The bestselling thriller for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

The Marriage Pact

An original, gripping and fast-paced thriller for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door, The Girl Before and Behind Closed Doors 
 
Joining The Pact promises a lifelong happy marriage. 
 
Until you break the rules . . . 
 
Because The Pact is for life. And its members will do anything to make sure no one leaves. 
 
'Till death us do part' is starting to have a whole new meaning . . . 
_________ 
 
THE RICHARD &amp; JUDY BOOK CLUB THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
'A pacey page-turner of a novel' Richard &amp; Judy Book Club 
 
'A brilliant premise . . . tautly plotted and deftly written' J P Delaney 
 
'Ranks with Gone Girl' Joseph Finder 
 
'Beware. This will keep you up all night' Lisa Gardner

A thought-provoking and nail-biting pick for the Richard and Judy Autumn 2017 Book Club . . . A pacey, page-turner of a novel

A brilliant premise, tautly plotted and deftly written

Pacey, well-written and refreshingly unique, this is a very smart thriller

First class suspense! You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough

An absolutely riveting, spine-tingling and frightening read. A roller-coaster of a novel, an audacious mix of a high-concept thriller with gorgeous writing

Beware. This book will keep you up all night, while making you second guess everything you know and everyone you've ever loved

Number One bestselling author of Right Behind You

It's a high-concept, fast-moving thriller . . . a gripping and intriguing read

A nail-biter . . . destined for the top of summer reading lists. Recommended as a fresh voice for readers of Gillian Flynn or Ruth Ware

A page-turner - but probably not one for your honeymoon! Plenty of suspense, pacy and well written

Truly chilling . . . It ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say 'I do'

A twisting, suspenseful, keep-you-up-all-night thriller

It kept me guessing to the last page . . . I devoured it

Gripping, thought-provoking and irresistible

Number One bestselling author of The Silent Corner

This sometimes disturbing, always thought-provoking, stunner of a novel will keep you reading far too late into the night

A smart, searing and frightening look at modern love

Clever and original - as smart as it is scary

A daringly original novel about the best and worst of love

A terrifying thriller that distils modern marriage down to its confusing core

An undeniably creepy web of lies, deceit and consequences

Michelle Richmond is the bestselling author of The Year of Fog, No One You Know, Hum: Stories, Golden State, Dream of the Blue Room and the award-winning The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress. The Marriage Pact is her debut thriller. She lives with her husband and son in San Francisco.

Alice and Jake are the perfect couple - sort of. On the day of their wedding, a stranger offers them the chance to join a mysterious group, known as The Pact. With its promise of a lifelong marriage of happiness, Jake and Alice are persuaded to accept. But then one of them breaks the rules. 
 
Alice and Jake are about to discover that, like marriage, The Pact is for life. The members will go to any lengths to ensure nobody leaves - until the marriage of their dreams becomes their worst nightmare. Under The Pact, 'Till death us do part' has a whole new meaning . . .

The Year of Fog

A profoundly moving and compelling literary mystery from the author of The Marriage Pact which will appeal to fans of Alice Sebold, Sophie Hannah and Jodi Picoult

In just two novels (No One You Know was the first), Michelle Richmond has established herself as mistress of the kind of literary mystery which packs the punch of a fine thriller but with added insight and wisdom...Mesmerising and harrowing, this is not just a story about a missing child but about faith, the function of memory and the way life can completely turn around in an instant.

Heartbreaking and riveting...beautifully written

A gripping tale of a woman's search for her fiancé's missing daughter

What a wonderful novel! The lush prose kept me turning pages as surely as the compelling plot did. Suspenseful, richly imagined, and ultimately hopeful, The Year of Fog is a keeper. Michelle Richmond is a talent to watch.

Joshilyn Jackson, author of GODS IN ALABAMA

In this spare page-turner, Richmond draws complex tensions from a the set setup of a child gone missing...Wholly effective...beautifully paced

Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog, No One You Know, and The Marriage Pact. Her award-winning stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, Playboy, The Oxford American, and elsewhere. She has been a James Michener Fellow, and her fiction has received the Associated Writing Programs Award and the Mississippi Review Prize. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, where she is at work on her next novel.

Life changes in an instant. On a foggy beach in San Francisco, Abby Mason - photographer, fiancée, soon-to-be-stepmother - looks away from six-year-old Emma for an instant. By the time she looks back, Emma has disappeared. 
 
Devastated by guilt, haunted by her fears about becoming a mother, Abby refuses to believe that Emma is dead. Now, as the days drag into weeks, as the police lose interest and fliers fade on telephone poles, Emma's father finds solace in religion. But Abby can only wander the beaches and city streets, attempting to recover the past and the little girl she lost.

Michelle Richmond

Her sister was murdered. The killer was never found. Until now… 
 
All her childhood Ellie Enderlin had lived in her sister’s shadow. But then Lily was murdered and their family changed forever. 
 
Now, decades later, Ellie comes into possession of Lila’s lost notebook and has a chance to finally discover the truth about her sister’s death. But her search for justice will lead her to uncover her sister’s darkest secrets… 
 
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MARRIAGE PACT, a Richard and Judy Book Club Selection.

Michelle Richmond

Books by Michelle Richmond

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