The House Swap

The powerful thriller with a heartbreaking ending

What if the stranger you'd just let into your life was anything but a stranger? An unputdownable domestic thriller; 'Dark, smart, sexy, gripping' Erin Kelly

A fantastic thriller - dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.

An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise.

Renee Knight, bestselling author of DISCLAIMER

Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it's beautifully written too. I loved this book.

Liz Nugent, bestselling author of LYING IN WAIT

Mesmerising and nerve-wrangling . . . a can't-put-it-down novel.

Creepy, compelling and all too plausible.

Tammy Cohen, acclaimed author of WHEN SHE WAS BAD

I read The House Swap in one breathless sitting. Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.

Erin Kelly, bestselling author of HE SAID, SHE SAID

So engrossing that I forgot to turn off the bath taps. Nearly caused a flood.

Jane Corry, author of MY HUSBAND'S WIFE and BLOOD SISTERS

A clever premise for a thriller [...] you'll be whipping through the pages.

This is very much a heart-thumping, read-in-one-sitting story, and absolutely delivers on its smart and original hook.

Fleet shows skill in timing the gradual reveal of Caroline's past . . . her real talent is the ability to transmit the sheer exhilaration and naked danger of obsessive love.

Rebecca Fleet lives in London and works in Windsor. Her debut thriller, The House Swap, was published in 2018 to great acclaim. The Second Wife is her eagerly anticipated second thriller.

‘I read The House Swap in one breathless sitting. Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said 
 
'Sinister and compelling' Woman &amp; Home 
 
'You'll be whipping through the pages' Stylist 
 
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‘No one lives this way unless they want to hide something.’ 
 
When Caroline and Francis receive an offer to house swap, they jump at the chance for a week away from home. After the difficulties of the past few years, they’ve worked hard to rebuild their marriage for their son’s sake; now they want to reconnect as a couple. 
 
On arrival, they find a house that is stark and sinister in its emptiness – it’s hard to imagine what kind of person lives here. Then, gradually, Caroline begins to uncover some signs of life – signs of her life. The flowers in the bathroom or the music in the CD player might seem innocent to her husband but to her they are anything but. It seems the person they have swapped with is someone she used to know; someone she’s desperate to leave in her past. 
 
But that person is now in her home – and they want to make sure she’ll never forget . . . 
 
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‘This is very much a heart-thumping, read-in-one-sitting story, and absolutely delivers on its smart and original hook’ Heat 
 
‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child 
 
‘An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise.’ Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer 
 
‘Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing that you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it’s beautifully written too. I loved this book.’ Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait

Rebecca Fleet

Beautifully written and well-crafted, the characters of Natalie, Rachel, Sadie and Alex stayed with me long after I finished reading and I resented anything that stopped me from getting back to them. I read it in two days, though I would have read it in one if I could!

A mesmerising, beautifully-written domestic thriller that really stands out from the crowd. I flew through it.

Engrossing, original and hugely enjoyable.

Emma Curtis, author of THE NIGHT YOU LEFT

A menacing new thriller . . . Expect to be gripped!

A tense and suspenseful domestic thriller . . . will linger with you long after you finish the final page.

‘A mesmerising, beautifully-written domestic thriller that really stands out from the crowd. I flew through it.’ Mark Edwards, author of HERE TO STAY 
 
‘A domestic noir to race through’ Sunday Mirror 
 
'Enjoyably twisty, this is most impressive for its chilling insights into obsession and where it can lead' Observer 
 
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Everyone brings baggage to a new relationship. 
 
When Alex met Natalie she changed his life. After the tragic death of his first wife, which left him a single parent to teenage daughter Jade, he’s determined to build a happy family. 
 
But his new-found happiness is shattered when the family home is gutted by fire and his loyalties are unexpectedly tested. Jade insists she saw a man in the house on the night of the fire; Natalie denies any knowledge of such an intruder. 
 
Alex is faced with an impossible choice: to believe his wife or his daughter? And as Natalie’s story unravels, Alex realises that his wife has a past he had no idea about, a past that might yet catch up with her. 
 
But this time, the past could be deadly . . . 
 
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‘Beautifully written and well-crafted. I read it in two days, though I would have read it in one if I could’ Sandie Jones, author of THE OTHER WOMAN 
 
'Engrossing, original and hugely enjoyable' Emma Curtis, author of THE NIGHT YOU LEFT 
 
Praise for Rebecca Fleet: 
 
‘This is very much a heart-thumping, read-in-one-sitting story, and absolutely delivers on its smart and original hook’ Heat 
 
‘A fantastic thriller – dead-on domestic noir, full of tension and surprises. I loved it.’ Lee Child 
 
‘An enthralling thriller that lives up to its chilling premise.’ Renee Knight, author of Disclaimer 
 
‘Rebecca Fleet has created a perfectly contained cast of credible characters in a story so intriguing that you will be guessing right up to the last page. And it’s beautifully written too. I loved this book.’ Liz Nugent, author of Lying in Wait 
 
'Dark, smart, sexy, gripping, totally brilliant.’ Erin Kelly, author of He Said She Said 
 
'Sinister and compelling' Woman &amp; Home 
 
'You'll be whipping through the pages' Stylist

Rebecca Fleet

Praise for The Second Wife

Beautifully written and well-crafted, the characters of Natalie, Rachel, Sadie and Alex stayed with me long after I finished reading and I resented anything that stopped me from getting back to them. I read it in tw ...

A mesmerising, beautifully-written domestic thriller that really stands out from the crowd. I flew through it.

Engrossing, original and hugely enjoyable.

Beautifully written and well-crafted, the characters of Natalie, Rachel, Sadie and Alex stayed with me long after I finished reading and I resented anything that stopped me from getting back to them. I read it in tw ...

A mesmerising, beautifully-written domestic thriller that really stands out from the crowd. I flew through it.

Engrossing, original and hugely enjoyable.

Beautifully written and well-crafted, the characters of Natalie, Rachel, Sadie and Alex stayed with me long after I finished reading and I resented anything that stopped me from getting back to them. I read it in tw ...

A mesmerising, beautifully-written domestic thriller that really stands out from the crowd. I flew through it.

Engrossing, original and hugely enjoyable.

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