**PICK OF THE WEEK - THE TIMES CRIME CLUB**BOOK OF THE WEEK - HEAT MAGAZINE**BOOK OF THE WEEK - BELFAST TELEGRAPH*____________________READERS LOVE BLOOD SISTERS:?????'Amazing and addictive'?????'Kept me guessing until the end and I just loved it.'?????'Told in a similar style to "Daisy Jones and the Six"'?????'Think THE DRY or THE LOST MAN by Jane Harper...Gripping. Unputdownable.'?????'My gosh, I loved this book. I found it really difficult to put down.'?????'Fantastic book! ... I had no chance at guessing the ending or 'who done it''?????'What a book. Small chapters which kept the story moving at a great pace'?????'Couldn't put it down!'____________________CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED'This superb slice of Aussie noir isn't just a fantastic whodunnit, it also shines a light on some important themes. We couldn't get enough of the atmospheric setting and pitch-perfect writing.' HEAT'Layer upon layer of plot twists ... My only sadness was that I couldn't read it in one go.' BELFAST TELEGRAPH'Oh, my, can this author write women!' NEW YORK TIMES'A well-researched, page-turning story with characters to root for and some seriously good misdirection. This is excellent outback noir.' EMMA STYLES'A blisteringly good book. Compulsive, brilliant, atmospheric, and with serious emotional clout. These characters didn't just jump off the page: they pulled me into it. An absolute five star read.' GYTHA LODGE'Atmospheric and brooding, this gripping police procedural opened my eyes to modern-day exploitation in outback Australia. Tara is a smart heroine I'd love to read much more of.' ED JAMES'A bloody good (and indeed bloody) story of suspense and mystery.' MORNING STAR
?????'A fantastic whodunnit' HEAT MAGAZINE????? 'Sensational' CRIME MONTHLY'This is not the usual story of vulnerable women in jeopardy ... but one in which the victims fight back.' SUNDAY TIMES____________________Some women just can't take a joke.At least, that's what locals tell the police when a man is found gruesomely murdered at the pub in a tiny outback town. All fingers point to the backpackers working behind the bar that night - sorority sisters Beth and Lauren, who skipped town before the body was discovered.Despite all the evidence against them, rookie cop Tara Harrison knows there must be more to this case. But even as she tries to prove their innocence, Tara discovers that Beth and Lauren have dark secrets of their own - secrets they've sworn to take to the grave...Sun-drenched, suspenseful and addictive, with a cast of fierce, unforgettable women, Blood Sisters is the irresistible must-read of 2023. Perfect for fans of Jane Harper, Liane Moriarty and Taylor Jenkins-Reid.____________________*BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2022 - SUNDAY TIMES**PICK OF THE WEEK - THE TIMES CRIME CLUB**BOOK OF THE WEEK - HEAT MAGAZINE**BOOK OF THE WEEK - BELFAST TELEGRAPH*____________________READERS LOVE BLOOD SISTERS?????'Amazing and addictive'?????'Kept me guessing until the end and I just loved it.'?????'Told in a similar style to "Daisy Jones and the Six"'?????'Think THE DRY or THE LOST MAN by Jane Harper...Gripping. Unputdownable.'?????'My gosh, I loved this book. I found it really difficult to put down.'?????'Fantastic book! ... I had no chance at guessing the ending or 'who done it''?????'What a book. Small chapters which kept the story moving at a great pace'?????'Couldn't put it down!'____________________CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED'This superb slice of Aussie noir isn't just a fantastic whodunnit, it also shines a light on some important themes. We couldn't get enough of the atmospheric setting and pitch-perfect writing.' HEAT'Layer upon layer of plot twists ... My only sadness was that I couldn't read it in one go.' BELFAST TELEGRAPH'Oh, my, can this author write women!' NEW YORK TIMES'A well-researched, page-turning story with characters to root for and some seriously good misdirection. This is excellent outback noir.' EMMA STYLES'A blisteringly good book. Compulsive, brilliant, atmospheric, and with serious emotional clout. These characters didn't just jump off the page: they pulled me into it. An absolute five star read.' GYTHA LODGE'Atmospheric and brooding, this gripping police procedural opened my eyes to modern-day exploitation in outback Australia. Tara is a smart heroine I'd love to read much more of.' ED JAMES'A bloody good (and indeed bloody) story of suspense and mystery.' MORNING STAR
"From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth. Perfect for fans of Stacy Willingham and Tarryn Fisher Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control. There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in herself - to investigate what really happened from the inside. Battling her own addictions and figuring out the truth will be much more difficult than she imagined, far away from friends, family - and anyone who could help her."
