Stay Home: The gripping lockdown thriller about staying alert and staying alive

During a lockdown, Caitlin discovers her lover, Daniel, dead, and must keep digging to find his killer while avoiding suspicion. Meanwhile, Ali, a just-about-functioning alcoholic, watches Caitlin's movements and draws her own conclusions. Stay Home is a thrilling murder mystery that explores the dark parts of people's lives and leads to a breath-takingly twisty race to find a killer.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2020
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

LOCKED DOORS DON'T KEEP SECRETS SAFE

Lock your doors, for secrets can be dangerous. Caitlin has been having an affair for nearly a year when the country enters lockdown. Suddenly, seeing her lover, Daniel, without alerting her husband becomes almost impossible. When she does manage to sneak to his home, she finds him lying in a pool of his own blood, dead.

STAY HOME

Ali is a just-about-functioning alcoholic, recently let go, and feeling rather lonely. Each day, she goes to her local shop to buy her permitted two bottles of wine, leaving food parcels for neighbors on her way home. While keeping an eye on what they are up to, of course.

STAY SAFE

Caitlin can't tell a soul about what she has discovered for risk of losing her family. Little does she know that Ali has noticed her coming and going, and that she will be drawing her own conclusions. As Caitlin delves into the life of the man who said he loved her, she finds that maybe she didn't really know him at all. But if she wants to avoid suspicion, she needs to keep digging until they find Daniel's killer. Because the doors may be locked, but everyone's secrets are starting to leak out.

Stay Home is a timely story of dark secrets—affairs, addictions, habits, and horrors—which are brought to the surface by these unprecedented times we find ourselves in. It explores the dark parts of people's lives, while at the same time leading us on a breath-takingly twisty race to find a killer.

What Netgalley Readers think of Stay Home:

"An exciting thriller that is perfect for current times. Highly recommended!"

"A great book. It was a fast read because I couldn't put it down. So many twists and turns, you will never see the end coming."

"A murder mystery set during the limitations of a pandemic lockdown is an intriguing idea. I enjoyed the characters and the plot twists. The ending was satisfying, but I did have a few questions."

In conclusion, Stay Home is a must-read for anyone who loves a good mystery. It is a timely story that explores the dark parts of people's lives and leads us on a thrilling race to find a killer. The characters are well-developed, and the plot twists are unexpected. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good thriller.

Weight: 216g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529349948