The Intruder

The Intruder

The creepiest, most sinister thriller you’ll read this year

Summary

'A brilliant read, almost unbearably tense at times' Daily Mail

He has the key to hundreds of houses.
Maybe even to yours.


William Heming is an estate agent. He’s kept a copy of every key to every house he’s ever sold. Sometimes he visits them. He lets himself in when the owners are out. But what will happen if he gets caught?

What will he do next?
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'Wonderfully creepy ... a deeply unsettling and original hero' Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister

A superbly plotted and genuinely creepy novel' Sunday Express

'I loved it - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant' Sophie Hannah, author of Did You See Melody?

'A wonderfully sinister fable of property and obsession' Observer

'One to watch: an eerie page-turner' Cathy Rentzenbrink
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A gripping, sinister, deeply unsettling novel from the most sociopathic narrator of 2018. Meet Mr Heming...

*Previously published as A Pleasure and A Calling*

Reviews

  • A wonderfully creepy voice, macabre and blackly comic with a deeply unsettling and original hero.
    Rosamund Lupton, author of 'Sister'

About the author

P. S. Hogan

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