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Book SynopsisIt was the house of their dreams. Now it''s their worst nightmare . . .
''Spine-chilling'' SUNDAY TIMES
''A well-plotted tale . . . Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching'' DOROTHY KOOMSON
''Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it'' EVE CHASE
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BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO
When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body. Two bodies, in fact.
POLICE INVESTIGATE
Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years, which leads the police to question the cottage''s former owner - Saffy''s grandmother, Rose.
OWNER QUESTIONED
Rose''s Alzheimer''s means her memory is increasingly confused. She can''t help the police - but it is clear she re
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Spine-chilling . . . Douglas writes sensitively about dementia in this heartbreaking novel about how far a desperate woman will go to survive
* Sunday Times *
This book has everything I love: murder, a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tension -- Emma Curtis
A darkly absorbing mystery * Crime Monthly *
Combines a
tight, gripping plot and
truly shocking twist, with
beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart. One of the best I have read in a long time -- Nuala Ellwood
Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it -- Eve Chase, author of
The Glass HouseA well-plotted tale. All the characters are hiding things and you're often waiting for the next secret to blow up.
Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching. Enjoyed it -- Dorothy Koomson
Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative * The Times Crime Club Newsletter *
Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at No. 9 is Claire's best thriller yet -- Gilly Macmillan
This well-paced thriller never lets up the pace, and delivers a twist that it's unlikely you will have seen coming * Choice Magazine *
Dense and deeply creepy, this is a top-class chiller * Real People *
Expansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best -- Gillian McAllister
Gripping, twisty and hold-your-breath tense, this is Claire Douglas's best book yet -- Tim Weaver
Twisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down -- Louise O'Neill
Another page-turner . . . Twisty * New *
Absolutely LOVED it. Twisty, turny and full of surprises. A definite 5 star -- Angela Marsons
Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit -- Jane Corry
Fabulous. It had me reading late into the night, desperately needing to see what happens * Good Housekeeping *
The perfect gripping holiday read -- Lesley Pearse
Praise for Claire Douglas * - *
Thrillingly tense and twisty * bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors *
Stunning . . . with a killer twist * Closer *
Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train * Marie Claire *
Twisty, exciting yet so very realFew people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas * Tim Weaver *
