Claire Douglas

You know your neighbours are plotting a crime but no one believes you . . .THE SPINE-TINGLING NEW THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS'Claire Douglas is a class act - she never, ever disappoints' LISA JEWELL 'Douglas is a master storyteller' JANICE HALLETT'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Claire Douglas is the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' CL TAYLOR---Do you trust the couple next door?When Lena overhears a conversation between her next-door neighbours, she thinks she must have misheard.After all, the Morgans are a kind, retired couple who have moved to a suburban street in Bristol where nothing ever happens.But it sounded like they were planning a crime.Her family and friends tell her she’s made a mistake. Yet the more Lena looks into the Morgans, the darker things seem.And the more she fears it might be linked to a secret from her own past.Because, if her suspicions are true, then someone is in real danger.And it might just be her…---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 SayThe Wrong Sister, Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

THE SUSPENSE-FILLED TALE OF A CRIME NOVELIST WHOSE BOOKS ARE COMING TRUE FROM THE NO 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER CLAIRE DOUGLASShe finally has her dream life. But someone knows the truth . . .'Her best yet. It's gripping, atmospheric, and so original' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Thrilling, twisty and impossible to put down. Claire Douglas at her very best' TIM WEAVER'A gripping read, so cleverly plotted and brimming with tension' GILLY MACMILLAN'A tightly plotted, dazzling thriller, filled with Claire Douglas's trademark suspense. An up-all-night read' LUCY CLARKE'A whirlwind of a thriller with twists that made me gasp' CL TAYLOR'Ingenious and compelling . . . absolutely loved it' MARK EDWARDS'So many ingenious twists, so many gasp moments. I absolutely loved it' B P WALTER__________Emilia Ward lives quietly in suburban London with her husband and two children.Just an ordinary wife and mother. But also a bestselling crime writer.When she starts writing her tenth Detective Miranda Moody novel, however, life takes a frightening turn: an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life.Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks. Until it happens again.Then someone she knows dies exactly like a victim in the book she's still writing . . .Why is someone doing this?How do they know what she is writing?And how long before Emilia and her family are next?__________READERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE WOMAN WHO LIED . . .'A fantastic thriller. Fresh and original, genuinely kept me guessing and a total page turner' 5* READER REVIEW'I did not want this book to end. I read it in bed. On the sofa. In the bus. You get the picture. Did not put it down till it was done. Then felt disappointed with myself as I had gobbled it up and not spread the treat out. Best book by the author' 5* READER REVIEW'Wow, what a book. I could not put it down. Would definitely recommend' 5* READER REVIEW'Claire Douglas never disappoints, she keeps you hooked until the final page, each story she produces is better than the last with twists galore' 5* READER REVIEW'Truly tremendous, cleverly plotted with a deftly drawn cast and an enthralling one-sit read' 5* READER REVIEW'Tremendous' 5* READER REVIEWPRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS:'I loved this twisty novel' RICHARD OSMAN'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'Spine-chilling' THE SUNDAY TIMES'A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' CL TAYLORThe Woman Who Lied, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2023Claire Douglas, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, September 2022

En sommerkveld i 1994 forsvinner 16 år gamle Flora Powell sporløst fra den søvnige og idylliske landsbyen hun bor i. For Floras mor, hennes søster Heather og søsterens bestevenninne, Jess, må livet gå videre, uten at de får vite hva som har skjedd med Flora. Tjue år senere inntreffer en ny tragedie, da Heather går inn i et fremmed hus og tar livet av to mennesker. Jess, som nå er journalist, blir sendt tilbake til hjemtraktene hun forlot for å dekke saken. Hva får en kjærlig og nybakt mor til å begå en så avskyelig forbrytelse? Hva skjedde med Jess’ gamle bestevenninne, og har dobbeltdrapet noen forbindelser til Floras forsvinning for tjue år siden? Spørsmålene hjemsøker Jess, som må bruke sine bånd til familien, hjembyen og sin journalistiske teft for å nøste opp i sannheten.

