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Book SynopsisWhat secrets is she keeping in the hidden room...?
Life is good for Laurie and Martha. They have a beautiful home in the fens, three great kids. Laurie''s career as an architect has suddenly taken off.
But when a stranger arrives in town, things begin to go wrong. Martha feels resentful of Laurie''s success. Teenage daughter Hope becomes withdrawn and obsessive. And Laurie can do nothing. Because this isn''t a stranger. She knows this man all too well - and what he''s capable of. He''s come back for her. And if she tells anyone the truth - she will lose everything.
Trade Review'
Fast and bold and thrilling,
The Hidden Room is an audacious take on the psychological thriller that
turns the genre inside out' - Christobel Kent
'Corrosive secrets kept hidden with the best of intentions crawl into the light and threaten the happy present.
Nobody turns the screw of tension tighter than Stella Duffy, giving it a final twist that
left me gasping' - Val McDermid
Duffy roars back into crime writing with her
trademark intensity. The Hidden Room is
spooky, atmospheric and as
psychologically on point as it could be. If you want to be disturbed,
read this book. - Alex Marwood
Wonderfully gothic and sinuous, Duffy's
The Hidden Room is
a top-notch psychological thriller filled with crazed cults, strange occurrences and creepiness galore.
A superbly original, highly tense and often moving crime novel - Stav Sherez
A
dazzling, gripping novel - the kind of book you
can't put down even as the
tension rises to almost unbearable levels - William Ryan, author of The Constant Soldier
What a novel - dark, devious and shocking:
chillingly nuanced, and with
a remarkable candour about it, too. We never stop rooting for Laurie and Martha. - Andrew Taylor, number one bestselling author of Ashes of London
A stunner . . . a psychological thriller of
depth, intelligence and emotion - The Times
Duffy writes with a judicious combination of
power and subtlety, to create
a haunting tale that lingers in the memory - Sunday Times (Crime Club)
