Audiobooks by Claire Douglas

The Family Friend: The dark and addictive new thriller about murder, memory and the secrets that won’t stay hidden — from the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author

"Brought to you by Penguin. Narrated by a full cast, featuring Juliet Stevenson. THE NAIL-BITING NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER When Imogen is told she’s inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago, during a tragic summer which changed her life for ever. Now, with partner Josh in tow, it’s a chance for a fresh start. But after discovering an old box with her name on it in Dorothea’s abandoned study, Imogen starts to believe the woman was trying to send her a secret message. And when rumours begin to swirl that Dorothea was murdered, she starts to suspect that this gift might not be the life-line she thought it was. Who would want to kill Dorothea? Could it be tangled up in Imogen’s own dark family history? And what if Imogen is now the one in danger? 'Claire Douglas is a class act - she never, ever disappoints' LISA JEWELL 'Dark and addictive...This thriller has got it all...you'll be hooked!' BEST 'A pacy gripping thriller that fans will lap up' PRIMA © Claire Douglas 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026"

Claire Douglas (Author), Alix Dunmore, Charlotte Worthing, Juliet Stevenson, Roy McMillan (Narrator)

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[Portuguese] - A casa dos sonhos: A casa era tudo que eles sempre desejaram... até os corpos surgirem

"Era uma vez um casal que herdou a casa dos seus sonhos para o tão desejado 'felizes para sempre'. Mas uma descoberta terrível está prestes a mudar o rumo de suas vidas. A DESCOBERTA... Saffron Cutler e seu namorado Tom se mudam para a tranquila rua Skelton Place, número 9. Ela está grávida e o casal logo inicia a reforma da casa para a chegada do bebê. Até que Saffron encontra restos mortais. Dois corpos enterrados em sua casa. A INVESTIGAÇÃO... A perícia indica que os corpos estão enterrados há pelo menos trinta anos. Saffy não tem nada com que se preocupar ― até que a polícia inicia uma investigação de homicídio e pede para falar com o antigo proprietário da casa. Sua avó, Rose. A TESTEMUNHA... Rose está em uma casa de repouso e o estágio avançado de Alzheimer deixa sua memória cada vez mais confusa. Ela não pode ajudar a polícia, mas Saffy desconfia que ela se lembra de algo. UM ASSASSINO À SOLTA? À medida que as memórias fragmentadas de Rose ressurgem e a polícia vai investigando, Saffy teme que ela e sua casa estejam sendo vigiadas. A VERDADE... O que aconteceu há trinta anos? Por que ninguém sentiu falta das vítimas? Como Rose está envolvida neste mistério? E Saffy... agora está em perigo?"

Claire Douglas (Author), Andressa Bodê (Narrator)

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The New Neighbours: The suspense-filled No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller - from the author of The Wrong Sister

"Brought to you by Penguin. You know your neighbours are plotting a crime but no one believes you . . . Do you trust the couple next door? When Lena overhears a conversation between her next-door-neighbours she thinks she must have misheard. After all, the Morgans are a kind, retired couple who have moved to a suburban street in Bristol where nothing ever happens. But it sounded like they were planning a crime. Her family and friends tell her that she’s made a mistake. Yet Lena can’t stop thinking about it. Because what if they are about to do something terrible? What if she can prevent it? And what if, in doing so, it might help ease her conscience about her own dark past . . . 'Claire Douglas is a class act - she never, ever disappoints' LISA JEWELL 'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist' GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire ©2025 Claire Douglas (P)2025 Penguin Audio"

Claire Douglas (Author), Justin Avoth, Kristin Atherton, Sebastian Humphreys, Sophie Rundle (Narrator)

