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

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Lisa Jewell on how she got her first novel published

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.

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.

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. 
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A house on fire. 
A nine-year-old girl. 
Memories gone &hellip; 
 
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 &hellip; 
 
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 * 
 
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'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

A missing girl. A buried secret. From the ten-million-copy bestselling author comes a brand new look for this compulsively twisty psychological thriller that will keep you hooked to the very last page. 
 
‘A tense, clever page-turner that everyone will be talking about.’ Adele Parks 
‘Dark and claustrophobic but also heartfelt and moving ... packs a huge emotional punch that will leave you winded. I loved it.’ C. L. Taylor 
‘Both utterly gripping and startlingly original. Prepare to be hooked.’ Sun 
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Ellie was 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? 
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OVER 180,000 5* RATINGS - this is why readers love this book: 
 
'Breathtaking. Compulsive. Suspenseful. Poetic.' 
'One of the top 5 thrillers I’ve ever read.' 
'I wanted the book never to end.' 
'Suspense filled… edge of my seat… I could not put this down!!' 
'This was my first Lisa Jewell book, and it will definitely not be my last.' 
'Dark, winding and haunting, I couldn't put this one down.' 
 
Lisa Jewell, Sunday Times bestseller, July 2024

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? 
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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 . . . 
 
* #1 UK SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER * 
* A NEW YORK TIMES BSETSELLER * 
* OVER 2,000 5 STAR REVIEWS * 
 
'I was ENTHRALLED' Gillian McAllister 
'A GRIPPING read' Shari Lapena 
'A sheer PLEASURE to read' Harriet Tyce 
'Artful, slippery, HUGELY SATISFYING' Louise Candlish 
'The story EVERYONE has been waiting for' Adele Parks 
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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 . . . 
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'GRIPS from first page to last' Paula Hawkins 
'Compulsive, gripping and immersive' CL Taylor 
'Twisty and strange and surprising' Emily Henry 
'Perfection on a page' Alice Feeney 
'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' Tamar 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 
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Readers can't get enough of The Family Remains . . . 
 
***** 'There's nothing about this book that I would change. Seriously.' 
***** 'My expectations were high and this still managed to surpass them.' 
***** 'The writing is outstanding from start to finish and it's an engrossing read.' 
***** 'I could not put it down and loved the surprises and twists.' 
***** 'Lisa Jewell can write one hell of a thriller!!' 
 
 
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. 
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'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

Lisa Jewell

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?

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.

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM SUNDAY TIMES AND MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER LISA JEWELL. 
'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN 
 
'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS! Don't Let Him In is a PHENOMENAL achievement' MARIAN KEYES 
 
'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. 
 
 
Don’t miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to you… 
 
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Praise for Don't Let Him In: 
 
'A masterclass in suspense with one of the most chilling, unsettling villains I've encountered in a long time' ALEX MICHAELIDES 
 
‘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’ JOJO MOYES 
 
'A taut, twisty masterclass of a thriller' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 
 
'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 
‘With superbly crafted characters whose pain and progress consumed me utterly, this book is an all-consuming masterclass in storytelling.’ GILL PERDUE 
'Utterly brilliant' MARK EDWARDS 
 
'A clever, multi-layered narrative full of unforgettable characters. You'll be on the edge of your seat from the start' JANE CASEY 
 
 
'What a tour de force of plotting and tension-building . . . She is a genius' SABINE DURRANT 
 
'This is a book for anyone who has looked at the person sleeping beside them and wondered, who are you really?' A.J. FINN 
 
'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' MICHELLE McDONAGH 
 
 
Five Stars for Don't Let Him In! 
 
'Gripping, thrilling, jaw dropping, shocking, and twist filled!' 
'The characters, the storytelling, the twists, and the turns all kept me reading long into the night. Obsessed!' 
'An absolute page turner' 
'Twisty, fast paced, and just an overall enjoyable read' 
'Fantastic read. I could not put it down!' 
'This thriller is an absolute masterpiece, with a gripping plot that keeps you hooked from start to finish' 
'Very gripping, creepy, suspenseful, frustrating at times, I couldn’t put it down. 
'I love Lisa Jewell!'

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

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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

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

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