From the critically acclaimed author of Black Widows comes a thriller set in a remote rehab clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast, in which the death of a woman inside prompts her sister to enter the clinic as a patient in order to find the truth. Perfect for fans of Stacy Willingham and Tarryn Fisher Meg works for a casino in LA, catching cheaters and popping a few too many pain pills to cope, following a far different path than her sister Haley, a famous actress. But suddenly reports surface of Haley dying at the remote rehab facility where she had been forced to go to get her addictions under control.There are whispers of suicide, but Meg can't believe it. She decides that the best way to find out what happened to her sister is to check in herself - to investigate what really happened from the inside.Battling her own addictions and figuring out the truth will be much more difficult than she imagined, far away from friends, family - and anyone who could help her.
From the acclaimed author of The Clinic comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a society wedding turned deadly, for fans of The Unwedding.The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There's just one hitch. You might not make it out alive. When a celebrity bridesmaid is murdered weeks before an exclusive society wedding, forensic attorney Holly Stone is drafted as an unlikely undercover replacement. As she works to unpick the lives of the notoriously private Kensington family, glamour-averse Holly discovers a new worst enemy in bridezilla Adrianna. Heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, Adrianna is set on throwing the event of the decade, and she won't let anything get in her way.But beneath the veneer of poise and sophistication, Adrianna and her bridesmaids have secrets worth killing for. As the wedding day gets closer, it's clear that one of the five hand-picked bridesmaids has committed murder - and a destination wedding is a perfect place to strike again. Soon, Holly finds herself on the playground of the rich and famous, but if she wants to find answers, she'll have to make it out alive.
From the acclaimed author of The Clinic comes a pulse-pounding thriller about a society wedding turned deadly, for fans of The Unwedding.The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There's just one hitch. You might not make it out alive. When a celebrity bridesmaid is murdered weeks before an exclusive society wedding, forensic attorney Holly Stone is drafted as an unlikely undercover replacement. As she works to unpick the lives of the notoriously private Kensington family, glamour-averse Holly discovers a new worst enemy in bridezilla Adrianna. Heir to a multimillion dollar fortune, Adrianna is set on throwing the event of the decade, and she won't let anything get in her way.But beneath the veneer of poise and sophistication, Adrianna and her bridesmaids have secrets worth killing for. As the wedding day gets closer, it's clear that one of the five hand-picked bridesmaids has committed murder - and a destination wedding is a perfect place to strike again. Soon, Holly finds herself on the playground of the rich and famous, but if she wants to find answers, she'll have to make it out alive.
"While Quinn writes with spirit on weighty subjects like domestic abuse, polygamy and religious cults, her primary and most poignant theme seems to be female friendship." --New York Times Book Review"An absolutely thrilling novel. I devoured it over a weekend, unable to put it down. It's a clever and completely original take on a domestic thriller." --Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent PatientBlake's dead. They say his wife killed him. If so... which one?Polygamist Blake Nelson built a homestead on a hidden stretch of land--a raw paradise in the wilds of Utah--where he lived with his three wives: Rachel, the first wife, obedient and doting to a fault, with a past she'd prefer to keep quiet.Tina, the rebel wife, everything Rachel isn't, straight from rehab and the Vegas strip.And Emily, the young wife, na ve and scared, estranged from her Catholic family.The only thing that they had in common was Blake. Until all three are accused of his murder.When Blake is found dead under the desert sun, all three wives become suspect--not only to the police, but to each other. As the investigation draws them closer, each wife must decide who can be trusted. With stories surfacing of a notorious cult tucked away in the hills, whispers flying about a fourth wife, and evidence that can't quite explain what had been keeping Blake busy, the three widows face a reckoning that might shatter all they know to be true.For fans of The Wife Between Us and The Dry comes a chilling murder mystery that takes a domestic thriller's classic question--"Did his wife kill him?"--and twists it into an completely new type of suspense.
An absolutely thrilling novel. I devoured it over a weekend, unable to put it down. It's a clever and completely original take on a domestic thriller.--Alex Michaelides, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Silent PatientOriginal, informative, suspenseful--the big three in a literary slam bang.--New York Journal of BooksBlake's dead. They say his wife killed him. If so... which one?Polygamist Blake Nelson built a homestead on a hidden stretch of land--a raw paradise in the wilds of Utah--where he lived with his three wives: Rachel, the first wife, obedient and doting to a fault, with a past she'd prefer to keep quiet.Tina, the rebel wife, everything Rachel isn't, straight from rehab and the Vegas strip.And Emily, the young wife, na ve and scared, estranged from her Catholic family.The only thing that they had in common was Blake. Until all three are accused of his murder.When Blake is found dead under the desert sun, all three wives become suspect--not only to the police, but to each other. As the investigation draws them closer, each wife must decide who can be trusted. With stories surfacing of a notorious cult tucked away in the hills, whispers flying about a fourth wife, and evidence that can't quite explain what had been keeping Blake busy, the three widows face a reckoning that might shatter all they know to be true.For fans of The Wife Between Us and The Dry comes a chilling murder mystery that takes a domestic thriller's classic question--Did his wife kill him?--and twists it into an completely new type of suspense.