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Extract: None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

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Read: An exclusive new chapter from Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs

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Features

How Agatha Christie turns readers into bestselling novelists

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Extract: Three chapters from Lisa Jewell’s The Family Remains

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It Could Have Been Her

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 
 
A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be hooked by the new thriller for 2026 from Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This Is True and Don't Let Him In. 
 
'A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 
'A true masterpiece' ANDREA MARA 
'Superbly written, entertaining and twisty' LIZ NUGENT 
'Dark, intense, brilliant' SHARI LAPENA 
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It was the night she almost died. 
 
Newly divorced and feeling a little lost, Jane Trevally agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. 
 
She's offered a drink. She steps inside. 
 
And then she hears a scream. 
 
Jane runs. 
 
Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a dog who's been found near her home. A dog whose owner has just been reported missing. 
 
A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined. 
 
And she can't stop thinking: 
 
It could have been her . . . 
 
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Praise for It Could Have Been Her: 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' MARIAN KEYES 
 
'Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written' ALICE FEENEY 
 
'A master of suspense' RILEY SAGER 
 
'Lisa Jewell books are a must-read for me' JOJO MOYES 
 
'Utterly brilliant' MARK EDWARDS 
 
‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' RUTH WARE 
 
'Lisa is a rare gem of a writer' GILLIAN McALLISTER 
 
'A master of her craft’ MICHELLE McDONAGH 
 
'Superb storytelling' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT 
 
'An absolute page-turner' INDIA KNIGHT 
 
'One of the best and scariest books of the summer' JEREMY VINE 
 
Readers love It Could Have Been Her! 
 
'It’s by far Jewell’s creepiest and most unsettling book' 5-star reader review 
 
'An absolute masterpiece' 5-star reader review 
 
'Such a dark and delicious mystery!' 5-star reader review 
 
'Shook me to my core' 5-star reader review 
 
'I devoured this addictive page turner!' 5-star reader review

Superb storytelling . . . An emotionally resonant exploration of generational trauma, memory and the search for truth, this novel is as harrowing as it is thought  provoking

It’s clever, absorbing and the characters are much richer and weirder than they would be in a by-the-book detective story’

Jewell does it again with an edgy thriller that grabs from the go

An unsettling pageturner from the queen of thrillers.

I don’t know how she does it, but again, it’s her best book yet. Absolutely stunning storytelling, with layer after layer deftly and tantalisingly revealed, and a denouement that is so perfect, so devilishly clever, and yet I didn’t see it coming. A true masterpiece

A top-notch thriller, featuring the most endearing protagonist that I can easily identify with - a nosy middle-aged woman who stumbles across the story of a missing girl and decides to investigate it herself. Alternately cosy and harrowing, it investigates the most toxic family I have ever read. Superbly written with wit and class, Lisa Jewell remains at the top of her game with this entertaining and twisty thriller

Nobody does dark, dysfunctional families like Lisa Jewell. A writer at the top of her game who consistently smashes it out of the park. I devoured It Could Have Been Her in a day. A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet. She really is a genius storyteller.

Lisa Jewell books are a must read for me. She creates living, breathing characters you recognise, but also because you can never tell where she is going to go next. I only know that it’s going to be dark!

Twisty, twisted and oh so dark. Lisa Jewell once again proves herself a master of suspense.

Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written. This gripping, twisted tale will keep you guessing until the end. Nobody writes like Lisa Jewell

Lisa is a rare gem of a writer, creating characters that feel steeped in their own histories, plots that feel straight from prime time tv, and endings that always, always stick. The main thing readers should know about her writing is that you will always be glad you’ve read a Lisa Jewell novel - and likely will straightaway order your next

Apart from the thriller aspect, the characterisation here is so good; I especially liked Jane’s relationship with her most recent ex and her stepchildren, which serves as counter to the relationships in and around the house in Hampstead. It’s as much a story about generational damage as it is an absolute page-turner about what went on in that house, and why. Ugh. It’s so creepy and great

Lisa Jewell’s name has become a byword for guaranteed twisty page-turners, stuffed with plot and characters you give a monkey’s about. After last year’s smash hit, Don’t Let Him In (with its skin-crawly anti-hero), I thought she might have peaked. But no. It Could Have Been Her takes us back to the night Jane Trevally almost died, after accompanying a stranger back to his house. She always felt that something bad happened there, in that hidden corner of Hampstead. When, 25 years later and 250 miles away, a lost dog crosses her path, she gets the opportunity to find out exactly what

Lisa Jewell has taken the best ingredients of a psychological thriller and mixed them into something original, dazzling and addictive

Fans of the author will not be disappointed

One of the thriller writer’s darkest books yet

One of [Jewel]'s darkest books yet ... tension is built throughout, keeping the reader hooked until the very end

One of the best and scariest books of the summer

Lisa Jewell's first novel, Ralph’s Party, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published another twenty-three novels, most lately a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. Lisa is a number one New York Times and Sunday Times author who has sold over ten million books worldwide and been published in more than thirty languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, Daisy, a Romanian rescue dog, and a mad orange cat called Ivy. @lisajewelluk on Twitter @lisajewelluk on Instagram @lisajewellofficial on Facebook.

It was the night she almost died. 
 
Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs. 
 
Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing. 
 
A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her ... 
 
A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be hooked: it's the new Lisa Jewell thriller. 
 
 
Readers love Lisa Jewell: 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' Marian Keyes 
 
‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' Ruth Ware 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a genius' Sabine Durrant 
 
'Reading a Lisa Jewell is like putting yourself inside a pressure cooker - one that you don’t really want to get out of' Jojo Moyes 
 
'Nobody - nobody - does this better than Jewell' A.J. Finn 
 
'Lisa Jewell, the Queen of sick psychopaths, has outdone herself' Tammy Cohen

Don't Let Him In

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER LISA JEWELL'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN 
 
'A thrilling chilling work of genius.' CHRIS WHITAKER 
 
'Utterly absorbing, fiendishly clever and all-consuming' ANDREA MARA 
 
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He’s the perfect man. 
 
