The Intruder: The most unsettling sociopath youll meet this year

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Who has the key to your house A sinister, creepy, entirely original novel from the most sociopathic narrator of 2018. He has the key to hundreds of houses. Maybe even to yours. A gripping, sinister, deeply unsettling novel from the most sociopathic narrator of 2018. Meet Mr Heming... *** William Heming is an estate agent. He's kept a copy of every key to every house he's ever sold. Sometimes he visits them. He lets himself in when the owners are out. But what will happen if he gets caught What will he do next *** 'Wonderfully creepy ... a deeply unsettling and original hero' Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister A superbly plotted and genuinely creepy novel' Sunday Express 'A brilliant read, almost unbearably tense at times' Daily Mail 'I loved it - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant' Sophie Hannah, author of Did You See Melody 'A wonderfully sinister fable of property and obsession' Observer 'One to watch- an eerie page-turner' Cathy Rentzenbrink *Previously published as A Pleasure and A Calling*

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A wonderfully creepy voice, macabre and blackly comic with a deeply unsettling and original hero. * Rosamund Lupton, author of 'Sister' *
There is a delicious feeling of complicity in his misdemeanours: Heming gets in side your head as easily as he gets into his neighbours' houses... a superbly plotted and genuinely creepy novel. it deserves to be a bestseller. * Sunday Express *
A brilliant read, almost unbearably tense at times. * Daily Mail *
I loved it - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant! * Sophie Hannah, author of 'Did You See Melody' *
Very clever. A creepily alluring voice. * Julia Crouch *
A wonderfully sinister fable of property and obsession. * Observer *
Brims with wry wit and taut tension [and] delivers one surprise after another. * The New York Times *
One to watch: an eerie page-turner. -- Cathy Rentzenbrink * The Bookseller *
The first-person portrayal of a truly cold-blooded protagonist is a hard thing to pull off, especially one whose outward appearance is so benign but Phil Hogan has created an antihero horrifically ruthless and disquieting. * Guardian *
You'll definitely want to change your locks after reading this original and darkly funny novel that will send shivers down your spine. * Stylist *

Author Bio

P. S. Hogan was born in Yorkshire. He is married with four children and has been a journalist and columnist on the Observer for over 20 years.