Gaby Mortimer seems to have just about everything:
a great job on a popular TV morning show, a handsome and successful husband, an adorable eight-year-old daughter, a comfortable life in the "e
Toast Rack,"e
one of London's most gracious neighbourhoods.When she discovers the strangled, lifeless body of a young woman on the common near her house, she has no idea that her charmed life is about to go into sickening freefall. There are connections between the two women-some of Gaby's clothes are found in the dead woman's apartment
the woman may have been seeking a job as a nanny for Gaby's daughter. As Gaby is pulled into the investigation, the underlying tensions in her own life start coming to the surface, and frightening truths seem destined to come to light, whether she wants them to or not.Suspenseful, stylish and eerie, and peopled with characters who feel as real and close as your friends and neighbours, Under Your Skin is an irresistible page-turner about how we live-and how easily it can all fall apart
'A thrilling whodunnit...will keep you gripped and guessing till the very end. Is it - dare we say - the new Gone Girl?' -- Grazia
'Warning: you won't want to put this down...a series of clever twists lead to a stunning ending -- Look UNDER YOUR SKIN rapidly unravels into a maelstrom of tension and paranoia, as Durrant draws a disturbing picture of how easy it is for even the most perfect life to implode... if the mark of a good thriller is the compulsion to reread it immediately on finishing, to see if the clues can be spotted second time round, then UNDER YOUR SKIN has it, in spades' -- Observer
'You'll be glued to every page of this pacy, clever and gripping novel' -- Closer
'This has all the authority of the best novels by Nicci French...We need thriller writers who can reinvigorate the genre and [Durrant] may be able to do just that' -- Daily Express
Author
About Sabine Durrant
Sabine Durrant is the author of two novels, Having It and Eating It and The Great Indoors, and two books for teenage girls, Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles and Ooh La La! Connie Pickles. She is a former features editor of the Guardian and a former literary editor at the Sunday Times, and her writing has appeared in many national newspapers and magazines. She lives in south London with her partner and their three children.
Gaby Mortimer seems to have just about everything: a great job on a popular TV morning show, a handsome and successful husband, an adorable eight-year-old daughter, a comfortable life in the "e;Toast Rack,"e; one of London's most gracious neighbourhoods.When she discovers the strangled, lifeless body of a young woman on the common near her house, she has no idea that her charmed life is about to go into sickening freefall. There are connections between the two women-some of Gaby's clothes are found in the dead woman's apartment; the woman may have been seeking a job as a nanny for Gaby's daughter.
Under Your Skin features in the following genres: Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Fiction, Recommendations
Paperback, Ebook. £13.29. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
Under Your Skin was written by Sabine Durrant and published by HarperCollins Publishers
£13.29. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..
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