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What Have You Done?

What Have You Done?

Summary

** THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **

The unputdownable new thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read' and No.1 bestselling author of Everyone Here is Lying


‘I inhaled this book in less than 48 hours . . . What Have You Done? exceeded all expectations.' LIZ NUGENT

‘When the murderer is revealed, you’ll want to read it all over again.’ Woman & Home

‘The queen of page-turners.’ ANDREA MARA

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Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill.

The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.

But this morning all of that will change.

Because Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer.

How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.

Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.

And one innocent question could be deadly.

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'Captivating.' Publishers Weekly

'The novel’s emotional heft will linger with readers.' Kirkus

'
Lapena is a master of suspense, and she doesn’t disappoint here.' Library Journal


Praise for Shari Lapena:

'A modern master of the psychological thriller.' STEVE CAVANAGH

'Shari Lapena keeps you guessing until the very last page.' PAULA HAWKINS

'The undisputed queen of dysfunctional families.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'An expert in both pace and the placing of clues and misdirections.' Literary Review

'Shari Lapena is the queen of the "just one more chapter" read.' SARAH VAUGHAN


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Reviews

  • I inhaled this book in less than 48 hours and what a treat it was. What Have You Done exceeded all expectations. A total reading pleasure
    Liz Nugent, No.1 bestselling author of STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND

About the author

Shari Lapena

Shari Lapena is the internationally bestselling author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, The End of Her, Not a Happy Family and Everyone Here is Lying which have all been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives in Toronto.

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