The Assistant

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What would you do if your home assistant turned evil

Terrifyingly believable and utterly gripping. Lisa Jewell

The Assistant is the definition of suspense! Jeffery Deaver

Shes in your house. She controls your life. Now shes going to destroy it.

From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller
She watches you constantly.
Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friends spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous Home Assistant, called Electra, thattakes care of the heating, the lights and sometimes Jo even turns to her for company.

She knows all your secrets.
Until, late one night, Electra says one sentence that rips Jos fragile world in two:I know what you did. And Jo is horrified. Because in her past she did do something terrible. Something unforgivable.

Now she wants to destroy you.
Only two other people in the whole world know Jos secret. And they would never tell anyone. Would they As a fierce winter brings London to a standstill, Jo begins to understand that the Assistant on the shelf doesnt just want to control Jo; itwants to destroy her.

Chilling Sunday Times

Brilliant! Horribly plausible Readers Digest

Reviews

Chilling Sunday Times

Brilliant! Horribly plausible Readers Digest

Gleefully sinister! Sunday Mirror

One of the best new crime books Financial Times

Terrifyingly believable and utterly gripping. One of my top reads of the year.Lisa Jewell

The definition of suspense! A brilliant and original concept, expertly executed, this novel will grab you on the first page and not let go until the last. Jeffery Deaver

You will want to turn off all your gadgets and read this by candlelight! Will fill you to the brim with paranoia! Liz Lawler

'A disturbing, thought-provoking and gripping read Womans Weekly

Praise for S. K. Tremayne:

Brilliantly eerie Good Housekeeping

You will race through the final pages, desperate to find out the truth. Thought-provoking, genuinely scary, and compulsive fantastic stuff Sunday Mirror

A brilliant and compulsive thriller Heat

Packed full of plot twists and turns, this book had me gripped from the start. I slept with the light on for several nights afterwards Sun, Book of the Week

A grip-lit hit Mail on Sunday

This excellent thriller wont disappoint Closer

If you liked Tremaynes bestseller The Ice Twins, and spooky Gothic horror stories where things go bump in the night, then this is for you Daily Mail

Atmospheric and haunting Independent on Sunday

The author of last years bestseller The Ice Twins is back with this dark, atmospheric thriller. Fabulous

A true psychological thriller, readers will be kept guessing over the many twists that surface throughout the novel. A chilling read Woman

Praise for THE ICE TWINS:

A magnificently creepy thriller Spectator

Beautifully paced, teeming with psychological shivers, The Ice Twins is a notable debut The Times, Best Crime Thrillers

Unbearably gripping and suspenseful Sophie Hannah

The Ice Twins has grip, pace and bags of atmosphere It also has one of the cleverest endings of recent thrillers Sunday Times

Author Bio

S. K. Tremayne is a bestselling novelist and award-winning travel writer, and a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines around the world. The author's previous novel The Ice Twins, was picked for the Richard and Judy Autumn 2015 Book Club and was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. Born in Devon, S. K. Tremayne now lives in London and has two daughters.