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

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 ´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