{"product_id":"the-other-passenger-9781471183478","title":"The Other Passenger","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** PRE-ORDER THE ONLY SUSPECT NOW, THE 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Absolutely brilliant… An exceptionally exciting, mysterious book – we both loved it’  Richard \u0026amp; Judy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up for the boat and his wife Melia has reported him missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit are friends - ask Melia, she'll vouch for you. And who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? Wh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘From \u003ci\u003eOur House \u003c\/i\u003eto\u003ci\u003e Those People\u003c\/i\u003e, Candlish knows exactly how to excavate the seething social tensions between her characters, creating delicious\u003cb\u003e thrillers that are also really good fun \u003c\/b\u003e. . . Filled with \u003cb\u003ereally excellent twists \u003c\/b\u003e(one made my head hurt, but it was so good), read this and be transported down Candish’s river of dark deeds’  * Stylist, ‘Best books out in June’ *\u003cbr\u003e‘The \u003cb\u003equeen of the urban thriller \u003c\/b\u003ereturns with her winning blend of whodunit and thoroughly unreliable narrators. Jamie has given up the rat-race for an easier life with a riverboat commute on the Thames in the company of his younger, brasher neighbour, Kit. But when Kit goes missing, Jamie is the prime suspect even though he had nothing to do with his friend’s disappearance. Or did he?’  * Red *\u003cbr\u003e'One of \u003cb\u003ethe twistiest plots you'll ever read\u003c\/b\u003e. If you liked \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on a Train\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll love this'  * Cosmopolitan *\u003cbr\u003e‘A brilliantly slippery tale, \u003cb\u003estylish, suspenseful and absorbing\u003c\/b\u003e’  * Best *\u003cbr\u003e‘Louise Candlish is one of our favourite authors, and this is as gripping as her other novels. \u003cb\u003eYou won’t want to put down this roller coaster read\u003c\/b\u003e!’  * Closer *\u003cbr\u003e‘Whenever a Louise Candlish book arrives, we drop everything to read it. \u003cb\u003eGripping from start to finish\u003c\/b\u003e’  * Bella *\u003cbr\u003e‘Not only is Candlish a \u003cb\u003eterrific storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e, she has the gift of making you care about unlikable characters, while her observations about generational conflict are \u003cb\u003esharp enough to make you wince\u003c\/b\u003e’  * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eCompelling\u003c\/b\u003e tale of London property noir… With its tight cast and stylish backdrops, sharp plotting and clear narrative voice, \u003cb\u003eI’ll be amazed if we don’t see \u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e on screen\u003c\/b\u003e before long’ * London Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003e‘Oh, the \u003cb\u003edelicious agony \u003c\/b\u003eof witnessing Louise Candlish's ordinary, flawed bourgeois characters become warped by dark impulses, then twisting even further to avoid the consequences. Jamie and Clare, middle-aged and prosperous — though with fault lines — become enthralled by young new neighbours Kit and Melia. And as Jamie's telling of the story unfolds, \u003cb\u003ethe layers of plot astound\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cbr\u003e   * Sunday Times Crime Club *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eAnother clever tale \u003c\/b\u003efrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOur House\u003c\/i\u003e’  * Prima *\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003echillingly addictive and glamorous thriller\u003c\/b\u003e, set on and around London’s famous river and as murky as the Thames itself, with a disturbing denouement that would keep Christie herself guessing'  * Sunday Post *\u003cbr\u003e‘This \u003cb\u003ebrilliantly plotted \u003c\/b\u003ethriller takes a classic film noir set-up and transplants it to modern London with \u003cb\u003eterrific style \u003c\/b\u003eand surprising heart’ * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003e‘Louise Candlish helped launch the ‘property noir’ genre with \u003ci\u003eOur House \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Those People. \u003c\/i\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e, she \u003cb\u003ebrings murder to the London commute\u003c\/b\u003e… That tempting trip down the river may never look quite the same again'  * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eAddictive page turner… This author is so good at \u003cb\u003etwisty yet completely believable \u003c\/b\u003edomestic thrillers’  * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e‘Candlish has carved a delicious niche recently – creating tales of lightly unpleasant people in sticky domestic situations – \u003cb\u003eand she delivers again with this superior thriller\u003c\/b\u003e’ * Crime Review *\u003cbr\u003e‘A slippery tale of double-crossing and deviousness, this \u003cb\u003estylish, noirish thriller is suspenseful and utterly absorbing’\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e‘An \u003cb\u003eingenious thriller\u003c\/b\u003e about the corrosive effect of snobbery, money and jealousy on relationships, with a plot as serpentine as the river commute’  * Irish Independent *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘\u003c\/b\u003eIf you’re a fan of Louise Candlish, you’ll soon be adding \u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e to your favourites list – and if you’re not already a fan, you soon will be… The \u003cb\u003esuspense is maddening, and the conclusion refreshing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e with plenty of twists to keep you hooked until the last page’  * Press Association *\u003cbr\u003e‘The pacing is\u003cb\u003e first rate\u003c\/b\u003e, as is the handling of the first-person narration’  * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenge\u003c\/i\u003er is \u003cb\u003ejust brilliant\u003c\/b\u003e; gripping from the first page with an incredible first person narrative and a sense of place that pulls you through the pages fast enough to make your head spin. \u003cb\u003eLouise Candlish just gets better and better, I love her\u003c\/b\u003e’ -- Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs\u003cbr\u003e‘I’m a HUGE fan of Louise Candlish’s writing but \u003cb\u003eshe really knocks it out of the park with this one\u003c\/b\u003e, with its Hitchcockian atmosphere of mounting dread and almost unbearable suspense, building to its astonishing conclusion. And it’s all so frighteningly credible because the characters are so brilliantly drawn, so knowable. \u003cb\u003eA must read!\u003c\/b\u003e’  -- Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDark \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eclever \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eterrific \u003c\/b\u003ein all its twists and turns'\u003cbr\u003e   -- Nicci French, author of the Frieda Klein series and The Lying Room\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003esmart, twisty thriller \u003c\/b\u003ethat explores how money can warp relationships and destroy lives. A \u003cb\u003ecompulsive \u003c\/b\u003eread that builds to an unimaginable climax. \u003cb\u003eI couldn’t put it down\u003c\/b\u003e!' -- Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e combines a \u003cb\u003etightly constructed, corkscrewing plot, a great sense of pace\u003c\/b\u003e, and a sly critique of London's corrosive but necessary obsession with money. Highly recommended'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e -- Sarah Vaughan, author of Little Disasters\u003cbr\u003e'A novel like a roulette wheel at full tilt: \u003cb\u003esmooth, hypnotic, relentless, exciting\u003c\/b\u003e — and ultimately, just as unpredictable…  Like every Candlish thriller, \u003ci\u003eThe Other \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePassenger\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003epsychological suspense at its most elegant and sinister\u003c\/b\u003e' -- AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window\u003cbr\u003e'Louise is the \u003cb\u003emistress of the ‘Oh my God, this could be me’ nightmare\u003c\/b\u003e. It played havoc with my head and nervous stomach from start to finish'  -- Fiona Barton, author of The Suspect\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003estunning masterwork of style and suspense\u003c\/b\u003e. The Other Passenger is one of those novels that grabs us from the start, then keeps us up all night by brilliantly peeling back the layers of the story until we arrive—shockingly—at the truth.\u003cb\u003e I can’t think of another novel in which the characters are so perfectly drawn\u003c\/b\u003e’  -- Jeffery Deaver, author of The Never Game\u003cbr\u003e'What a stunner! Equal parts \u003cb\u003eriveting, twisty, and unsettling\u003c\/b\u003e. I constantly questioned which of these characters I could trust—the answer, to my delight, turned out to be none of them. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!'  -- Stephanie Wrobel, author of The Recovery of Rose Gold\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003einstant classic\u003c\/b\u003e, with \u003cb\u003eso many twists and turns \u003c\/b\u003eit made my head spin. Louise Candlish is the queen of intelligent, classy thrillers'  -- Mark Edwards, author of Here to Stay\u003cbr\u003e'I've always loved Louise Candlish’s stylish and atmospheric writing but she has \u003cb\u003etaken it to another level \u003c\/b\u003ewith his book. \u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003egrabs you from the first page \u003c\/b\u003eand tightens its grip with every brilliant twist. \u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e'  -- Catherine Isaac, author of You Me Everything\u003cbr\u003e'Louise Candlish is the \u003cb\u003equeen of the sucker-punch twist \u003c\/b\u003eand she's done it again with \u003ci\u003eThe Other Passenger\u003c\/i\u003e' -- Ruth Ware, author of The Turn of the Key\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003eread with a \u003cb\u003ebrilliant \u003c\/b\u003efirst-person narrative. I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough. It’s \u003cb\u003eso good\u003c\/b\u003e!’  -- BA Paris, author of The Dilemma\u003cbr\u003e‘Nobody writes so incisively about couples’ * Daily Mail, Books of the Year 2020 *\u003cbr\u003e‘Cleverly captures the envy zeitgeist’ * Stylist *","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867185688919,"sku":"9781471183478","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781471183478.jpg?v=1722282096","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-other-passenger-9781471183478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}