You won’t believe the twist in this compulsive new Top Ten ebook bestseller from the ‘Stephen King-like’ Simon Lelic

The Search Party

'Hugely gripping' Mark Billingham, Rabbit Hole 
 'Heart-stopping Elly Griffiths, The Locked Room 
 'What a read!' Stuart Turton, The Devil and the Dark Water 
 
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16-year-old Sadie Saunders is missing. 
 
 Five friends set out into the woods to find her. 
 
 But they're not just friends... 
 
 THEY'RE SUSPECTS. 
 
 You see, this was never a search party. 
 
 It's a witch hunt. 
 
 And not everyone will make it home alive... 
 
 THE CHALK MAN meets THE HUNTING PARTY in this Observer, Thriller of the Month; witness four suspects as, alongside DI Fleet, you attempt to discover the truth about what happened to Sadie... 
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 'A bloody good read and the very definition of unpredictable ' John Marrs, Keep it in the Family 
 
 'Clever and atmospheric' Mark Edwards, No Place to Run 
 
 'A brilliantly tense tale' Araminta Hall, Hidden Depths 
 
 'A marvel: intricate, complex and utterly gripping' Alex Lake, Ready or Not 
 
 'Simon Lelic just gets better and better' Dervla Mctiernan, The Murder Rule 
 
 'A chillingly complex, well-crafted web' Jane Corry, We All Have Our Secrets 
 
 'A skilfully-woven mystery that oozes with tension' T M Logan, The Holiday 
 
 'Atmospheric and chilling. Fantastic read!' Carla Kovach, One Girl Missing

Unpredictable, wildly original and with an ending that made me gasp, this is thriller writing at its very best

Simon Lelic is on my radar from this point forward. The Search Party is taut, beautifully written, and scary as hell, with more twists than a mountain road

I loved this book, from one of my favourite authors. You'll definitely want to read this absorbing, creepy, and totally unputdownable novel

I raced through The Search Party, unable to put it down. It's tense, twisty and intricately plotted, with characters that stay with you long after you've read the last page

A brilliantly original story with an immediately intriguing cast of characters and a compelling mystery that kept me hooked throughout. With his insightful characterisation combined with a gripping plot, Lelic has just recruited a brand new fan

A masterful, original ... A thriller and a half

Simon Lelic is the author of seven highly acclaimed thrillers: Rupture (winner of a Betty Trask Award and shortlisted for the John Creasey Debut Dagger), The Facility, The Child Who (longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger), The House, The Liar's Room, The Search Party and The Hiding Place. He has also written The Haven series for younger readers, twice shortlisted for the CrimeFest awards.

Everyone thinks that Sadie Saunders is dead. Missing now for a week - there are whispers of murder. 
 
As the police flounder, five of Sadie's friends set off into the woods to find her: 
 
The boyfriend 
The rebel 
The good guy 
The best friend 
The outsider 
 
ONE WILL NOT RETURN. 
BECAUSE THEY'VE TAKEN THE KILLER WITH THEM.

The addictive new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE

The Liar's Room

THE DARKLY ADDICTIVE THRILLER THAT READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU LIKED WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, YOU'LL LOVE THIS 
 
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'Brilliantly chilling' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home and In the Dark 
 
'You'll try to outguess the plot but always be one step behind' C J Tudor 
 
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 One Room. Two Liars. No Way Out 
 
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE, COMES THE NEW SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN 
 
Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. 
 
But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him? 
 
Then Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. 
 
And Susanna realises she was wrong. 
 
She doesn't know him. 
 
BUT HE KNOWS HER. 
 
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 What authors are saying 
 
'Had me in a headlock from the start and wouldn't loosen its grip till the last page' John Marrs 
 
'Deliciously dark and clever' Mark Edwards 
 
'Taut, unsettling and brilliantly done' Tim Logan 
 
'It will have you up all hours of the night!' Kathryn Croft 
 
'Brilliant ... complex characters that draw you in and won't let you go' Amy Lloyd 
 
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 What readers are saying 
 
***** 'I read it in one session . . . a fabulous read' Alison, Netgalley 
 
***** 'Wow. Didn't want to put this down' Lucy, Netgalley 
 
***** 'I LOVED this . . . extraordinarily addictive' Liz, Netgalley 
 
***** 'Spine-chilling, creepy, riveting . . . The Liar's Room is a very, very good book' Nicki, Netgalley

SIMON LELIC WRITES BEAUTIFULLY AND HE HAS A REAL TALENT FOR CHILLING STORIES THAT PLAY MERCILESSLY ON OUR MOST MOST DISTURBING FEARS

A SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND WELL-CRAFTED THRILLER ... SIMON LELIC FUELS EACH PAGE WITH SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE. IT WILL HAVE YOU UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT ... JUST FABULOUS!

A TENSE, ATMOSPHERIC THRILLER IN WHICH THE PAST HAUNTS THE PRESENT - AND THE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. TAUT, UNSETTLING AND BRILLIANTLY DONE

A WONDERFULLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC READ EXPOSING THE FAULT LINES IN FAMILIES AND THE TERRIBLE DANGER OF SECRETS

HAD ME IN A HEADLOCK FROM THE START &amp; WOULDN'T LOOSEN ITS GRIP TILL THE LAST PAGE'

TENSE AND UNPUTDOWNABLE AS ANYTHING. A FANTASTIC READ

BRILLIANT ... COMPLEX CHARACTERS THAT DRAW YOU IN AND WON'T LET YOU GO

THE LIAR'S ROOM IS A BOOK YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM

BRILLIANTLY TENSE...YOU'LL TRY TO OUTGUESS THE PLOT BUT ALWAYS BE ONE STEP BEHIND AS THE SECRETS AND LIES GRADUALLY UNFOLD IN EVER MORE DARK AND DISTURBING WAYS

'A DARKLY DISTURBING THRILLER THAT HOOKED ME FROM THE FIRST PAGE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!'

