"Some secrets never stay buried. . .
When Jack, a disillusioned Cambridge graduate stuck in a dead-end job, meets the enigmatic Giselle on a train from Paris and she agrees to accompany him to a wedding, he believes he's found the answer to his problems. But things take a chilling turn when a blizzard traps the guests in a desolate Northumbrian guesthouse. Snowed in with a cast of odd, watchful strangers, suspicion builds as lies begins to unravel.
As the blizzard rages outside, so too does the tension inside. Whispers in the night. Locked doors. A mounting sense of being followed. When the snow finally thaws, one truth becomes terrifyingly clear: not everyone trapped in the house will leave it.
Gripping, elegant and unsettling, The Alibi is a haunting mystery about lies we tell, love we can't forget, and consequences we can't outrun. Perfect for readers of Laura Purcell, Kate Morton and Louise Douglas."
"When you're bound together by secrets and lies, who can you trust?
Bristol, 1988.
Five young graduates, eager to start their careers, pool their resources to buy a house, hoping to get ahead of the surging property market. But what begins as a hopeful venture quickly turns into the house share from hell.
After a wild New Year's Eve party, they discover a body—and it's clear they're the prime suspects. Each of them harbors a past that makes trusting the police unthinkable. To protect themselves, they devise a plan—one that entangles them in a web of secrets and lies.
But in a house filled with suspicion, can they trust each other?
Shallow Grave meets The Secret History in this gripping psychological thriller full of twists and turns."
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