He says he loves you. 
 
You think he might even be made for you. 
 
Before long he’s moved into your house – and into your heart. 
 
And then he leaves for days at a time. You don’t know where he’s gone or who he’s with. 
 
And you realise – if you looked back – you’d say to yourself: 
 
DON’T LET HIM IN. 
 
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Praise for Don't Let Him In: 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS! Don't Let Him In is a PHENOMENAL achievement' MARIAN KEYES 
 
'A taut, twisty masterclass of a thriller' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 
 
'A masterclass in suspense with one of the most chilling, unsettling villains I've encountered in a long time' ALEX MICHAELIDES 
 
'Hideously plausible and horribly unsettling' HARRIET TYCE 
 
‘A twisty mosaic of a thriller’ GILLIAN McALLISTER 
 
'Cancel all plans - this is a read-in-one-sitting book' ALICE FEENEY 
 
'I inhaled it within 24 hours. Stunning, shocking, superb.' LIZ NUGENT 
 
'Creepy, twisty, and compulsively readable. It hooked me from the first page and never let me go.’ EMILY HENRY 
 
'Lisa Jewell, the Queen of sick psychopaths, has outdone herself with Nick, and I am one hundred percent here for it!' TAMMY COHEN 
 
'Utterly brilliant' MARK EDWARDS 
 
'I adored the women, I loved the story, I loved the twists! A masterclass' SARAH PINBOROUGH 
 
 
Readers love Don't Let Him In!: 
 
'An absolute masterpiece that keeps you hooked from start to finish' 5-star reader review 
 
'Gripping, thrilling, jaw dropping, shocking, and twist filled!' 5-star reader review 
 
'Obsessed!' 5-star reader review 
 
'An absolute page turner' 5-star reader review 
 
'Twisty, fast paced, and just an overall enjoyable read' 5-star reader review 
 
'Very gripping, creepy, suspenseful' 5-star reader review 
 
'I could not put it down!' 5-star reader review 
 
 
Loved Don't Let Him In? Lisa's latest gripping thriller, It Could Have Been Her, is OUT NOW!

Absolutely brilliant! A master class in structure and character. I wish I'd written it.

Relentlessly brilliant and keeps you on the edge of your seat … unbelievably intriguing

This is the one you want to take on holiday

Truly amazing … Clever, sharp and propulsive

Do not start Lisa Jewell’s Don’t Let Him In if you have anything else to do for the next few days, because it is the sort of dash-through-it-in-one-read thriller that will steal every minute of your time

This brilliant page-turner will keep you gripped until the end

Lisa Jewell gets better with every book she writes, and this compulsive, twisty thriller … demands to be read in one sitting

Deftly woven and full of menace, this twisty mystery builds to a deeply satisfying end

Lisa Jewell has done it again with this creepy, jaw-dropping page-turner

A masterclass of a twisty thriller, you'll want to read this in one sitting

Those complaining that modern crime fiction has lost the storytelling grip of the past should tackle the new Lisa Jewell. As in her previous 22 novels, she has the measure of the psychological thriller

Reading a Lisa Jewell is like putting yourself inside a pressure cooker - one that you don’t really want to get out of.  Nobody creates characters like she does - and in Nick she has created one of her darkest, twistiest yet

Jewell is on a hot streak, with one brilliant thriller after another . . . As tantalizingly labyrinthine as her stories are, it’s the way she anchors them in a recognizably real world, and populates them with abundantly human characters, that makes them so successful. In a genre full of top-flight authors, she ranks very near the absolute top.

A clever, multi-layered narrative full of unforgettable characters. You'll be on the edge of your seat from the start and the story only gets more compelling as it goes on. Don't bother making any plans until you've finished it!

I devoured it in one breathless sitting. Utterly captivating, ingeniously plotted, unsettling, a tense jaw-dropping, rollercoaster ride that will keep you on your toes until the very last brilliant line. So bloody brilliant! A master of her craft.

Don’t Let Him In is the best book of Lisa Jewell’s career - the pages practically shiver - but it's bigger than that: it’s a book for anyone who has looked at the person sleeping beside them and wondered, Who are you really?

As usual with a Lisa Jewell thriller, you won’t be able to stop turning the pages

What a tour de force of plotting and tension-building, the slow pulling together of all those separate threads into one absolutely clankingly satisfying denouement.. I LOVE a book in which female victims, apparently abused and downtrodden, rise up as one. Lisa has such a brilliant ability to be simultaneously dark and comforting (the warmth of the characters and the cosiness of the florist and the restaurants and the family bickering). She is a genius I think.

With superbly crafted characters whose pain and progress consumed me utterly, this book is an all-consuming masterclass in storytelling.

Tense, chilling, and terrifyingly believable, [Lisa Jewell weaves another compelling tale bringing characters to the page who are so real, that they feel like people you know. Which makes Don't Let Him In even more scary - and utterly gripping.], don't start this before you go to bed as you won't be able to put it down!

I read Lisa Jewel’s newest last night in one straight sitting, completely glued!!! I loved it so much!!! The only sad thing is now I have no more new Jewell look forward to.

Don't start DON'T LET HIM IN until you have the time to finish it because you will not be able to put this book down. Twisty, dark and relentlessly surprising, with a genuinely frightening villain you won't soon forget. Lisa Jewell - yet again - knocks it out of the park.

