The House Hunt

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The House Hunt is a heart-pounding, claustrophobic thriller from C. M. Ewan, acclaimed author of The Interview, A Window Breaks and the half-a-million-copy bestseller Safe House. Your estate agent calls. She's running late and needs you to show a man around your home. You let him in and begin the tour. But something about him feels wrong... You ask him to leave and he refuses. Then he tells you something about you. Something inconceivable. And then you realize... He doesn't want your house. He wants YOU. What authors are saying about The Interview: 'C.M. Ewan never once drops the pace in this heart-pounding rollercoaster of a thriller that had me up all night' - Clare Mackintosh, author of Hostage 'A brilliant hook, a breakneck game of cat and mouse, and twists galore' - Tim Weaver, author of The Shadow at the Door 'A fast-paced twisty read that races along like an action movie' - Sarah Pinborough, author of Insomnia What readers are saying about The Interview 'Oh boy did I enjoy this book! The definition of a keep you up all night, read in one sitting thriller' 'I read this beauty in a day, had so much else to do but just couldn't put it down' 'Wow, this book blew me away! I was hooked immediately and found the concept, both exciting and highly original'

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What a cleverly plotted and unputdownable thriller. The House Hunt is tense from the very first page with a gasp-out-loud moment that I never guessed. So pacy and addictive. Just brilliant! -- Claire Douglas
Nobody does heart-thumping, dry-mouth, claustrophobic thrillers like C M Ewan. The House Hunt is exceptional, with a glorious WTF moment -- Sharon Bolton
Unbearably tense, effortlessly plotted and packed with twists, Chris Ewan is the master of the cat-and-mouse thriller. . . -- Tim Weaver
Tense, taut, and terrifying. The House Hunt takes an everyday, knife-edge dilemma and turns it into the stuff of nightmares. Truly impossible to put down -- Chris Whitaker
Read this in one unplanned whirlwind binge. The perfect one seating read. A propulsive, tightly plotted, minimalist treat -- Catherine Steadman
You can almost feel the walls closing in on you as you race through THE HOUSE HUNT! Its intense and claustrophobic, a darkly creepy thriller that will have you looking over your shoulder long after finishing it -- Gilly Macmillan
With relentless pace, Chris Ewan turns an ordinary, everyday situation into a terrifying nightmare, as the story becomes a desperate one of survival against the odds. Prepare yourself for a sleepless night! -- Jane Shemilt
Be prepared to put everything else on hold until you've finished The House Hunt, because once it grips you it doesn't let go. C M Ewan is one of the very best thriller writers I know -- Jane Casey

Author Bio

C. M. Ewan is a pseudonym for Chris Ewan, the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of many mystery and thriller novels. Chris's first standalone thriller, Safe House, was a bestseller in the UK and was shortlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. He is also the author of the thrillers The Interview, Dead Line, Dark Tides, Long Time Lost and A Window Breaks as well as The Good Thief's Guide series of mystery novels. The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam won the Long Barn Books First Novel Award and has been published in thirteen countries. Chris lives with his wife and their two children in Somerset, where he writes full-time.