In this thrilling novel from bestselling author John Marrs, a young couple's house hides terrible secrets--and not all of them are confined to the past.
Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a shocking message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their home was once a real-life murder house, with the evidence still concealed within the four walls.
In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can't shake her fixation with the monstrous crimes that happened right above them. Tormented by the terrible things she saw, she is desperate to dig into the past to find answers.
Secrecy shrouds the mystery of the attic, but when shards of a dark truth start to emerge, Mia realises the danger is terrifyingly present. She is prepared to do anything to protect her family--but will the previous tenants stop her from discovering their secret?
Electrifying and page-turning, John Marrs is not to be missed.--#1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden
This is trademark John Marrs and then some.--Sunday Times bestselling author Andrea Mara
Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?
It's 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in - she's moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this?
Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret - and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.
As cracks widen in the veneer of perfection and lies escalate out of control, tension ignites. Bonfire Night is approaching and someone is set to burn...But who will it be?
ITW Thriller Award winner
International Book Awards winner
Nina can never forgive Maggie for what she did. And she can never let her leave.
They say every house has its secrets, and the house that Maggie and Nina have shared for so long is no different. Except that these secrets are not buried in the past.
Every other night, Maggie and Nina have dinner together. When they are finished, Nina helps Maggie back to her room in the attic, and into the heavy chain that keeps her there. Because Maggie has done things to Nina that can't ever be forgiven, and now she is paying the price.
But there are many things about the past that Nina doesn't know, and Maggie is going to keep it that way--even if it kills her.
Because in this house, the truth is more dangerous than lies.
A proper twisty thriller.--Sarah Pinborough
A stranger has infiltrated your family...and now he's taking over.
Paul's just here to help, or so he claims--sent by a charity for vulnerable people to do odd jobs for elderly widow Gwen. But for Gwen's daughter Connie, there's just something about Paul that rings alarm bells from day one. He's a little too kind, a little too involved...Worse still, Gwen seems to have fallen under his spell.
The last thing Connie wants is a stranger meddling in the safe routine she's built around Gwen. She loves being the one Gwen turns to for cooking, cleaning and company. But the more Paul visits, the more Gwen is relying on him. By the time he conveniently finds himself between homes and has no choice but to move in, Connie is certain he's trying to push her out completely.
It's her word against his, though, and as her attempts to unmask him become ever more desperate she's not the only one left wondering if she's lost her grip on reality. But when events start spiralling rapidly out of her control, should Connie wage all-out war on Paul and risk losing Gwen forever--or has that been his plan all along?
An ITW Thriller Award finalist.
She's a friendly voice on the phone. But can you trust her?
The people who call End of the Line need hope. They need reassurance that life is worth living. But some are unlucky enough to get through to Laura. Laura doesn't want them to hope. She wants them to die.
Laura hasn't had it easy: she's survived sickness and a difficult marriage only to find herself heading for forty, unsettled and angry. She doesn't love talking to people worse off than she is. She craves it.
But now someone's on to her--Ryan, whose world falls apart when his pregnant wife ends her life, hand in hand with a stranger. Who was this man, and why did they choose to die together?
The sinister truth is within Ryan's grasp, but he has no idea of the desperate lengths Laura will go to...
Because the best thing about being a Good Samaritan is that you can get away with murder.
Revised edition: This edition of The Good Samaritan includes editorial revisions.
All she wanted was the truth, but she'll wish she never found out.
When Catherine wakes up alone one morning, she thinks her husband has gone for a run before work. But Simon never makes it to the office. His running shoes are by the front door. Nothing is missing--except him.
Catherine knows Simon must be in trouble. He wouldn't just leave her. He wouldn't leave the children.
But Simon knows the truth--about why he left and what he's done. He knows things about his marriage that it would kill Catherine to find out. The memories she holds on to are lies.
While Catherine faces a dark new reality at home, Simon's halfway around the world, alive and thriving. He's doing whatever it takes to stay one step ahead of the truth.
But he can't hide forever, and when he reappears twenty-five years later, Catherine will finally learn who he is.
And wish she'd stayed in the dark.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Wronged Sons, this edition of When You Disappeared includes editorial revisions.
Whatever you do, don't read this in the dark... --Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home
He hides in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment. Each kill is calculated, planned and executed like clockwork.
Struggling to balance her personal and professional life, young DS Becca Vincent has landed the biggest case of her career - and she knows that it will make or break her. But how can she identify one face in a sea of thousands? With the help of Police Super Recogniser Joe Russell, she strives to catch a glimpse of the elusive murderer, but he's watching her every move.
Time is not on their side. The body count is rising, and the attacks are striking closer and closer to home. Can Becca and Joe uncover the connection between the murders before the killer strikes the last name from his list?
From the bestselling author of When You Disappeared and The Good Samaritan comes his most thrilling novel yet.
Longlisted for the 2022 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, The Vacation is a compulsive, holiday-set thriller from John Marrs, bestselling author of The One, now a Netflix Original Series.
How far would you run to escape your past?
Venice Beach, Los Angeles. A paradise on earth. Tourists flock to the golden coast and the promise of Hollywood. But for eight strangers at a beach-front hostel, there is far more on their minds than an extended vacation. All of them are running from something. And they all have secrets they'd kill to keep...
Tras la desaparici n de su marido, ella quer a saber. Pronto desear no haber sabido
Cuando Catherine despierta sola una ma ana, piensa que su marido ha salido a correr antes de ir al trabajo, pero Simon nunca llega a la oficina. Sus zapatillas siguen junto a la entrada. No falta nada, solo l. Catherine sabe que a Simon le ha pasado algo. l no la dejar a as sin m s. No abandonar a a los ni os. Pero Simon sabe la verdad, sabe por qu se ha ido y lo que ha hecho. Sabe cosas de su matrimonio que destrozar an a su esposa. Sabe que los recuerdos a los que ella se aferra son mentira.
Mientras Catherine se enfrenta a una realidad nueva y oscura en casa, Simon recorre medio mundo y hace todo lo posible por ir siempre un paso por delante de la verdad. Pero no puede esconderse eternamente. As que cuando reaparece, veinticinco a os despu s, Catherine descubrir por fin qui n es. Y desear no haberlo sabido nunca.
El pasado está matando a Maggie... y eso es lo que Nina quiere.
Dicen que cada casa tiene sus secretos, y la que Nina y Maggie comparten desde hace tiempo no es una excepción, solo que sus misterios siguen presentes. Cenan juntas cada dos noches y cuando terminan, una conduce a la otra a su cuarto del ático y ajusta la recia cadena que la mantiene allí presa. Nina jamás olvidará lo que hizo Maggie y quiere que pague por ello. Pero también hay muchas cosas del pasado que solo sabe Maggie y que no piensa contar a Nina, aunque le cueste la vida. Porque, en esa casa, lo más peligroso es la verdad.