The Only Suspect
A 'twisting, seductive, ingenious' thriller from the bestselling author of The Other Passenger
by Louise Candlish
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Pub Date Mar 08 2023 | Archive Date Feb 08 2023
Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Simon & Schuster UK
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Description
Wrong time. Wrong place. Wrong man.
Alex lives a comfortable life with his wife Beth in the leafy suburb of Silver Vale. Fine, so he’s not the most sociable guy on the street, he prefers to keep himself to himself, but he’s a good husband and an easy-going neighbour.
That’s until Beth announces the creation of a nature trail on a local site that’s been disused for decades and suddenly Alex is a changed man. Now he’s always watching. Questioning. Struggling to hide his dread . . .
As the landscapers get to work, a secret threatens to surface from years ago, back in Alex’s 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 isn’t.
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
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781398509801 |
| PRICE | A$32.99 (AUD) |
| PAGES | 432 |
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Featured Reviews
LINDA L, Bookseller
This lady can write! Her books are fully of plot twists and red herrings and even if you try to second guess her you won’t get them all.
The book is told in two time lines. Present day, Alex Parker, he is happily married and living in a nice community. Why then is he paranoid about being “found out” and what is his aversion to publicity and the neighbourhoods plans to develop a walk way behind the terraced houses.
1995. Rick Ward meets Marina Stanley, a temp in the building where he works. They start to meet up for lunch and slowly Marina confides in Rick that her husband, (she had to tell him she was married after an acquaintance saw them together), is abusive and controlling. Together they hatch a plan to run away but as in any good story, nothing goes to plan and Rick finds himself in hiding accused of murder.
There is a lot happening in this book but it is an easy read and easy enough to follow the plot lines. A great entertaining read.
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