Nuala Ellwood, author of 'My Sister's Bones'

AN INTRICATE AND POWERFUL THRILLER

HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL

TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING, I LOVED IT

Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. 
 
But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him? 
 
Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. And that's when Susanna realizes she was wrong. 
 
She doesn't know him. 
He knows her. 
And the girl he plans to hurt is her daughter.

The BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick

The House

*THE OBSERVER THRILLER BOOK OF THE MONTH* 
 
*A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK* 
 
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The perfect couple. The perfect house. 
. . . The perfect crime. 
 
Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it. 
 
So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. That was a mistake. 
 
Because someone has just been murdered outside their back door. 
 
AND NOW THE POLICE ARE WATCHING THEM. 
 
This thriller will hook you and not let you go. Perfect for fans of He Said / She Said, and The Couple Next Door 
 
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What authors and readers are saying: 
 
'DELICIOUSLY DARK AND CLEVER WITH A SATISFYING TWIST. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' Mark Edwards 
 
'AN INTRICATE AND POWERFUL THRILLER' Tana French 
 
'HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL' Mark Billingham 
 
'TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING, I LOVED IT' Sharon Bolton 
 
'O.M.G . I just devoured this gem...Perfect execution of a psychological thriller right here.' Reader review 
 
'A brilliantly tense and shocking thriller. I literally couldn't put it down!' Nuala Ellwood, author of My Sister's Bones 
 
'This terrifying thriller sent shivers through me' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife 
 
'A bundle of creepy chills, perfectly timed for Halloween . . . Read it' Thriller of the Month, The Observer 
 
'Deeply creepy . . . This clever, twisting plot, told in convincing voices, will haunt you in the very best way' The Sunday Mirror' 
 
An intriguing and suspenseful read' Cath Staincliffe 
 
'Brilliantly dark and gripping...Plays on the fundamental fear that the building blocks of our existence - home, relationships, family - may not be as secure as we like to think' Thomas Mogford 
 
'Clearly influenced by the great Alfred Hitchcock, this is not so much a ghost story as an homage to the master's expert touch with dread' Daily Mail 
 
'Creepy and totally gripping. A real page-turner. I loved it' Claire McGowan

DELICIOUSLY DARK AND CLEVER WITH A SATISFYING TWIST. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Clearly influenced by the great Alfred Hitchcock, this is not so much a ghost story as an homage to the master's expert touch with dread

Stephen King-like...At once a whodunit, a dark love story and a saga of three dysfunctional families The House continually and compellingly wrong-foots the reader, from its faux-gothic opening to its deftly worked ending

A masterpiece of duplicity, a psychological thriller of the highest order...fans of he said/she said suspense will love this tense and gripping story. Highly recommended!

Karen Dionne, author THE MARSH KING'S DAUGHTER

[A] gripping thriller . . . brilliant characters . . . and a clever, twisty plot

Deeply creepy . . . This clever, twisting plot, told in convincing voices, will haunt you in the very best way

A bundle of creepy chills, perfectly timed for Halloween . . . Read it

The heart-stopping thriller about a husband and wife who are hiding something from each other...and from you. This book won't let you go until you've found out the truth. Perfect for fans of Erin Kelly, Gillian Flynn and Fiona Barton.

Prepared to be scared. The House is a gripping psychological thriller. Simon Lelic knows how to turn the screw

'HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL'

'O.M.G . I just devoured this gem...Perfect execution of a psychological thriller right here'

TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING. I LOVED IT.

This terrifying thriller sent shivers through me

A brilliantly tense and shocking thriller. I literally couldn't put it down!

Nuala Ellwood, author of My Sister's Bones

A writer to whom attention must be paid

Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it. 
 
So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. But that was a mistake. 
 
Because a body has been discovered. 
Right outside their back door. 
 
And now the police are watching them...

Simon Lelic

A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart

I loved this. A great police procedural centred on a boarding school with a potent mix of privilege and the fall out from toxic parenting, building up to a gripping, breathless denouement. Great stuff

Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion. Also so filmic, I could see every scene - surely has to be adapted!

'It was only a game.' 
 
Until a boy went missing. 
 
'No one was meant to get hurt.' 
 
But a body has been found. 
 
'Just some innocent fun.' 
 
Except one of them is a killer. 
 
Ready or not, here I come. 
 
It's time to play hide and seek again.

Simon Lelic

Praise for The Hiding Place

A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart

I loved this. A great police procedural centred on a boarding school with a potent mix of privilege and the fall out from toxic parenting, building up to a gripping, breathless denouement. Great stuff

Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion. Also so filmic, I could see every scene - surely has to be ...

A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart

I loved this. A great police procedural centred on a boarding school with a potent mix of privilege and the fall out from toxic parenting, building up to a gripping, breathless denouement. Great stuff

Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion. Also so filmic, I could see every scene - surely has to be ...

A terrifyingly tense thriller that takes you to the darkest places of the human heart

I loved this. A great police procedural centred on a boarding school with a potent mix of privilege and the fall out from toxic parenting, building up to a gripping, breathless denouement. Great stuff

Another totally thrilling page-turner. Masterful writing about teenage insecurity again, with a plot that twists and turns in to such a dramatic conclusion. Also so filmic, I could see every scene - surely has to be ...

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