A tense, addictive domestic suspense novel

I adored the women, I loved the story, I loved the twists! A masterclass in elevated thriller writer, Don't Let Him In proves once again why Lisa Jewell is always top of the lists. Just brilliant

No one does compulsive psychological suspense quite like Lisa Jewell and Don't Let Him In is another masterclass in keeping readers guessing.

The House We Grew Up In

An unforgettable story about a family with a terrible secret. From the #1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs and None of This is True comes a new edition of The House We Grew Up In, with a brand new introduction from Lisa Jewell! 
 
'Unputdownable' RED 
'Simply stunning' Daily Mail 
'Fantastically gripping' HELLO! 
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When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? 
 
The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, father, four children, a charming cottage in the country. 
 
But one Easter weekend, something happens - something so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can bring themselves to talk about it. 
 
The family shatters, seemingly for good. 
 
Until, years later, they are forced to return to the house they grew up in, and to confront what really broke the family apart . . . 
 
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Readers can't get enough of The House We Grew Up In: 
 
***** 'I could NOT put it down!' 
***** 'A captivating page-turner' 
***** 'It's one of the very best books I've read this year.' 
***** 'A fantastic novel' 
***** 'Lisa Jewel is an amazing writer' 
***** 'Brilliant and fantastically written!'

The author’s best yet… A fantastically gripping story with a couple of powerful shocks.

Her best novel to date.... It’s an evocative, thought-provoking and fascinating book that gets under your skin. Just brilliant.

Clever, intelligent and believable on a subject few of us really understand. Lorrie is one of the most vivid - and complex - characters I've read in years. Wonderful.

Poignant, heart-wrenching &amp; beautifully told, the author's best tale yet.

The House We Grew Up In is a truly brilliant novel, it had me hooked from start to finish.

Jewell cleverly and thoughtful portrays her steady decline and the effect it has on her family which has other secrets waiting to emerge. Imaginative and well executed.

Top of the women’s fiction list this summer should be Lisa Jewell’s The House We Grew Up In.

Masterfully plotted, beautifully written ... I absolutely loved it.

Louise Millar, author of Accidents Happen

A cracking summer read–family drama, illicit relationships and a bit of mystery.

It's an absolute gem; it's one of those books that you simply can't put down and have to keep reading until your eyes sting with tiredness. Quite simply a perfect read and one that will stay with me for a long time.

Raw and sincere, Lisa Jewell writes another winner with this bestseller-worthy novel.

With descriptive prose and strong, likeable characters, this - her 11th novel - once again proves that she's a cut above. An easy read and tear-jerking to boot: it's a top flop and drop companion

We love the darker direction Lisa Jewell has taken in her past few books. More please!

Completely compelling ... dark enough to shock you, yet light enough that you never want to put it down

A thought-provoking - and at times tear-jerking - tale which her legions of fans will no doubt enjoy

An unforgettable story about a family with a terrible secret. From the #1 bestselling author of Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. 
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When a tragedy breaks a family apart, what can bring it back together? 
 
The Birds seem to be the perfect family: mother, father, four children, a picture-book cottage in the country. 
 
But one Easter weekend, something happens - something so unexpected, so devastating, that no one can bring themselves to talk about it. 
 
The family shatters, seemingly for good. 
 
Until, years later, they are forced to return to the house they grew up in, and to confront what really broke the family apart . . . 
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Readers can't get enough of The House We Grew Up In: 
 
***** 'I could NOT put it down!' 
***** 'A real page turner' 
***** 'It's one of the very best books I've read this year.' 
***** 'A fantastic novel' 
***** 'Lisa Jewel is an amazing writer'

A Jessica Jones Marvel Crime Novel

Breaking the Dark

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author, discover the gripping Sunday Times bestseller and gritty detective novel, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series. 
 
'A fun, entertaining read that really packs a punch!' Shari Lapena 
‘Immersive, page-turning, addictive, fresh and fun.' Andrea Mara 
‘Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment, don’t miss this one.' Gillian McAllister 
'Exhilarating, twisty and original. Agatha Christie meets Black Mirror!’ Claire Douglas 
 
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Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. 
 
And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them. 
 
To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas? 
 
Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people? 
 
Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet. 
 
Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favourite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura. 
 
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Readers are loving Breaking the Dark . . . 
 
'I quickly became absorbed into the story and couldn't put it down.' 5-star reader review 
 
'Wow... The book can be read by someone super into Marvel and also someone who has no prior super hero knowledge.' 5-star reader review 
 
'Fun and exciting. I recommend it!' 5-star reader review 
 
'A supercharged read that even readers who are not lovers off Marvel will be able to pick up and enjoy.' 5-star reader review 
 
'What a book. I loved it!' 5-star reader review 
 
'An exciting, riveting, adrenaline-pumping story' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond 
 
‘Fresh, lively, insightful—and the action scenes hit like a chop.' AJ Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window 
 
'The perfect blend of psychological thriller and supernatural chiller.' Mark Edwards, bestselling author of The Retreat 
 
'So cleverly plotted and as ever beautifully written' Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange 
 
‘Classic Lisa Jewell with an amazing twist!’ Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of Close Knit 
 
'Reveals the depth and complexity of one of the most fascinating and indomitable characters in the Marvel canon.' S. A. Cosby, bestselling author of All the Sinners 
 
 
‘I was hooked from the start and couldn't turn the pages fast enough.’ Alice Feeney, bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors 
 
‘Absolutely compulsive, complex and gripping.’ Nadine Matheson, bestselling author of The Jigsaw Man 
 
 
Sunday Times bestseller, July 2024

Seamlessly integrates superhero lore with the gritty realism of a crime thriller.

Clever concept, characters and and compelling prose will keep you hooked.

Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. 
 
And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them. 
 
To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas? 
 
Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people? 
 
Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet. 
 
Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura. 
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‘Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment, don’t miss this one.' Gillian McAllister 
‘Fresh, lively, insightful—and the action scenes hit like a chop. A really cracking story.' AJ Finn 
‘Classic Lisa Jewell with an amazing twist!’ Jenny Colgan 
'Reveals the depth and complexity of one of the most fascinating and indomitable characters in the Marvel canon.' S. A. Cosby

The Truth About Melody Browne

Will she ever uncover the secrets of her past? From the multi-million bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsive, heart-wrenching read that will keep you hooked until the very last page. 
 ‘A page-turner… I was absolutely compelled by the mystery at the heart of it. I had forgotten what it does to your brain to really lose yourself in a book.’ JOJO MOYES'A stunning, beautiful, mesmerising book that everyone will be reading’ TAMAR COHEN____________ 
 
A house on fire. 
A nine-year-old girl. 
Memories gone … 
 
Now in her early thirties, Melody Browne lives an ordinary life with her seventeen-year-old son. But she feels like something is missing. 
 
Her sense of belonging. 
 
And then fragments of her past start to come back. At first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. 
 
But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody beings to wonder whether she will ever uncover the secrets of her past . . . 
 
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Reader's can't get enough of The Truth About Melody Browne . . . 
 
***** 'I loved this ... I too could not put it down and read it in less than 24 hours.' 
 
***** 'Pretty sure this is going to start a love affair with this author.' 
 
***** 'What an emotional journey this novel has taken me on.' 
 
***** 'This is the kind of book you hug after reading it!' 
 
***** 'This story was honest, unapologetic, and full of unconventional characters. I enjoyed it so much.'

A house on fire. 
A nine-year-old girl. 
Memories gone … 
 
Now in her early thirties, Melody Browne lives an ordinary life with her seventeen-year-old son. But she feels like something is missing. 
 
Her sense of belonging. 
 
And then fragments of her past start to come back. At first her memories mean nothing to her but slowly, day by day, she begins to piece together the real story of her childhood. 
 
But with every mystery she solves another one materialises, with every question she answers another appears. And Melody beings to wonder whether she will ever uncover the secrets of her past ...

None of This is True

Buy now and prepare to be hooked from the Number One bestselling thriller author of The Family Upstairs. . . 
 
* VOTED CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2024 * 
* VOTED NOVEL OF THE YEAR @ TIKTOK 24 AWARDS * 
* AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 
* OVER 6,000 FIVE STAR REVIEWS * 
* AUDIBLE NO.1 SIX WEEKS IN A ROW * 
 
Note: There is a chance the book cover you receive may differ from the cover displayed here. 
 
'Extremely surprising' Lena Dunham 
'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley 
'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister 
'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh 
'Shocking and creepy and glorious' Nicola Walker 
'Utterly addictive' Claire Douglas 
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Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th. 
 
A few days later, they bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie says she thinks she would be an interesting subject for Alix's podcast. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. 
 
Alix agrees to a trial interview and indeed, Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated. Alix finds her unsettling but can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging. 
 
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has cajoled her way into Alix's life - and into her home. 
 
Soon Alix begins to wonder who is Josie Fair really? And what has she done? 
 
* The Hi! I'm Your Birthday Twin podcast has been bought to life! Listen to all 4 episodes and find out more at penguin.co.uk/BirthdayTwin * 
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Readers can't get enough of None of This is True . . . 
 
***** 'Lisa Jewell is BACK with a banger baby!!! and this might just be my favourite of hers yet.' 
***** 'I'm speechless after reading this bone chilling, dark, twisty, mind bending thriller' 
***** 'Did it deliver??? OMG !!! wait until you read this!!!' 
***** 'OMG!!!!!! Dare I say this may just be Lisa Jewells best book yet!?' 
***** 'What in the actual hell did I just read???? Bingeable, unreliable, unhinged in the best way, and well developed!' 
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More love for None of This is True . . . 
 
'Left me reeling' Adele Parks 
'You will ignore everyone and everything until you’ve finished it' India Knight 
‘A tense, superbly crafted exploration of obsession.’ Steve Cavanagh 
'Really dark and twisty' Graham Norton 
'MAGNIFICENT' Marian Keyes 
'So suspenseful, so smart, so insightful.' Katherine Heiny 
'A pitch-black fever dream of a novel' Ruth Ware 
'Have never read a book so fast!' Hayley Morris 
'A sleek, playful, mesmerising read' Louise Candlish 
'Twisty twisty twisty' Emily Henry 
'You're in for a treat' Jojo Moyes 
'Rollercoaster of a read' Jane Fallon 
'I inhaled it!' Harriet Tyce 
'Lisa Jewell [has] confirmed her status as a powerhouse of psychological thrillers' Sunday Express 
'The most gripping thriller I read this year' Daily Express 
 
Lisa Jewell, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, September 2023 
None of This is True, instant Sunday Times bestseller July 2023 
Number 1 on Audible, July-August 2023

Lisa Jewell creates genuine tension as she shifts the reader’s sympathies this way and that

A mix of novel, podcast and Netflix documentary script, it’s a creepy and compelling story

A must-read for true crime and podcast fans who enjoy a book that makes you think harder about our contemporary compulsion to overshare

Lisa Jewell is the master/ mistress/ maestro/ don (take your pick) and None of This is True is her best yet. And that is saying something

Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins. 
 
A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. 
 
Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging. 
 
Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life - and into her home. 
 
Soon she begins to wonder who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?

