# The Couple at No. 9

_**It was the house of their dreams. Now it's their worst nightmare . . .  
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**THE _SUNDAY TIMES_ BESTSELLER AND CRIME BOOK OF THE MONTH**

**'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  
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**_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? . . ._**  
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**'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'** GILLIAN MCALLISTER

**'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_

**'The perfect gripping holiday read'** LESLEY PEARSE

**Praise for Claire Douglas**

**'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas'** Tim Weaver, bestselling author of _No One Home_

**'Thrillingly tense and twisty'** B. A. Paris, _bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors_

**'Stunning . . . with a killer twist'** _Closer_

**'Perfect for fans of _The Girl on the Train'_** _Marie Claire_

**'Twisty, exciting yet so very real'** Gillian McAllister, _bestselling author of Anything You Do Say_

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- **Vendor:** Penguin Books
- **Type:** Claire Douglas

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