Couple at No 9: The unputdownable and nail-biting Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month

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. Police investigate, and forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years, leading them to question the cottage's former owner, Saffy's grandmother, Rose. As Rose's fragmented memories resurface and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare. . . . Spine-chilling SUNDAY TIMES A well-plotted tale. . . . Intriguing. Twisty. Surprising. Touching DOROTHY KOOMSON Secrets, skeletons, mothers, and daughters - and some absolutely corking twists! A cracking thriller, I loved it EVE CHASE BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO 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. POLICE INVESTIGATE 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. OWNER QUESTIONED Rose's Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police - but it is clear she remembers something. A KILLER AT LARGE? As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched. . . . What happened thirty years ago? What part did her grandmother play? And is Saffy now in danger? . . . _________ DON'T MISS THE BRAND NEW THRILLER FROM CLAIRE DOUGLAS, THE WOMAN WHO LIED - AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW This book has everything I love: murder, a taut and fiendishly clever plot, and nail-biting tension EMMA CURTIS Combines a tight, gripping, plot, and truly shocking twist, with beautiful writing and emotion. A thriller with a heart NUALA ELLWOOD A darkly absorbing mystery CRIME MONTHLY Twisty, nail-biting, and utterly absorbing, you won't be able to put The Couple at No. 9 down LOUISE O NEILL Expansive, emotional, with one of the very best end twists I've ever read. Douglas at her heart-stopping best .

Weight: 292g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 49 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781405943406