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The Shape of Night

The Shape of Night

Summary

'This will haunt you. Riveting!' Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

'The Shape of Night is as compulsive as it gets.' Lesley Kara, author of THE RUMOUR


If the walls could talk . . . they'd tell her to leave. Now.

When Ava arrives at Brodie’s Watch, she thinks she has found the perfect place to hide from her past. Something terrible happened, something she is deeply ashamed of, and all she wants is to forget.

But the old house on the hill both welcomes and repels her and Ava quickly begins to suspect she is not alone. Either that or she is losing her mind.

The house is full of secrets, but is the creeping sense of danger coming from within its walls, or from somewhere else entirely?

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Readers are obsessed with The Shape of Night

***** ‘A creepy, atmospheric thriller that I thoroughly enjoyed.’
***** ‘A powerful book that I could not put down but … I was scared to pick back up!!’
***** ‘Twists and turns till the end. Really kept me turning the pages.’

Reviews

  • This will haunt you. Riveting!
    Shari Lapena, bestselling author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

About the author

Tess Gerritsen

International bestselling author TESS GERRITSEN began to write fiction whilst on maternity leave as a physician. She published her first novel in 1987 and has since sold over forty million copies of her books in forty countries.

Her series featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the television series Rizzoli and Isles, starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

Now retired from medicine, she lives in Maine and writes full time.
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