The Couple at No 9 Synopsis
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, which leads the police to question the cottage's former owner - Saffy's grandmother, Rose.
OWNER QUESTIONED
Rose's 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?
What part did her grandmother play?
And is Saffy now in danger? . . .
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781405943406 |
| Publication date: |
30th September 2021 |
| Author: |
Claire Douglas |
| Publisher: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
432 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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Claire Douglas Press Reviews
This book has everything I love: murder, a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tension -- Emma Curtis
A darkly absorbing mystery - Crime Monthly
Combines a tight, gripping plot and truly shocking twist, with beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart. One of the best I have read in a long time -- Nuala Ellwood
Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it -- Eve Chase, author of The Glass House
A well-plotted tale. All the characters are hiding things and you're often waiting for the next secret to blow up. Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching. Enjoyed it -- Dorothy Koomson
Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at No. 9 is Claire's best thriller yet -- Gilly Macmillan
This well-paced thriller never lets up the pace, and delivers a twist that it's unlikely you will have seen coming - Choice Magazine
Expansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best -- Gillian McAllister
Gripping, twisty and hold-your-breath tense, this is Claire Douglas's best book yet -- Tim Weaver
Twisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down -- Louise O'Neill
Claire is a mistress at weaving the reader into a web of domestic deceit -- Jane Corry
The perfect gripping holiday read -- Lesley Pearse
Praise for Claire Douglas
Thrillingly tense and twisty - 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 Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas - Tim Weaver
