{"product_id":"the-only-suspect-9781398509726","title":"The Only Suspect","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM \u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eOUR HOUSE\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTHE OTHER PASSENGER\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouise Candlish has done it again! The writing is exquisite and I devoured every succulent twist and turn on my way to the wholly satisfying conclusion -- Russ Thomas\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA superstar of psychological thrillers -- \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Candlish controls the drip feed of information and ramps up the tension to great effect -- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e [Candlish] confirms her reputation for unsettling, well-carpentered plots -- \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You’ll have a delightful sense of disorientation on the long road to discovering how the two storylines are connected, before arriving at the immensely satisfying conclusion -- \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\/Daily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Candlish has a distinctive take on the contemporary psychological thriller. She skilfully mixes a droll portrayal of middle-class London suburban life with some extremely cunning plots -- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This dual-timeline, domestic-noir tale is a tense, read-in-one-sitting thriller -- \u003ci\u003eThe Sun on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e Fabulous Magazine\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The plot is clever, the characters are unpleasantly credible and the revelations give the tiniest sense of reassurance -- \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When it comes to mind-blowing twists, award-winning author Louise Candlish knows her stuff -- \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I’m a huge fan of this thriller writer’s clever, serpentine stories. When the waste ground behind his house is approved for development, it spells trouble for Alex, who is hiding a big secret – but what? Just when I thought I’d figured it out, along came another twist! -- \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From an author who really does know how to knock it out of the park with her gripping plots… taut and tense, this is fabulous -- \u003ci\u003ePrima\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tense, taut and twisty. Candlish is a master of her craft -- \u003ci\u003ePlantinum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just when you think you’ve got this twisty thriller sussed, the rug gets pulled yet again -- \u003ci\u003eCrime Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Expect twists and double twists from the queen of the domestic noir thriller -- \u003ci\u003eRed\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The queen of mind-blowing twists, Louise Candlish has done it again with her latest can’t-put-it-down thriller -- \u003ci\u003eWoman’s Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling, nerve-tingling treat -- Nicci French\u003cbr\u003eA twisting, seductive, ingenious thriller from the consistently brilliant Louise Candlish. I'm a huge fan -- Chris Whitaker\u003cbr\u003eIncredibly tense. Louise Candlish is one of my favourite writers and this is her best book yet -- Clare Mackintosh\u003cbr\u003eCompletely addictive and devilishly clever - the queen of the killer twist strikes again! -- T. M. Logan\u003cbr\u003eSuch a vivid sense of place, a gripping plot, elegantly told, and a twist that left me reeling - brilliant!  -- Sarah Pearse\u003cbr\u003ePsychological suspense has a new adjective - pure Candlish  -- Cara Hunter\u003cbr\u003eI'm blown away by how good it is. A gripping tale of love, secrets and deception - it's the best psychological thriller I've read in a long time -- Mark Edwards\u003cbr\u003eI loved \u003ci\u003eThe Only Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e: a heady dose of mid Nineties nostalgia, with trademark whiplash twists and satire. Louise Candlish has surpassed her own, always high standards. Quite possibly her best yet -- Sarah Vaughan\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful, thrilling and breath-taking mystery about the dark secrets that live in the past, and the paralysing fear that they'll be uncovered. If you thought you misbehaved in the nineties you've got nothing on the devious, duplicitous cast of this book. Gripping, unpredictable and tense, it'll keep you guessing all the way through -- C. L. Taylor\u003cbr\u003eI was completely pulled in by the story and the layers of clever plotting; the twists and turns - though well set up, took me completely by surprise and I found myself staying up late to finish it, utterly absorbed by the excellent story telling -- Jane Shemilt\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e kept me guessing all the way through. It’s the book version of a Rubik's Cube with so many unexpected twists and turns. An adrenaline burner for sure! -- Liz Nugent\u003cbr\u003eAs good as I hoped it would be. Messy relationships, deception and some big surprises. Loved it!\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e -- Jane Fallon\u003cbr\u003eWOW. As always Louise Candlish has written a taut, unsettling, compulsive and ingenious novel with gasp-out-loud twists and fatally flawed characters forced into tragedy by circumstances. I LOVED it!  -- Isabelle Broom\u003cbr\u003eI was sucked in from the beginning, hooked and hoodwinked. A masterclass in psychological thriller writing  -- Diane Jeffrey\u003cbr\u003eI couldn't put it down -- Shari Lapena\u003cbr\u003eI couldn't put it down! Fantastic characters, a trip down memory lane into '90s London and I honestly didn't see that ending coming AT ALL. Deliciously dark and devastating  -- Nikki Smith\u003cbr\u003eTense, taut and twisty. Candlish is a master of her craft -- Adele Parks\u003cbr\u003eA nerve-shredding plot that kept me guessing to the finish. Another triumph! -- Fiona Barton\u003cbr\u003eI absolutely adored \u003ci\u003eThe Only Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e. Tightly plotted and brilliantly written with twists so perfect they made me gasp out loud on more than one occasion. The story was so tense I couldn’t stop turning the pages, desperate to know the outcome. My favourite Louise Candlish book so far. Highly recommended -- Claire Douglas\u003cbr\u003eAn incredible page-turner…An absolute must-read. Get this on your 2023 wish list -- BA Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Suspect\u003c\/i\u003e is a heady pleasure from the very first page. It's both a page-tearing mystery and a pitch-perfect 90s period piece. Shimmers with mystery, tension, and dirty glamour -- Abigail Dean\u003cbr\u003eThis book should come with a warning: you won't speak to anyone until the last page -- Celia Walden","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47846468321623,"sku":"9781398509726","price":11.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781398509726.jpg?v=1710527252","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-only-suspect-9781398509726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}