The People Before

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An eerie new psychological thriller from the author of The House Guest
I adored it! I found it moody, propulsive, gripping and so terrifying youll need the lights on. GILLIAN McALLISTER

Charlotte Northedge turns the psychological thumbscrews with relish THE TIMES

I read through the night to finish this thriller about a dream country house that turns into a nightmare. Spooky, tense, richly atmospheric and profoundly moving ERIN KELLY

What if your dream house became your worst nightmare

Jess and her husband need a new start. So when the chance to buy a rambling old house in the Suffolk countryside comes up, they leap at it.

But not everyone in Suffolk is welcoming. The locals know a secret about the Maple House, and soon, Jess realises theyve made a huge mistake.

Something bad happened in that house. Something nobody wants to talk about.

Something to do with the people before



This is every bit as accomplished as Northedges debut The House Guest, with the same precise and finely tuned use of language, by no means always a given in the genre. FINANCIAL TIMES

Charlotte Northedge creates a riveting psychological study of self-deception and creeping dread. THE SUNDAY TIMES

Creepy, atmospheric and cleverly plotted, an excellent winter read. CATHERINE COOPER

Twisty, claustrophobic and deliciously dark, this is the perfect winter chiller ELLERY LLOYD

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This is every bit as accomplished as Northedges debut The House Guest, with the same precise and finely tuned use of language, by no means always a given in the genre. FINANCIAL TIMES

Charlotte Northedge creates a riveting psychological study of self-deception and creeping dread. THE SUNDAY TIMES

Creepy, atmospheric and cleverly plotted, an excellent winter read. CATHERINE COOPER

Twisty, claustrophobic and deliciously dark, this is the perfect winter chiller ELLERY LLOYD

This twisty thriller is jam-packed with tense moments and a growing sense of unease GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Northedge is good at portraying the distinction between the real insecurities of some young women and the minor problems of the privileged type DAILY MAIL

Charlotte Northedge turns the psychological thumbscrews with relish THE TIMES

Full of twists, The House Guest spirals towards its dark conclusion, wrong footing the increasingly uneasy reader at every turn. THE OBSERVER

The tension slowly builds up to a heart-racing end. WOMANS OWN

This is ace. Very acute on class, aspiration, women and status and all those agonising negotiations and anxieties SARAH PERRY, author of THE ESSEX SERPENT

'The House Guest is that delicious kind of novel, a slow-burn thriller that carefully draws the reader in, catches fire in the middle and burns with an intensity until the end' FIONA CUMMINS

A dark and intriguing debut that simmers with tension and unease LUCY CLARKE

Dark, smart and classy I was totally gripped GILLIAN MCALLISTER

A deliciously dark and totally twisted look at the lengths some people will go to project a perfect life ERIN KELLY

Author Bio

Charlotte Northedge is the joint editor of Guardian Review and Head of Books for the Guardian. Charlotte has previously written for a range of newspapers and magazines, including the Guardian, Psychologies and Cosmopolitan. She has an MA in Modern and Contemporary Literature from Birkbeck and is an alumni of the Curtis Brown Creative writing course.