The Only Suspect: A 'twisting, seductive, ingenious' thriller from the bestselling author of The Other Passenger

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THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND THE OTHER PASSENGER

Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.

Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so hes not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but hes a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.

Thats until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site thats been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now hes always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .

As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alexs twenties when he got entangled with a seductive young woman called Marina, who threw both their lives into turmoil.

And who sparked a police hunt for a murder suspect that was never quite what it seemed. It still isnt.

No one else could have done it. Could they

The best Louise Candlish novel yet
Lisa Jewell

'I'm blown away by how good it is. A gripping tale of love, secrets and deception - it's the best psychological thriller I've read in a long time.'
Mark Edwards

Reviews

A superstar of psychological thrillers --Daily Mail

Candlish controls the drip feed of information and ramps up the tension to great effect--The Guardian

[Candlish] confirms her reputation for unsettling, well-carpentered plots--Sunday Times

Youll have a delightful sense of disorientation on the long road to discovering how the two storylines are connected, before arriving at the immensely satisfying conclusion --Daily Express/Daily Mirror

Candlish has a distinctive take on the contemporary psychological thriller. She skilfully mixes a droll portrayal of middle-class London suburban life with some extremely cunning plots --Mail on Sunday

This dual-timeline, domestic-noir tale is a tense, read-in-one-sitting thriller --The Sun on Sunday Fabulous Magazine

The plot is clever, the characters are unpleasantly credible and the revelations give the tiniest sense of reassurance --Literary Review

When it comes to mind-blowing twists, award-winning author Louise Candlish knows her stuff --Woman & Home

Im a huge fan of this thriller writers clever, serpentine stories. When the waste ground behind his house is approved for development, it spells trouble for Alex, who is hiding a big secret but what Just when I thought Id figured it out, along came another twist! --Good Housekeeping

From an author who really does know how to knock it out of the park with her gripping plots taut and tense, this is fabulous --Prima

Tense, taut and twisty. Candlish is a master of her craft --Plantinum

Just when you think youve got this twisty thriller sussed, the rug gets pulled yet again --Crime Monthly

Expect twists and double twists from the queen of the domestic noir thriller --Red

The queen of mind-blowing twists, Louise Candlish has done it again with her latest cant-put-it-down thriller --Womans Weekly
A compelling, nerve-tingling treat -- Nicci French
A twisting, seductive, ingenious thriller from the consistently brilliant Louise Candlish. I'm a huge fan -- Chris Whitaker
Incredibly tense. Louise Candlish is one of my favourite writers and this is her best book yet -- Clare Mackintosh
Completely addictive anddevilishly clever - the queen of the killer twist strikes again! -- T. M. Logan
Such a vivid sense of place, a gripping plot, elegantly told, and a twist that left me reeling - brilliant! -- Sarah Pearse
Psychological suspense has a new adjective - pure Candlish -- Cara Hunter
I'm blown away by how good it is. A gripping tale of love, secrets and deception - it's the best psychological thriller I've read in a long time -- Mark Edwards
I lovedThe Only Suspect: a heady dose of mid Nineties nostalgia, with trademark whiplash twists and satire. Louise Candlish has surpassed her own, always high standards. Quite possibly her best yet -- Sarah Vaughan
The Only Suspect is a suspenseful, thrilling and breath-taking mystery about the dark secrets that live in the past, and the paralysing fear that they'll be uncovered. If you thought you misbehaved in the nineties you've got nothing on the devious, duplicitous cast of this book. Gripping, unpredictable and tense, it'll keep you guessing all the way through
-- C L Taylor
I was completely pulled in by the story and the layers of clever plotting; the twists and turns - though well set up,took me completely by surprise and I found myself staying up lateto finish it, utterly absorbed by the excellent story telling -- Jane Shemilt
The Only Suspectkept me guessing all the way through. Its the book version of a Rubik's Cube with so many unexpected twists and turns. An adrenaline burner for sure! -- Liz Nugent
As good as I hoped it would be. Messy relationships, deception and some big surprises. Loved it! -- Jane Fallon
WOW. As always Louise Candlish has written a taut, unsettling, compulsive and ingenious novel with gasp-out-loud twists and fatally flawed characters forced into tragedy by circumstances. I LOVED it! -- Isabelle Broom
I was sucked in from the beginning, hooked and hoodwinked. A masterclass in psychological thriller writing -- Diane Jeffrey
I couldn't put it down -- Shari Lapena
I couldn't put it down! Fantastic characters, a trip down memory lane into '90s London and I honestly didn't see that ending coming AT ALL. Deliciously dark and devastating -- Nikki Smith
Tense, taut and twisty.Candlish is a master of her craft -- Adele Parks
A nerve-shredding plot that kept me guessing to the finish. Another triumph! -- Fiona Barton
I absolutely adored The Only Suspect. Tightly plotted and brilliantly written with twists so perfect they made me gasp out loud on more than one occasion. The story was so tense I couldnt stop turning the pages, desperate to know the outcome. My favourite Louise Candlish book so far. Highly recommended -- Claire Douglas
An incredible page-turnerAn absolute must-read. Get this on your 2023 wish list -- BA Paris
The Only Suspectis a heady pleasure from the very first page. It's both a page-tearing mystery and a pitch-perfect 90s period piece. Shimmers with mystery, tension and dirty glamour -- Abigail Dean
This book should come with a warning: you won't speak to anyone until the last page -- Celia Walden

Author Bio

Louise Candlish is the internationally bestselling author of fifteen novels, including The Other Passenger, The Heights, and Our House, which won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards. It is now a major four-part TV drama starring Martin Compston, Tuppence Middleton, and Rupert Penry-Jones, available to stream on CBC Gem. Louise lives in London with her husband and daughter. Connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish, Facebook @LouiseCandlishAuthor, and Instagram @LouiseCandlish.