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The Wrong Sister: Discover the Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller that has everyone hooked - From the author of the No. 1 bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. The Sunday Times bestseller Tasha has always felt in the shadow of her older sister, Alice. Their lifestyles couldn't be more different; Alice is married to wealthy entrepreneur Kyle and has a high-flying career, Tasha is married to her childhood sweetheart and lives in a Bristol suburb with their four-year-old twins. When Alice realises that Tasha is struggling - with money, the kids, losing her identity - she suggests they do a lifeswap for a week. Alice and Kyle will come to stay at Tasha's terraced house to look after the twins, while Tasha and Harry spend the week in Alice and Kyle's Venice apartment. But a few days in, it all goes terribly wrong. Tasha receives a phonecall to say Alice is in hospital and Kyle is dead after an intruder broke into their house. They think it must have been a burglary gone wrong. Until a note arrives through the letterbox saying It was supposed to be you. Who was there that night, and why? Is it really Tasha they are targeting? And can these two sisters find the answers they need, or are they about to stumble upon something more sinister? 'I loved this twisty novel' RICHARD OSMAN 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling' SARAH PEARSE 'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' TIM WEAVER ©2024 Claire Douglas (P)2024 Penguin Audio"

Claire Douglas (Author), Eleanor Tomlinson (Narrator)

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The Woman Who Lied: The thrilling Sunday Times bestseller from the author of THE COUPLE AT NO 9

"Brought to you by Penguin. THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children - a teenager from her first marriage, a little boy from her second. She also happens to be the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels. But when Emilia embarks on her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident straight out of the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks. Until it happens again - and again. Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing . . . Why is someone doing this? How do they know what she is writing? And what if Emilia and her family are next? PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS: 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE 'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT 'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER © Claire Douglas 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023"

Claire Douglas (Author), Ayesha Antoine, Gemma Whelan (Narrator)

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The Girls Who Disappeared: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. **THE GRIPPING NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9** Three girls missing . . . Twenty years ago: One rainy night, Olivia Rutherford is driving three friends home when a figure in the road causes her to swerve and crash. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself alone in the car - her friends have vanished. They are never seen again . . . Now: Journalist Jenna Halliday visits the close-knit community of Stafferbury to persuade Olivia to talk and solve the mystery of the girls' disappearance. But Olivia won't speak. What happened? Is Olivia hiding something? Why are the people of Stafferbury so frightened? How many secrets can one small town hide? 'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE 'A deliciously dark, captivating and twisty mystery from the Queen of Gripping Pageturners' C. L. TAYLOR 'Absorbing, atmospheric...a tense, spine-chilling mystery' GILLY MACMILLAN ©2022 Claire Douglas (P)2022 Penguin Audio"

Claire Douglas (Author), Clare Corbett, Joanne Froggatt (Narrator)

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The Couple at No 9: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW HEART-POUNDING NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, CLAIRE DOUGLAS It was the house of their dreams. Until the bodies were found . . . BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body - two bodies, in fact. POLICE INVESTIGATE Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose. OWNER QUESTIONED Rose is in a care home and Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police but it is clear she remembers something. A KILLER AT LARGE? As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched. What happened thirty years ago? Why did no one miss the victims? What part did her grandmother play? And is Saffy now in danger? Praise for Claire Douglas 'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver, bestselling author of No One Home 'Thrillingly tense and twisty' B. A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors 'Stunning . . . with a killer twist' Closer 'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire 'Twisty, exciting yet so very real' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Anything You Do Say © Claire Douglas 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021"

Claire Douglas (Author), Kenton Thomas, Nathalie Buscombe (Narrator)

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Just Like the Other Girls: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. 'Carer/companion wanted. Young female preferred. Competitive salary. Room and board included.' Una Richardson is devastated after the death of her mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she responds to an advertisement and steps into the rich, comforting world of elderly Mrs Elspeth McKenzie. But Elspeth's home is not as safe as it seems. Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una's presence. More disturbing is the evidence suggesting two girls lived here before. What happened to them? Why will the McKenzies not talk about them? As the walls close in around her, Una fears she'll end up just like the other girls... © Claire Douglas 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020"

Claire Douglas (Author), Georgia Maguire (Narrator)

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Then She Vanishes: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Then She Vanishes written by Claire Douglas, read by Sian Thomas, Katie O'Flynn, Nathalie Buscombe and Olivia Dowd. That summer, the three girls had the world at their feet. Now, one is missing. On a summer's night in 1994, sixteen-year-old Flora Powell vanished from her sleepy seaside town. She left no trace - only heartache for her mother and her sister, Heather. And one is a murderer. Twenty-five years later, Heather walks into a stranger's house. There, the loving wife and doting new mother kills two people in cold blood. So only one remains . . . Jess is sent to report on the case that shocked the hometown she left behind. But it's anything but business to her. She was like a sister to the Powell girls, until the summer that tore them all apart. Can Jess find the key to both their mysteries? Or will her search reveal a darker side to the place she grew up - and put her in danger? 'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver, bestselling author of No One Home"

