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The Hiding Place

You won’t believe the twist in this compulsive new Top Ten ebook bestseller from the ‘Stephen King-like’ Simon Lelic

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The House

The Liar's Room

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SIMON LELIC WRITES BEAUTIFULLY AND HE HAS A REAL TALENT FOR CHILLING STORIES THAT PLAY MERCILESSLY ON OUR MOST MOST DISTURBING FEARS

A SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND WELL-CRAFTED THRILLER ... SIMON LELIC FUELS EACH PAGE WITH SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE. IT WILL HAVE YOU UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT ... JUST FABULOUS!

A TENSE, ATMOSPHERIC THRILLER IN WHICH THE PAST HAUNTS THE PRESENT - AND THE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. TAUT, UNSETTLING AND BRILLIANTLY DONE

A WONDERFULLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC READ EXPOSING THE FAULT LINES IN FAMILIES AND THE TERRIBLE DANGER OF SECRETS

HAD ME IN A HEADLOCK FROM THE START &amp; WOULDN'T LOOSEN ITS GRIP TILL THE LAST PAGE'

TENSE AND UNPUTDOWNABLE AS ANYTHING. A FANTASTIC READ

BRILLIANT ... COMPLEX CHARACTERS THAT DRAW YOU IN AND WON'T LET YOU GO

THE LIAR'S ROOM IS A BOOK YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM

BRILLIANTLY TENSE...YOU'LL TRY TO OUTGUESS THE PLOT BUT ALWAYS BE ONE STEP BEHIND AS THE SECRETS AND LIES GRADUALLY UNFOLD IN EVER MORE DARK AND DISTURBING WAYS

'A DARKLY DISTURBING THRILLER THAT HOOKED ME FROM THE FIRST PAGE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!'

Nuala Ellwood, author of 'My Sister's Bones'

AN INTRICATE AND POWERFUL THRILLER

HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL

TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING, I LOVED IT

The addictive new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE

ONE ROOM. TWO LIARS. NO WAY OUT. 
 
Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. 
 
But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him? 
 
Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. And that's when Susanna realises she was wrong. 
 
 
She doesn't know him. 
He knows her. 
And the girl he plans to hurt is her daughter.

THE DARKLY ADDICTIVE THRILLER THAT READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU LIKED WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, YOU'LL LOVE THIS 
 
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'Brilliantly chilling' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home and In the Dark 
 
'You'll try to outguess the plot but always be one step behind' C J Tudor 
 
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 One Room. Two Liars. No Way Out 
 
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE, COMES THE NEW SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN 
 
Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe. 
 
But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him? 
 
Then Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. 
 
And Susanna realises she was wrong. 
 
She doesn't know him. 
 
BUT HE KNOWS HER. 
 
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 What authors are saying 
 
'Had me in a headlock from the start and wouldn't loosen its grip till the last page' John Marrs 
 
'Deliciously dark and clever' Mark Edwards 
 
'Taut, unsettling and brilliantly done' Tim Logan 
 
'It will have you up all hours of the night!' Kathryn Croft 
 
'Brilliant ... complex characters that draw you in and won't let you go' Amy Lloyd 
 
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 What readers are saying 
 
***** 'I read it in one session . . . a fabulous read' Alison, Netgalley 
 
***** 'Wow. Didn't want to put this down' Lucy, Netgalley 
 
***** 'I LOVED this . . . extraordinarily addictive' Liz, Netgalley 
 
***** 'Spine-chilling, creepy, riveting . . . The Liar's Room is a very, very good book' Nicki, Netgalley

Simon Lelic is the author of seven highly acclaimed thrillers: Rupture (winner of a Betty Trask Award and shortlisted for the John Creasey Debut Dagger), The Facility, The Child Who (longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger), The House, The Liar's Room, The Search Party and The Hiding Place. He has also written The Haven series for younger readers, twice shortlisted for the CrimeFest awards.

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The addictive new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE

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