The Couple at No 9

It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare . . .<BR><BR>'Spine-chilling' SUNDAY TIMES<BR>'A well-plotted tale . . . Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching' DOROTHY KOOMSON<BR>'Secrets, skeletons, mothers and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it' EVE CHASE<BR>_________<BR><BR>BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>POLICE INVESTIGATE<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>OWNER QUESTIONED<BR><BR>Rose's Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police - but it is clear she remembers something.<BR><BR>A KILLER AT LARGE?<BR><BR>As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched . . .<BR><BR>What happened thirty years ago?<BR>What part did her grandmother play?<BR>And is Saffy now in danger? . . .<BR>_________<BR><BR>DON'T MISS THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM CLAIRE DOUGLAS, THE WOMAN WHO LIED - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW<BR><BR>'This book has everything I love: murder, a taut and fiendishly clever plot and nail-biting tension' EMMA CURTIS<BR><BR>'Combines a tight, gripping, plot and truly shocking twist, with beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart' NUALA ELLWOOD<BR><BR>'A darkly absorbing mystery' CRIME MONTHLY<BR><BR>'Twisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down' LOUISE O'NEILL<BR><BR>'Expansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best' GILLIAN MCALLISTER<BR><BR>'Devotees of domestic noir will love the multiple perspectives and shifts in time that Claire Douglas uses to complicate her nervy narrative' THE TIMES CRIME CLUB NEWSLETTER<BR><BR>'The perfect gripping holiday read' LESLEY PEARSE<BR><BR>Praise for Claire Douglas<BR><BR>'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' Tim Weaver, bestselling author of No One Home<BR><BR>'Thrillingly tense and twisty' B. A. Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors<BR><BR>'Stunning . . . with a killer twist' Closer<BR><BR>'Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train' Marie Claire<BR><BR> 'Twisty, exciting yet so very real' Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of Anything You Do Say