Ralph's Party

The 25th anniversary edition of the smash-hit story of love, friends and flatshares

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING DEBUT ABOUT A PARTY YOU’LL NEVER FORGET 
 
FOR FANS OF ONE DAY AND THE FLAT SHARE 
 'Addictively readable' The Times 
 
'It was so much fun being reunited with Ralph, Jem, Smith and Siobahn! . . . It still feels so sharp, fresh and cool. I'm so excited to see a new generation of readers falling in love with this iconic love story' Daisy Buchanan 
‘The fabulous first novel by the fabulous Lisa Jewell: it's pure 90s and completely brilliant'. Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of Little Beach Street Bakery. 
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THE SMASH-HIT STORY OF LOVE, FRIENDS AND FLATSHARES TURNS 25 
 Meet the residents of 31 Alamanac Road . . . 
 Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates. Nothing can come between them – until the gorgeous Jemima moves in. They’re both falling for her, but which one of them does Jem want? 
 Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan are happily unmarried and have been for fifteen years – until Cheri, in the flat above, fixes her sights on Karl. Why should a little problem like his girlfriend get in her way? 
 Sooner or later it’s all going to come to a head – and what better place for tears and laughter, break ups and make ups than Ralph’s party? 
 Tropes/themes: 
1. Love triangle 2. Forced proximity 3. Best friend’s current lover 4. Roommates 
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'A joy . . . a fun summer read’ Guardian 
 
Praise for Lisa Jewell 
 
‘A big warm-hearted book’ Marie Claire 
 ‘Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction’ Glamour 
 
 ‘A book you simply disappear into’ Sunday Telegraph 
 Readers love Ralph’s Party 
 ‘A refreshing take on falling in love and living happily ever after. I couldn't wait to curl up in bed and read it most evenings!!!’ ***** Reader Review 
 ‘An interesting, funny and absorbing story. This one takes me back to student days in London’ ***** Reader Review 
 ‘This is a good story of friendship, love and crossing the line’ ***** Reader Review 
 ‘I read this book when it was first released. I loved it. And now I am loving it all over again’***** Reader Review 
 ‘Love is in the air, what a brilliant story, what a party!!!! Can always guarantee a great story by Lisa Jewell, loved it!’ ***** Reader Review 
 ‘I always know when I love a book because I want to recommend it to the people I care about. This will definitely be one of those stories’ ***** Reader Review

Deliciously enjoyable . . . addictively readable

A book about relationships which appeals to men and women . . . pulls off a rare trick which even Helen Fielding and Nick Hornby couldn't manage

The best romantic comedy we've read in ages

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

Lisa Jewell's first novel, Ralph&rsquo;s Party, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published another twenty-one novels, most lately a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. Lisa is a number one New York Times and Sunday Times author who has sold over ten million books worldwide and been published in over thirty languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters and a lovely dog called Daisy. @lisajewelluk on Twitter @lisajewelluk on Instagram @lisajewellofficial on Facebook.

THE SMASH-HIT STORY OF LOVE, 
FRIENDS AND FLATSHARES TURNS 25Meet the residents of 31 Alamanac Road . . .Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates. Nothing can come between them &ndash; until the gorgeous Jemima moves in. They&rsquo;re both falling for her, but which one of them does Jem want?Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan are happily unmarried and have been for fifteen years &ndash; until Cheri, in the flat above, fixes her sights on Karl. Why should a little problem like his girlfriend get in her way?Sooner or later it&rsquo;s all going to come to a head &ndash; and what better place for tears and laughter, break ups and make ups than Ralph&rsquo;s party?

Then She Was Gone

She was fifteen, her mother's golden girl. 
She had her whole life ahead of her. 
And then, in the blink of an eye, Ellie was gone. 
 
Ten years on, Laurel has never given up hope of finding Ellie. And then she meets a charming and charismatic stranger who sweeps her off her feet. 
 
But what really takes her breath away is when she meets his nine-year-old daughter. 
 
Because his daughter is the image of Ellie. 
 
Now all those unanswered questions that have haunted Laurel come flooding back. 
 
What really happened to Ellie? And who still has secrets to hide? 
_________________ 
 
OVER 1,000 5* REVIEWS - this is why readers love this book: 
 
'Grips to the point of OBSESSION' 
'My life STOPPED while I read this book' 
'My heart was THUMPING in my chest' 
'This is EDGE OF YOUR SEAT reading' 
'This book left me BREATHLESS' 
'Cancel all plans and BUY THIS BOOK'

The Family Remains

Prepare to be hooked by the gripping thriller that returns to the dark secrets of Lisa Jewell’s million-copy bestseller The Family Upstairs. 
 
* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 
* A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 
 
'I was ENTHRALLED' Gillian McAllister 
'A GRIPPING read' Shari Lapena 
'A sheer PLEASURE to read' Harriet Tyce 
___________ 
 
LONDON. Early morning, June 2019: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. 
 
DCI Samuel Owusu is called to the scene and quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. 
 
Also inside the bag is a trail of clues, in particular the seeds of a rare tree which lead DCI Owusu back to a mansion in Chelsea where, nearly thirty years previously, three people lay dead in a kitchen, and a baby waited upstairs for someone to pick her up. 
 
The clues point forward too to a brother and sister in Chicago searching for the only person who can make sense of their pasts. 
 
Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever . . . 
___________ 
 
More praise for The Family Remains: 
 
'Grips from first page to last' Paula Hawkins 
 
'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING' Louise Candlish 
 
'Compulsive, gripping and immersive' CL Taylor 
 
'Twisty and strange and surprising' Emily Henry 
 
'Perfection on a page' Alice Feeney 
 
'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for' Adele Parks 
 
'Guaranteed to send your blood pressure soaring' Red Magazine 
 
'It's a triumph. Brava!' Erin Kelly 
 
'Lisa Jewell is, simply, outstanding' Alex Marwood 
 
'Compelling, ingenious, breath-stopping' Tammy Cohen 
 
'A witty and propulsive stunner of a novel' Katherine Heiny 
 
'This is Lisa Jewell at her absolute best.' Paul Burston 
 
'A compulsive, dark, satisfying tale' Catherine Steadman 
 
 'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read' 5-star reader review 
 
 'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists' 5-star reader review 
 
 'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!' 5-star reader review 
 
The Family Remains, Number 1 Sunday Times bestseller, May 2023 
New York Times bestseller, August 2023

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED . . . 
 
