The Killer Next Door: An electrifying, addictive thriller you won't be able to put down
Dec 2013 · Hachette UK
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The electrifying, addictive thriller from the author of the Edgar-Award winning sensation The Wicked Girls
'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING
Pre-order Alex Marwood's sensational new thriller, The Island of Lost Girls, now!
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No. 23 has a secret. In this bedsit-riddled south London wreck, lorded over by a lecherous landlord, something waits to be discovered. Yet all six residents have something to hide.
Collette and Cher are on the run; Thomas is a reluctant loner; while a gorgeous Iranian asylum seeker and a 'quiet man' nobody sees try to stay hidden. And watching over them all is Vesta - or so she thinks.
In the dead of night, a terrible accident pushes the neighbours into an uneasy alliance. But one of them is a killer, expertly hiding their pastime, all the while closing in on their next victim...
As a cloying heatwave suffocates the city, events build to an electrifying climax in this dark, original and irresistibly compelling thriller, perfect for fans of The Suspect by Fiona Barton and The Rumour by Lesley Kara
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Praise for Alex Marwood
'So good I wish I'd written it myself' VAL MCDERMID
'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING
'Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally' SOPHIE HANNAH
'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars' MEGAN ABBOTT
'I'm in awe' MARK EDWARDS
'I cancel all engagements and turn off my phone for a new Alex Marwood book' ERIN KELLY
'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING
Pre-order Alex Marwood's sensational new thriller, The Island of Lost Girls, now!
__________
No. 23 has a secret. In this bedsit-riddled south London wreck, lorded over by a lecherous landlord, something waits to be discovered. Yet all six residents have something to hide.
Collette and Cher are on the run; Thomas is a reluctant loner; while a gorgeous Iranian asylum seeker and a 'quiet man' nobody sees try to stay hidden. And watching over them all is Vesta - or so she thinks.
In the dead of night, a terrible accident pushes the neighbours into an uneasy alliance. But one of them is a killer, expertly hiding their pastime, all the while closing in on their next victim...
As a cloying heatwave suffocates the city, events build to an electrifying climax in this dark, original and irresistibly compelling thriller, perfect for fans of The Suspect by Fiona Barton and The Rumour by Lesley Kara
__________
Praise for Alex Marwood
'So good I wish I'd written it myself' VAL MCDERMID
'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING
'Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally' SOPHIE HANNAH
'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars' MEGAN ABBOTT
'I'm in awe' MARK EDWARDS
'I cancel all engagements and turn off my phone for a new Alex Marwood book' ERIN KELLY
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4.1
34 reviews
lilian peracchi
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September 28, 2022
Too gruesome for me. Too much graphic detail, more horror than thriller but the characters were brilliant and seemed to come alive. A very good ending
A Google user
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October 20, 2014
Brilliant really engaging story lines...quirky characters superb dark humor.. .'The wicked girls' by the same new author is another really great book
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Jakki Williams
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October 19, 2015
Brilliant book I couldn't put it down.More of the same please just loved the story line.
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About the author
Alex Marwood is the pseudonym of a journalist who has worked extensively across the British press. She is the author of the word-of-mouth sensation The Wicked Girls, which won a prestigious Edgar Award, The Killer Next Door, which won the coveted Macavity Award, The Darkest Secret and The Poison Garden. She has also been shortlisted for numerous other crime writing awards and her novels have been optioned for the screen. Alex lives in south London.
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