Just Like the Other Girls

Just Like the Other Girls

The gripping thriller from the author of THE COUPLE AT NO 9

Summary

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'Carer/companion wanted. Young female preferred. Competitive salary. Room and board included.'

Una Richardson is devastated after the death of her mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she responds to an advertisement and steps into the rich, comforting world of elderly Mrs Elspeth McKenzie.

But Elspeth's home is not as safe as it seems.

Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una's presence. More disturbing is the evidence suggesting two girls lived here before.

What happened to them?

Why will the McKenzies not talk about them?

As the walls close in around her, Una fears she'll end up just like the other girls...

© Claire Douglas 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Reviews

  • Just Like the Other Girls is a chilling novel showcasing Claire Douglas's trademark brilliantly claustrophobic settings and tightly plotted twists. Impossible to know which of the well-drawn characters to trust and very hard to put down
    Gilly Macmillan, bestselling author of What She Knew

About the author

Claire Douglas

Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, but dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel. She is now a Sunday Times and international bestseller and her last novel, The Woman Who Lied, spent eleven weeks in the Sunday Times top ten. She has sold nearly two million copies of her books in the UK. Her previous book, The Couple at No. 9, has been optioned for television.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.
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