Its Not What You Think
By (Author) Clare Mackintosh
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
14th April 2026
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives
400
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 25mm
270g
He has a secret. She knows hes lying
YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs.
Shes been here before.
YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST
When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows hes lying. Hes with another woman, and shes determined to catch him in the act.
YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS
But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can't explain himself. The house has become a crime scene
Jamie is dead.
ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK
Praise for Clare Mackintosh:
'Wickedly fun and smartly plotted' LUCY CLARKE
'Packed with suspects, twists and turns' ALEX MICHAELIDES
'Clever plot, engaging characters and smart, sharp writing' SHARI LAPENA
'Twisty and clever, with layered characters' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'Devilish, witty and wonderful' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Wonderfully assured and gripping' PETER JAMES
With over 3 million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, which was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. It also won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2016. Both Clare's second and third novels, I See You and Let Me Lie, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. Her first three thrillers were selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club, and together have been translated into forty languages. Together, her books have spent more than sixty-five weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller lists.
Clare is patron of the Silver Star Society, a charity based at the John Radcliffe hospital in Oxford, which supports parents experiencing high-risk or difficult pregnancies. She lives in North Wales with her three children.