Claire Douglas (Author), Katie O'flynn, Nathalie Buscombe, Sian Thomas (Narrator)

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Do Not Disturb: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Do Not Disturb by Claire Douglas, read by Hannah Daniel. COULD YOUR DREAM HOME BE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE? After what happened in London, Kirsty needs a fresh start with her family. And running a guesthouse in the Welsh mountains sounds idyllic. But then their first guest arrives. Selena is the last person Kirsty wants to see. It's seventeen years since she tore everything apart. Why has she chosen now to walk back into Kirsty's life? Is Selena running from something too? Or is there an even darker reason for her visit? Because Kirsty knows that once you invite trouble into your home, it can be murder getting rid of it . . . 'This kept me up last night. Scary. Twisty. All too believable. Exactly what you need for a bestselling chiller-thriller' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'Secrets lurk behind every corner in this dark, gothic thriller. Absorbing and chilling' Karen Perry, bestselling author of Girl Unknown 'A page-turning slow burn that builds into a chilling reminder that sometimes home is where the hurt is' Cara Hunter, bestselling author of Close to Home"

Claire Douglas (Author), Hannah Daniel (Narrator)

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Last Seen Alive: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. THE GRIPPING AND TWISTY THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 AND THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED SHE CAN RUN Libby Hall needs to escape from everything for a while. which is why the house swap is a godsend. The chance for Libby and her husband Jamie to exchange their tiny Bath flat for a beautiful haven on the wild Cornish coast. BUT SHE CAN'T HIDE But before they can begin to heal their fragile marriage, Libby makes some disturbing discoveries about the house. And soon the peace and isolation begin to feel threatening. How alone are they? Why does she feel watched? BECAUSE SOMEONE KNOWS HER SECRET . . . What is Jamie hiding? Is Libby being paranoid? And why does the house bring back such terrible memories? Memories of the night she last saw her best friend alive . . . and what she did. 'Thrillingly tense and twisty, a great read' B.A. PARIS, bestselling author of THE DILEMMA 'If you loved Clare Mackintosh . . . You will love Claire Douglas' WOMAN & HOME 'Stunning. Packed with a killer twist' Closer 'It's impossible to guess the shocking ending' Saga 'I love stories when you're not quite sure who is telling the truth! Kept me guessing' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife 'Fast-paced and chock-full of twists' Paula Daly bestselling author of The Mistake I Made 'Thrilling. I could hardly catch my breath between twists!' Jenny Blackhurst, bestselling author of The Foster Child © Claire Douglas 2017 (P) Penguin Audio 2017"

Claire Douglas (Author), Katie Clarkson-Hill (Narrator)

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Local Girl Missing: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

"Brought to you by Penguin. The unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Local Girl Missing by Claire Douglas, read by Emilla Fox and Hannah Murray. A TENSE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER RIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE HEADLINES . . . Twenty years ago 21-year-old Sophie Collier vanishes one night. She leaves nothing behind but a trainer on the old pier - and a hole in the heart of her best friend Francesca. Now A body's been found. And Francesca's drawn back to the seaside town she's tried to forget. Perhaps the truth of what happened to Sophie will finally come out. Yet Francesca is beginning to wish she hadn't returned. Everywhere she turns, ghosts from her past appear. The same old faces that always haunted her. But if someone knows what really happened to Sophie that night, then now's the time to find out . . . Isn't it? Except sometimes discovering the truth can cost you everything you hold dear - your family, your sanity and even your life . . . PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS: 'Thrillingly tense and twisty' B A Paris 'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire 'Packed with a killer twist' Closer 'Superb plotting' Jenny Blackhurst 'Will give you chills' Sunday Mirror 'Gripping' Closer © Claire Douglas 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016"

Claire Douglas (Author), Emilia Fox, Hannah Murray (Narrator)

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