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Surviving the weekend depends on whether you can keep a secret . . .

Lindsey hasn''t spoken to Rachel in twenty years, not since her brother''s eighteenth birthday party at their parents'' remote country house.

A night that shattered so many friendships - and left Rachel''s father dead.

Now Thornbury Hall is up for sale, and the old gang are back there, together again.

A weekend to say goodbye to the old place, to talk about the past.

But twenty years of secrets aren''t given up lightly. Some won''t speak about what happened that night.

While others want to ensure that no one ever does.

*One of Red Magazine''s Top Ten Crime Reads for Autumn*

Praise for Karen Perry

''Keeps us guessing until the very last page'' Liz Nugent

''Intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy'' Tana French

''Like Gone Girl .

Trade Review
Dramatic, when a group of friends reunite in a spooky Irish stately home, the secrets soon come tumbling out * The Sunday Times Crime Club *
Elegantly written and beautifully paced, Can You Keep A Secret? is a fluent, subtle and chilling novel -- Declan Hughes * The Irish Times *
A Top Ten Crime Read for Autumn * Red *
An engaging thriller * Choice Magazine *
Praise for Karen Perry -- -
Stunning -- Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club
Like Gone Girl . . . It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages * Evening Standard *
Beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations -- Best Crime Fiction of 2015 * Telegraph *
A truly remarkable novel . . . Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go -- Jeffery Deaver
This is an intense and subtle story with some wonderfully poetic passages and a character driven plot which becomes more compelling as the sense of momentum gathers and the true version of events is slowly revealed. Gripping stuff * Sunday Mirror *
Girl Unknown is one of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page * The Irish Independent *
Unputdownable, leading to a stunning conclusion you won't see coming -- Michelle Richmond
Full of intrigue and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page -- Liz Nugent

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9781405920339, 978-1405920339
      ISBN10: 1405920335

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Surviving the weekend depends on whether you can keep a secret . . .

      Lindsey hasn''t spoken to Rachel in twenty years, not since her brother''s eighteenth birthday party at their parents'' remote country house.

      A night that shattered so many friendships - and left Rachel''s father dead.

      Now Thornbury Hall is up for sale, and the old gang are back there, together again.

      A weekend to say goodbye to the old place, to talk about the past.

      But twenty years of secrets aren''t given up lightly. Some won''t speak about what happened that night.

      While others want to ensure that no one ever does.

      *One of Red Magazine''s Top Ten Crime Reads for Autumn*

      Praise for Karen Perry

      ''Keeps us guessing until the very last page'' Liz Nugent

      ''Intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy'' Tana French

      ''Like Gone Girl .

      Trade Review
      Dramatic, when a group of friends reunite in a spooky Irish stately home, the secrets soon come tumbling out * The Sunday Times Crime Club *
      Elegantly written and beautifully paced, Can You Keep A Secret? is a fluent, subtle and chilling novel -- Declan Hughes * The Irish Times *
      A Top Ten Crime Read for Autumn * Red *
      An engaging thriller * Choice Magazine *
      Praise for Karen Perry -- -
      Stunning -- Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club
      Like Gone Girl . . . It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages * Evening Standard *
      Beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations -- Best Crime Fiction of 2015 * Telegraph *
      A truly remarkable novel . . . Written in a captivating, lyrical style and brilliantly structured, the story grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go -- Jeffery Deaver
      This is an intense and subtle story with some wonderfully poetic passages and a character driven plot which becomes more compelling as the sense of momentum gathers and the true version of events is slowly revealed. Gripping stuff * Sunday Mirror *
      Girl Unknown is one of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page * The Irish Independent *
      Unputdownable, leading to a stunning conclusion you won't see coming -- Michelle Richmond
      Full of intrigue and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page -- Liz Nugent

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