The Only Suspect

PRE-ORDER THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGER There’s the obvious story. And then there’s the truth. Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most outgoing guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour. That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . . As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil. And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. And it still isn’t. Praise for Louise Candlish: ''I inhaled it'' Lisa Jewell ''I couldn''t put it down'' Shari Lapena ''A stunning masterwork of style and suspense'' Jeffery Deaver ''Tense, provocative and devastatingly powerful'' T. M. Logan ''Louise Candlish k nows exactly how to deliver the twists you didn’t even know you were expecting. Took me straight back to the heady days of 1995 - brilliant stuff'' Harriet Tyce ''Smart, addictive, twisting, surprising. Highly recommended'' Sarah Vaughan ''Impossible to resist, impossible to predict, impossible to put down . . . this is an author at the top of her game'' Erin Kelly ‘A twisting, seductive, ingenious thriller from the consistently brilliant Louise Candlish. I’m a huge fan'' Chris Whitaker '' The Only Suspect kept me guessing all the way through. It’s the book version of a Rubik''s Cube with so many unexpected twists and turns. An adrenaline burner for sure!'' Liz Nugent ''As good as I hoped it would be. Messy relationships, deception and some big surprises. Loved it!'' Jane Fallon ‘WOW. As always Louise Candlish has written a taut, unsettling, compulsive and ingenious novel with gasp-out-loud twists and fatally flawed characters forced into tragedy by circumstances. I LOVED it!’ Isabelle Broom ''I was sucked in from the beginning, hooked and hoodwinked. A masterclass in psychological thriller writing'' Diane Jeffrey ''I couldn''t put it down! Fantastic characters, a trip down memory lane into ''90s London and I honestly didn''t see that ending coming AT ALL. Deliciously dark and devastating'' Nikki Smith ...

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Louise Candlish is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including the #1 bestseller Our House, winner of the British Book Awards 2019 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and now a major four-part ITV drama starring Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton. The Other Passenger was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2021. Several of her titles are now in development for the screen. Louise lives in south London with her husband, teenage daughter and fox-red Labrador, Bertie. Connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish, Facebook.com/LouiseCandlishAuthor or Instagram.com/louisecandlish.

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Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGER Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man. Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he's not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he's a good husband and an easy-going neighbour. That's until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that's been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he's always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . . As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex's twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil. And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn't. No one else could have done it. Could they? 'The best Louise Candlish novel yet' Lisa Jewell 'I'm blown away by how good it is. A gripping tale of love, secrets and deception - it's the best psychological thriller I've read in a long time' Mark Edwards

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Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year 

THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGER 

Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.
 
Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.
 
That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .
 
As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.
 
And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isn’t.
 
No one else could have done it. Could they?
 
‘The best Louise Candlish novel yet’  **Lisa Jewell
 
'I'm blown away by how good it is. A gripping tale of love, secrets and deception - it's the best psychological thriller I've read in a long time'  **Mark Edwards