Etter en traumatisk hendelse i London, flytter Kirsty Woodhouse med familien sin tilbake til hjemtraktene i Wales. Her slår hun seg ned med mann og to unge døtre, og går i gang med å drive et pensjonat sammen med moren. Men så dukker det opp en person som er den Kirsty minst forventer å se igjen: kusine Selena. Det har gått sytten år siden de snakket sammen sist – da Selena ødela alt mellom dem. Hvorfor har kusinen valgt å komme inn i livet hennes nå? Flykter også Selena fra noe? Eller er det en enda mørkere grunn? Mens Kirstys utrygghet for de to døtrene øker, begynner samtidig drømmehjemmet å føles som hennes verste maretitt.

Ekteskapet skranter, og Libby og James har behov for å komme seg vekk for en stund. De de kommer over en annonse om husbytte, slår de til. For to uker bytter de sin lille leilighet i Bath mot et nydelig hus på den spektakulære kysten av Corwall.Men huset de skal bo i, The Hideaway, gir Libby fort en dårlig følelse. Det øde landskapet, som først ga henne fred og ro, virker med ett truende. Er de virkelig alene? Hvorfor føler hun seg da overvåket?Kan det være Jamie som skjuler noe, eller er det bare Libby som er paranoid? Hvorfor bringer dette huset frem så dårlige minner? Minner fra den gangen hun sist så sin beste venn i live ... og hva hun gjorde.

Saffron og Tom venter sitt første barn og er i ferd med å overta det gamle huset til Saffrons bestemor. De begynner å pusse opp både inne og ute, men da de graver opp hagen, dukker det opp to skjelett som har ligget der i mer enn tretti år.Politiet blir tilkalt og starter en drapsetterforskning. De vil gjerne snakke med husets forrige eier, men det er Saffys bestemor, som bor på hjem og har alzheimer. Husker hun noe? Hva skjedde egentlig for tretti år siden?

Lo ten an todo, menos la verdad.Un bestseller internacional n mero 1 en Reino Unido.LAS V CTIMAS. Cuando Saffron y Tom se mudan a la casa de campo de la abuela Rose, en el n mero 9 de Skelton Place, solo pueden pensar en la nueva vida que tienen por delante. Sin embargo, algo surge que no estaba en sus planes: dos cuerpos enterrados son hallados en su jard n.LA INVESTIGACI N. El forense determina que datan de treinta a os atr s y s lo hay una persona que puede arrojar algo de luz sobre el caso: Rose.LOS TESTIGOS. Por desgracia, la abuela Rose lleva tiempo perdiendo la memoria y sus recuerdos son muy confusos.EL ASESINO. A partir de ese momento y con la prensa encima, Saffron intentar que su abuela recuerde un pasado cada vez m s nebuloso, mientras empiezan a salir a la luz oscuros secretos del pasado.LA VERDAD. Qu pas realmente treinta a os atr s? A qui n pertenecen los cad veres? y, lo m s importante tiene su abuela algo que ver con el caso?

"Claire Douglas is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit."--Jane Corry, author of The Dead ExA journalist's life is threatened when she investigates the truth about a mysterious car crash that happened twenty years earlier in this gripping thriller from the internationally bestselling author of The Couple at Number 9 and Just Like the Other Girls.A car accident.Three missing girls.A twenty-year mystery.A woman on the verge of discovering the truth . . .In a rural Wilshire town lies the Devil's Corridor--a haunted road which has witnessed eerie happenings, from unexplained deaths to the sounds of a child crying in the night.In this bucolic stretch of Southwest England famous for its otherworldly sites, nothing is more puzzling than the Olivia Rutherford case. Four girls were driving home. After their car crashed only one--Olivia--was found.What happened to the girls who disappeared? On the twentieth anniversary of the tragedy, journalist Jenna Halliday has arrived in Wiltshire to cover the case. The locals aren't happy with this outsider determined to dig into the past. Least of all Olivia.Soon, Jenna starts receiving menacing notes. The locals have made it clear she's not welcome. But someone is going to make her leave one way or another. Jenna's been warned: she must get out of this town before she suffers a dark fate . . . and becomes another mystery attached to this place.

THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY PICK FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9'I loved this twisty novel' RICHARD OSMAN'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE'An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling mystery' GRAZIA BOOK CLUB'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER'A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller that will keep you guessing until the end' ALICE FEENEY'A chillingly dark plot with a killer twist, I was totally gripped throughout' HEIDI PERKS_________THREE GIRLS MISSINGTwenty years ago: One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car - her friends have vanished.THEY ARE NEVER SEEN AGAINNow: Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak.What happened?Is Olivia hiding something?Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened?How many secrets can one small town hide? _________'A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' CL TAYLOR'Clever . . . Adventurous . . . Fans of Douglas's bestseller, The Couple at No 9, will enjoy her particularly lively female characters and twisty plot' DAILY MAIL'Moody, menacing and gothic . . . A chillingly atmospheric thriller' JP DELANEY'Spine-chilling . . . A twisty plot and unnerving undertones make this an unforgettable read' CULTUREFLY'A fabulous book. Brilliantly plotted, heart-wrenchingly emotional, and with a central premise to die for. This delivered by the armful. I loved it!' GYTHA LODGE'I was hooked from the first page and turned the last with my head reeling at the fiendishly clever ending. Atmospheric, haunting and endlessly surprising, I loved it' EVE CHASE'Absorbing, atmospheric . . . A tense, spine-chilling mystery' GILLY MACMILLANREADERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED:'Totally gripping from start to finish, twists and turns galore' 5***** READER REVIEW'I was gripped from the very beginning' 5***** READER REVIEW'Another great keep-you-guessing read from a fabulous author' 5***** READER REVIEW'It's getting harder and harder for thrillers to shock, but this one hit the mark. Fantastic' 5***** READER REVIEW'A gripping story which kept me awake last night as I had to finish reading it!' 5***** READER REVIEW'Masterful' 5***** READER REVIEWPraise for Claire Douglas'Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative' Sunday Times Crime Club'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver'A gripping page-turner' Jane Fallon'Smart and atmospheric' Gillian McAllister'Spine-chilling' Sunday Times'Intriguing. Twisting. Surprising. Touching' Dorothy Koomson'Twisty, nail-biting and utterly absorbing' Louise O'Neill'Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit' Jane Corry'The perfect gripping holiday read' Lesley Pearse'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire*The Girls Who Disappeared: Featured on The Sunday TImes bestsellers list December 2022*

»En deckare du måste läsa i höst.« Lotta Olsson, DN om Systrarna»Gripande klaustrofobiskt och oförutsägbart. Perfekt för alla som älskade Kvinnan på tåget.« Marie Claire om SystrarnaClaire Douglas hör till det senaste decenniets stora stjärnskott inom den brittiska spänningslitteraturen. Här samlas hennes två första hyllade deckare i en pocket. I Systrarna har det gått två år sedan Abis tvillingsyster Lucy omkom i en bilolycka. Abi, som körde bilen, är nedbruten av sorg och skuld. En dag möter hon Bea, som är rena avbilden av Lucy, och hennes tvillingbror Ben. De blir nära vänner och Abi flyttar snart in i deras exklusiva kollektiv. Men när Abi blir förälskad i Ben är Bea inte lika trevlig längre, och plötsligt börjar märkliga och oroväckande saker hända. För det är väl inte bara inbillning? I Ung kvinna saknad reser Francesca tillbaka till den kuststad där hennes bästa vän Sophie Coller försvann tjugo år tidigare. Sophie lämnade inga spår efter sig, förutom en ensam sneaker på den gamla piren. Men nu har en kropp hittats, och kanske kommer sanningen till sist uppdagas. Men vart Francesca än vänder sig möter hon spöken ur sitt förflutna - och hon börjar önska att hon inte återvänt. I översättning av Carla Wiberg och Ing-Britt Björklund.CLAIRE DOUGLAS är en brittisk kriminalförfattare som slog igenom när hon vann tidskriften Marie Claires debutantpris med romanen Systrarna. Hennes andra roman, Ung kvinna saknad, blev en Sunday Times Bestseller och gjorde stor internationell succé.