A gift beyond your wildest dreams might just turn out to be your worst nightmare. The nail-biting thriller from the Number One Sunday Times bestseller.
When Imogen is told she has inherited a country house near Bath, she thinks it must be a mistake. She last saw its owner, the reclusive artist Dorothea Roe, sixteen years ago — during a tragic summer that changed her life for ever.
Now, with her partner Josh in tow, it looks like a chance at a fresh start. But then Imogen finds an old box with her name on it in Dorothea's abandoned study, and begins to believe the woman was trying to send her a message.
And when rumours start to swirl that Dorothea was murdered, Imogen starts to suspect that this gift may not be the lifeline she thought it was.
Praise
“Claire Douglas is a class act — she never, ever disappoints.” — Lisa Jewell
“Clever, humane, with gasp-out-loud twists — a story that lingers in the mind long after the last page.” — Eve Chase
“One of the most reliable names in unputdownable suspense.” — iPaper
“A pacy gripping thriller that fans will lap up.” — Prima
About the author
Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years before winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel, The Sisters. She is a Number One Sunday Times bestseller and a frequent Richard & Judy Book Club pick, and her books — including The New Neighbours, Local Girl Missing and Then She Vanishes — have sold over three million copies in the UK alone. She lives in Bath, where this novel is set.
Perfect for readers of
Lisa Jewell, Ruth Ware and Sarah Pearse — dual-timeline psychological suspense with a house at the centre of it.
