Jen Bray

After reading the first two chapters there was no putting it back down. I raced through it. Loved it! A fantastic read.

Fantastic. So well plotted with characters who jump off the page! Past and present collide, with secrets, lies and death - I was hooked from the start.

A very assured debut that keeps you guessing until the end! Gets its hooks into you from the first page and doesn’t let go. Tautly plotted, gripping and suspenseful.

Taut, terrific, tense – thrills with psychological drama, physical peril, and the highest of high stakes. Old wounds, secrecy and sibling relationships are tested to their limits in this twisty, unpredictable mystery.

A pacy and absorbing debut with an intriguing premise and a satisfying ending.

Really enjoyed all the layers and intrigue. The author certainly knows how to keep you guessing

A natural storyteller – I couldn’t stop turning the pages. A brilliant story about the cost of family secrets, the powerful bonds of family and sisterhood and how far we will go to protect the ones we love

A tightly woven, twisty tale. I really enjoyed the secrets and lies, and the layers, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood that runs through the book.

An accomplished debut and a gripping thriller that readers will thoroughly enjoy right to the last page

A tense and twisty exploration of family secrets and the devastation they cause.

Set in an idyllic seaside location and chock full of family secrets, The Lies Between Us by Jen Bray, is thrilling and twisty and an ideal summer read that will keep you turning the pages.

Had me gripped from the first page to the last. Beautifully plotted and written, compelling and emotional. A wonderful debut, Jen Bray has a very bright future as a crime author.

A wonderfully woven mystery. A tightly plotted exploration of secrets, lies and the binds of family, I found it drew me back again and again.

Jen Bray has perfectly balanced pace with heart in her thriller novel. A book about secrets within a family and the past coming knocking. Beautifully thoughtful storytelling. I loved it.

With its vivid Dunmore East setting, Jen Bray's gripping debut is a page-turning tale of long kept secrets and murder. Be careful on your next family holiday!

Outstanding. An accomplished, clever thriller. A wonderful introduction to a new voice in crime fiction.

By turns gripping, pacy and emotionally satisfying, this is a blistering debut from a writer to watch

This family lived a life before me. And now I wonder if it was what happened in that life – all those secrets – that tore this family apart . . . not me. 
 
The warring Browne sisters. Lucy. Susannah. Tara. Each is haunted – by disgrace (Lucy), vanity (Susannah) and envy (Tara). Most of all they are haunted by secrets. 
 
Just before a dinner at their mother’s idyllic holiday cottage, Susannah disappears. That same night a young woman is killed violently on a nearby beach. 
 
Amid the confusion the next morning, Lucy discovers a link between Susannah and the murder victim. Lucy must summon all she knows from her short-lived policing career to figure out the connection and find her sister. 
 
But tracking down Susannah means Lucy confronting her own shame. It also means resurrecting ghosts that Susannah, Tara – and their mother – desperately want to keep buried. 
 
Even if Lucy finds Susannah, will the truth destroy them all?

Jen Bray

Praise for The Lies Between Us

After reading the first two chapters there was no putting it back down. I raced through it. Loved it! A fantastic read.

Fantastic. So well plotted with characters who jump off the page! Past and present collide, with secrets, lies and death - I was hooked from the start.

A very assured debut that keeps you guessing until the end! Gets its hooks into you from the first page and doesn’t let go. Tautly plotted, gripping and suspenseful.

After reading the first two chapters there was no putting it back down. I raced through it. Loved it! A fantastic read.

Fantastic. So well plotted with characters who jump off the page! Past and present collide, with secrets, lies and death - I was hooked from the start.

A very assured debut that keeps you guessing until the end! Gets its hooks into you from the first page and doesn’t let go. Tautly plotted, gripping and suspenseful.

After reading the first two chapters there was no putting it back down. I raced through it. Loved it! A fantastic read.

Fantastic. So well plotted with characters who jump off the page! Past and present collide, with secrets, lies and death - I was hooked from the start.

A very assured debut that keeps you guessing until the end! Gets its hooks into you from the first page and doesn’t let go. Tautly plotted, gripping and suspenseful.

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