THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB CHOICE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS' BOOK OF THE YEAR
'This year's hottest crime novel'
Independent
Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since the day Nora walked out of her old life and never looked back.
Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen party arrives. A weekend in a remote cottage - the perfect opportunity for Nora to reconnect with her best friend, to put the past behind her.
But something goes wrong.
Very wrong.
And as secrets and lies unravel, out in the dark, dark wood the past will finally catch up with Nora.
'Genuinely chilling and totally compulsive'
Sunday Mirror
'Mesmerising'
Guardian
'You won't be able to put down this creepy page-turner'
Closer
'A tense, terrifying novel'
Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go
Now available for pre-order: Ruth Ware’s brand new psychological thriller, The Death of Mrs Westaway. Coming June 2018.