{"product_id":"the-couple-at-no-9-9781405943406","title":"The Couple at No 9","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was the house of their dreams. Now it''s their worst nightmare . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Spine-chilling'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A well-plotted tale . . . Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching'' \u003c\/b\u003eDOROTHY KOOMSON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it'' \u003c\/b\u003eEVE CHASE\u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eTwo\u003c\/i\u003e bodies, in fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePOLICE INVESTIGATE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForensics 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOWNER QUESTIONED\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRose''s Alzheimer''s means her memory is increasingly confused. She can''t help the police - but it is clear she re\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpine-chilling . . . Douglas writes sensitively about dementia in this heartbreaking novel about how far a desperate woman will go to survive\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book has everything I love: murder, a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tension\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emma Curtis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly absorbing mystery\u003c\/b\u003e * Crime Monthly *\u003cbr\u003eCombines a \u003cb\u003etight, gripping plot \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e truly shocking twist, \u003c\/b\u003ewith \u003cb\u003ebeautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart. One of the best I have read in a long time\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nuala Ellwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Eve Chase, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA well-plotted tale. \u003c\/b\u003eAll the characters are hiding things and you're often waiting for the next secret to blow up.\u003cb\u003e Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching. Enjoyed it\u003c\/b\u003e -- Dorothy Koomson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative\u003c\/b\u003e * The Times Crime Club Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, \u003ci\u003eThe Couple at No. 9\u003c\/i\u003e is Claire's best thriller yet\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gilly Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis well-paced thriller never lets up the pace, and delivers a twist that it's unlikely you will have seen coming\u003c\/b\u003e * Choice Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDense and deeply creepy, this is a top-class chiller\u003c\/b\u003e * Real People *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExpansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gillian McAllister\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGripping, twisty and hold-your-breath tense, this is Claire Douglas's best book yet\u003c\/b\u003e -- Tim Weaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put \u003ci\u003eThe Couple at No. 9 \u003c\/i\u003edown\u003c\/b\u003e -- Louise O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnother page-turner . . . Twisty\u003c\/b\u003e * New *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsolutely LOVED it. Twisty, turny and full of surprises. A definite 5 star\u003c\/b\u003e -- Angela Marsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit\u003c\/b\u003e -- Jane Corry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabulous. It had me reading late into the night, desperately needing to see what happens\u003c\/b\u003e * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect gripping holiday read\u003c\/b\u003e -- Lesley Pearse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Claire Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e * - *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrillingly tense and twisty\u003c\/b\u003e * bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStunning . . . with a killer twist\u003c\/b\u003e * Closer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwisty, exciting yet so very real\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e * Tim Weaver *","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738980692311,"sku":"9781405943406","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405943406.jpg?v=1720050774","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-couple-at-no-9-9781405943406","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}