Early morning: on the foreshore of the river Thames, a bag of bones is discovered. Human bones. 
 
DCI Samuel Owusu quickly sends the bag for forensic examination. The bones are those of a young woman, killed by a blow to the head many years ago. 
 
Also inside the bag is a trail of clues which lead DCI Owusu to a mansion in Chelsea where thirty years previously three people lay dead, while a baby upstairs waited for someone to pick her up. 
 
Four deaths. An unsolved mystery. A family whose secrets can't stay buried for ever. 
_________________ 
 
'I was ENTHRALLED. Empathetic, gripping, authentic' Gillian McAllister 
'A GRIPPING read. Superb!' Shari Lapena 
'Fast-paced, cleverly plotted. GRIPS from first page to last' Paula Hawkins 
'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING. A rare treat awaits!' Louise Candlish 
'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for.' Adele Parks

I Found You

EVERYONE HAS SECRETS. WHAT IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER YOURS? 
 
Prepare to be hooked by the gripping mystery thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Let Him In and It Could Have Been Her. 
 
'Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You' Clare Mackintosh 
'A proper thriller with wonderful characters' Sabine Durrant 
'Dark and moody, this is a mystery with substance' Kirkus Reviews 
____________ 
 
Two women. Twenty years of secrets. And a man who doesn't remember anything. Or does he? 
 
Lily has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night, she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. 
 
Alice finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement, she invites him into her home. 
 
But who is he, and how can she trust a man who has lost his memory? 
____________ 
 
Readers love I FOUND YOU . . . 
 
'Wow! I loved this book. A fantastic psychological suspense novel.' 5-star reader review 
 
 'This book had EVERYTHING!!! I enjoyed this very, very much.' 5-star reader review 
 
 'Lisa Jewell never lets me down ever. A great book with an ending you may not be expecting.' 5-star reader review 
 
'This is my favourite novel by this author so far.' 5-star reader review 
 
 'For fast paced suspense, well developed characters, and a great story, it just doesn't get any better than this!' 5-star reader review 
 
Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2024

Two women. Twenty years of secrets. And a man who doesn't remember anything. 
 
Or does he? 
_____________________ 
 
'Fresh and intriguing, with characters so real I ached for them. I loved I Found You' 
Clare Mackintosh 
 
'I LOVED I Found You. A proper thriller with wonderful characters' 
Sabine Durrant 
_____________________ 
 
Everyone has secrets. What if you can't remember yours? 
 
'How long have you been sitting out here?' 
'I got here yesterday.' 
'Where did you come from?' 
'I have no idea.' 
 
Lily has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night, she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. 
 
Alice finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement, she invites him into her home. 
 
But who is he, and how can she trust a man who has lost his memory?

The Family Upstairs

Prepare to be hooked by Lisa Jewell’s compulsive psychological thriller about two families, one Chelsea house and the darkest of secrets. 
 
*THE #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* 
*OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD* 
*A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK* 
 
'I read it all in one sitting.' Colleen Hoover 
'A twisty and engrossing story of betrayal and redemption.' Ian Rankin 
'Rich, dark and intricately twisted' Ruth Ware 
_______________ 
 
In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. 
 
In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. 
 
They've been dead for several days. 
 
Who has been looking after the baby? 
 
And where did they go? 
 
Two entangled families. 
A house with the darkest of secrets. 
_______________ 
 
Praise for The Family Upstairs . . . 
 
'I loved The Family Upstairs!' Sarah Jessica Parker 
 
'Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish...' Olivia Colman 
 
'My eyes were glued to this book!' Hayley Morris 
 
'You don't read a Lisa Jewell book, you fall into it.' Erin Kelly 
 
'I swear I didn't breathe the whole time I was reading it.' Clare Mackintosh 
 
'Creepy, intricate and utterly immersive.' Guardian 
 
'I had a thrilling for-God's-sake-tell-me-what-happened sensation in my stomach for the entire read' Ruth Jones 
 
'Absolutely brilliant.' Sarah Pinborough 
 
'Glitters like a blade and cuts even deeper.' AJ Finn 
 
'I was hooked from the first page.' Alice Feeney 
 
'Utterly compelling. Deliciously dark and twisty.' Jane Corry 
 
'It's absolutely bloody brilliant.' Tammy Cohen 
 
The Family Upstairs has sold over a million copies across all formats [Nielsen, May 2024] 
Lisa Jewell, Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED 
____________________ 
FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF INVISIBLE GIRL 
 
In a large house in London's fashionable Chelsea, a baby is awake in her cot. Well-fed and cared for, she is happily waiting for someone to pick her up. 
 
In the kitchen lie three decomposing corpses. Close to them is a hastily scrawled note. 
 
They've been dead for several days. 
 
Who has been looking after the baby? 
 
And where did they go? 
 
Two entangled families. 
A house with the darkest of secrets. 
A compulsive thriller from Lisa Jewell.

The Night She Disappeared

A cold case. An abandoned mansion. A family hiding a terrible secret. Prepare to be hooked . . . 
 
