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The Marriage Pact

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718186135

  • Length: 496  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 341g

  • RRP: £7.99

The Marriage Pact

  • The bestselling thriller for fans of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

An original, gripping and fast-paced thriller for anyone who loved The Couple Next Door, The Girl Before and Behind Closed Doors

Joining The Pact promises a lifelong happy marriage.

Until you break the rules . . .

Because The Pact is for life. And its members will do anything to make sure no one leaves.

'Till death us do part' is starting to have a whole new meaning . . .
_________

THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB THRILLER AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

'A pacey page-turner of a novel' Richard & Judy Book Club

'A brilliant premise . . . tautly plotted and deftly written' J P Delaney

'Ranks with Gone Girl' Joseph Finder

'Beware. This will keep you up all night' Lisa Gardner

  • Imprint: Penguin

  • ISBN: 9780718186135

  • Length: 496  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 30mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 341g

  • RRP: £7.99

Reviews

  • A thought-provoking and nail-biting pick for the Richard and Judy Autumn 2017 Book Club . . . A pacey, page-turner of a novel

    Richard & Judy Book Club

  • A brilliant premise, tautly plotted and deftly written

    J P Delaney, bestselling author of The Girl Before

  • Pacey, well-written and refreshingly unique, this is a very smart thriller

    Heat

  • First class suspense! You won't be able to turn the pages fast enough

    Paula Daly, bestselling author of The Mistake I Made

  • An absolutely riveting, spine-tingling and frightening read. A roller-coaster of a novel, an audacious mix of a high-concept thriller with gorgeous writing

    Karen Perry, bestselling author of Girl Unknown

  • Beware. This book will keep you up all night, while making you second guess everything you know and everyone you've ever loved

    Lisa Gardner, Number One bestselling author of Right Behind You

  • It's a high-concept, fast-moving thriller . . . a gripping and intriguing read

    Sunday Mirror

  • A nail-biter . . . destined for the top of summer reading lists. Recommended as a fresh voice for readers of Gillian Flynn or Ruth Ware

    Library Journal

  • A page-turner - but probably not one for your honeymoon! Plenty of suspense, pacy and well written

    Grazia

  • Truly chilling . . . It ranks with The Stepford Wives and Gone Girl as a terrifying look at what it really means to say 'I do'

    Joseph Finder, bestselling author of The Switch

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About the Author

Michelle Richmond

Michelle Richmond is the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog, No One You Know, and The Marriage Pact. Her award-winning stories and essays have appeared in Glimmer Train, Playboy, The Oxford American, and elsewhere. She has been a James Michener Fellow, and her fiction has received the Associated Writing Programs Award and the Mississippi Review Prize. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, where she is at work on her next novel.

Michelle Richmond

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