'By far her best thriller yet.' Harlan Coben 
'Insane suspense. I loved it.' Lee Child 
'A gothic, multi-layered tale, deeply satisfying. We both loved it.' Richard &amp; Judy Book Club pick 
'UNBELIEVABLY good. I was utterly utterly agog.' Marian Keyes 
'No one thickens a plot like Lisa Jewell. I couldn't put this book down ... It's SO GOOD!' Shari Lapena 
'Compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern.' Gillian McAllister 
______________ 
 
Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. 
 
At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home. 
 
Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place. 
 
Tallulah never returns. 
 
2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence. 
 
A sign that says: DIG HERE . . . 
______________ 
 
Readers can't get enough of The Night She Disappeared . . . 
 
***** 'Strong emotive storytelling at its best.' 
***** 'Who is Lisa Jewell and where has she been all my life? I would rank &ldquo;Disappeared&rdquo; as the best suspense/thriller novel I&rsquo;ve read this year.' 
***** 'This book will suck you in, chew you up and leave you feeling exhausted&hellip;.but in the most delicious tormented way possible.' 
***** 'An absolutely heart gripping and page turning story, I couldn't seem to put it down.' 
***** 'Addictive from start to finish!' 
______________ 
 
* More love for The Night She Disappeared * 
 
'Masterly. Gripping from start to finish.' Joanne Harris 
'This is Lisa's best book yet, and she always sets that bar high! I couldn't put it down.' Adele Parks 
'A head-scratching, heart-racing, page-turning triumph.' Louise Candlish 
'I loved this one so much - clever, slick and so intriguing. Lots of emotion and I love how all the sub-plots come together.' Mel Sherratt 
'Another first-class mystery . . . Totally enthralling.' Harriet Tyce 
'I predict another number one.' Erin Kelly 
'I was superglued to the pages.' Mark Edwards 
'Totally absorbing. I felt as though I'd slipped into the book and lived there for a few days, heart pounding. So so so amazing!' Katherine Heiny 
'Intriguing and wonderfully dark' The Sun 
'Good-natured, creepy and tense all at once.' Sarah Perry 
'Nail-biting. Left me reeling.' Jane Corry 
'A compelling psychological thriller full of twists and turns... ideal for fans of Ruth Rendell and Lianne Moriarty' YOURS book club 
 
Lisa Jewell's books have sold over 5 million copies across all formats [Nielsen Bookscan, May 2024] 
Lisa Jewell, Number One Sunday Times bestseller, March 2024

I love all Lisa's books, but The Night She Disappeared is by far her best thriller yet.

Lisa has certainly done it again with another first class mystery. It's got it all - captivating characters, a mysterious mansion in the woods and a burning question set up from the start to draw the reader in. I just had to know what happened next. Totally enthralling.

Lisa Jewell has made a thriller out of my favourite literary ingredients. Abandoned mansion [tick]. Sex [tick]. Boarding school [tick]. SECRET TUNNELS [tick]. Kick-ass matriarch [tick]. Clues in paintings [tick]. I predict another number one.

Absolutely loved this one by Lisa Jewell - compelling, deep, surprising, tense, modern. Most thrillers are in black and white to me in terms of character and Lisa is blazing saturated technicolour.

The only thing predictable about this ending is how unpredictable it is.

'Mum, there's some people here from college, they asked me back to theirs. Just for an hour or so. Is that OK?' 
 
Midsummer 2017: teenage mum Tallulah heads out on a date, leaving her baby son at home with her mother, Kim. 
 
At 11 p.m. she sends her mum a text message. At 4.30 a.m. Kim awakens to discover that Tallulah has not come home. 
 
Friends tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a pool party at a house in the woods nearby called Dark Place. 
 
Tallulah never returns. 
 
2018: walking in the woods behind the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started as a head teacher, Sophie sees a sign nailed to a fence. 
 
A sign that says: DIG HERE . . .

The Girls

HOW WELL DO YOU REALLY KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS? 
 
Discover the gripping psychological mystery from Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Let Him In and None of this is True. 
 
You live on a picturesque communal garden square in London, an oasis where your children run free, in and out of other people’s houses. 
 
You have known your neighbours for years. 
 
You trust them. Implicitly. 
 
You think your children are safe. But are they really? 
 
On Midsummer night, a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden. 
 
What happened to her? And who is responsible? 
 
Utterly believable characters, a close-knit community and a dark secret at its heart: The Girls is a compelling story of trust, family and the danger hiding in plain sight. 
 
_______________ 
 
Praise for The Girls: 
 
'A real page-turner' 5-star reader review 
 
'I couldn't put this book down' 5-star reader review 
 
'Captivating and atmospheric' 5-star reader review 
 
'This has superb drama and mystery with a dark and chilling undertone. I loved it!' 5-star reader review 
 
'Raw, intense, gritty, dark and suspenseful' 5-star reader review

You live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. 
 
You've known your neighbours for years and you trust them. Implicitly. 
 
You think your children are safe. 
 
But are they really? 
 
Midsummer night: a thirteen-year-old girl is found unconscious in a dark corner of the garden square. What really happened to her? And who is responsible? 
 
Utterly believable characters, a gripping story and a dark secret buried at its core: this is Lisa Jewell at her heart-stopping best.

Invisible Girl

FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE, comes an engrossing twisty tale of betrayal when an outsider is accused of murder.

You don't see her. But she sees you. From the #1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs and Then She Was Gone comes an engrossing, twist-packed story of dark family secrets and betrayal. 
 
'Her best yet.' JOJO MOYES 
'Dark, furiously twisty and utterly gripping.' LUCY FOLEY 
'A masterclass in how to write with pace and tension.' HARRIET TYCE 
______________ 
 
MIDNIGHT. In the bad part of town, where cats prowl and foxes shriek, a girl is watching... 
 
When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides and watches him, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows. 
 
Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend. 
 
Nobody sees him. Nobody cares. 
 
But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's Day, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. 
 
Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance . . . 
______________ 
 
Readers can't get enough of Invisible Girl . . . 
 
***** 'Hot diggity dang!! Now that's what I been talking about!' 
***** 'There is more than one mystery to unravel here fans!!' 
***** 'Every time I thought I had figured out what was going on things changed again!' 
***** 'This book was crazy good. I couldn't read it fast enough' 
***** 'This suspenseful thriller will touch your heart and captivate you with the shocking conclusion!'

An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me. Lisa Jewell is the kind of writer you read twice – once as a breathless reader, to see how the story unfolds, and then again to try to work out how she makes it look so easy.

Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish.

Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche, confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.

I am always reminded of Ruth Rendell at her very best when I read Lisa Jewell. Not only is her plotting masterful, Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters, whether they are important or minor, instantly appealing or apparently monstrous. Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.

Dark, gripping, emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.

A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.

Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.

Invisible Girl. I loved it. Every damn word.

An outstanding tale of intrigue, family secrets and exceptional storytelling. Lisa is the queen of intrinsic plotting with relatable characters, and suspense by the bucket load. I adored it.

Another masterpiece from a novelist whose grip on human nature in its flawed entirety never slips. Invisible Girl is gripping, disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.

I didn't mean to but I couldn't help it - I read this in one sitting last night. It's a masterclass in how to write with pace and tension, and the characters are brilliantly realised. I simply didn't want to put it down! Out in August and it's very good indeed.

Lisa Jewell excels at writing psychological thrillersthat keep you guessing till the very end . . . a must read.

What I love about Invisible Girl is its taut, intuitive writing, its pacy plot and its complex, original characters. Lisa Jewell writes with such compassion but she isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers' hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.

Skin-crawlingly creepy, this reveals the dangerous preconceptions about those around us.

An engrossing and compelling read.

Gripping [...] A brilliant exploration of how we often look for bad people in the wrong places.

Once again, Jewell delivers a story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked

Apart from anything else, this book is an instant education about Incels - the new breed of men who identify as Involuntary Celibates...But that's just one of several profoundly disturbing themes that Jewell tackles with typical frankness in one of her most powerful books to date.

If you want a clever, compelling plot with characters you won't forget, Lisa Jewell never fails to deliver - and her new novel is further proof!

Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.

'There's something about Lisa Jewell's thrillers that forces me to sit down and read them in one go, and her latest [...] is no different. I think she's one of the best domestic thriller authors out there, and I love how intensely current the themes of Invisible Girl are'

The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked

A Friend of the Family

Sophisticated new reissue of the bestseller's romantic, funny story about three brothers at a turning point

The huge bestseller from the author of Then She Was Gone and The Girls 
 
A stranger in the house can only mean trouble 
 
The London family is in crisis. 
 
Newly-divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he shouldn't. 
 
Prize-winning writer Sean has a hot new girlfriend, and a dose of writer's block. 
 
Their brother Ned has just come back from Australia, leaving his girlfriend behind. 
 
And now they have a new lodger - a mysterious stranger. 
 
But is he the friend this family needs, or a troublemaker they could do without? 
 
'Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient' Sunday Times 
 
'Funny and emotionally satisfying' The Times 
 
'A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish' Heat

This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying

Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient

A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet

Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun

This novel will make you feel warm inside

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into

Lisa Jewell is the Sunday Times bestselling author of sixteen books, including her most recent novel, the Sunday Times bestseller Watching You. She lives in London with her husband and two children.

Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ... 
 
Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points: 
 
Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning novelist Sean's got a hot new girlfriend and a dose of writer's block; and Ned's just back from Australia, without the girl he took with him - or a clue what he's going to do with his life. 
 
If that wasn't enough for one household, the Londons also have a new lodger - a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend - or foe - to the family?

The Third Wife

Reissue of the unforgettable novel from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, with a fabulously refreshed cover perfect for the psych-susp market.

Prepare to be hooked by a dark psychological suspense novel about marriage, family and the secrets that can destroy a perfect life - from #1 bestselling author of None of this is True and Don't Let Him In. 
 
'There are so many psychological thrillers around right now - but this is one of the best' The Sun 
'Wonderful, endlessly fascinating' Sophie Kinsella 
'Brilliantly plotted, beautifully written' Daily Mail 
____________You think you have the perfect life. 
 
You're successful. Attractive. Well liked. 
 
And you've just got married for the third time. 
 
But that's OK, because everyone's happy. Your children are happy. You're happy. And so is your new wife. 
 
But one tragic accident smashes your perfect life to pieces. Because everyone has secrets, and secrets have consequences. 
 
Some of which can be devastating. 
____________ 
 
Readers can't get enough of The Third Wife . . . 
 
'This book blew me away...' 5-star reader review 
 
'Hair-raising Yes! Twitchy high-strung Plot Yes! Sinister Yes! Worth the time Totally Yes!' 5-star reader review 
 
'A must-read!' 5-star reader review 
 
'I cannot recommend this highly enough.' 5-star reader review 
 
'Lisa Jewell knocked it out of the park with The Third Wife.' 5-star reader review

An emotionally intelligent, brilliantly plotted and beautifully written examination of a very modern family that will keep you gripped until the end.

Something of a moral fable about modern relationships, this is a smart and enjoyable story

The narrative dips back and forth with various points of view from stunningly drawn characters and I devoured it in one long sitting. Take this to the beach, or indeed anywhere — I promise you won’t regret it.

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Articles featuring Lisa Jewell

7 must-read books for Fool Me Once fans

7 must-read books for Only Murders in the Building fans

Best crime books and thrillers of 2026

Videos

Lisa Jewell in conversation with her publisher Selina Walker

At home with Lisa Jewell | Live Q&A

In the press

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