Every Last Suspect
The gripping new thriller novel from the bestselling author of YOU NEED TO KNOW, for fans of Sally Hepworth, Nina Simon and Jessie Stephens
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4.1 • 451 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Who killed Harriet? The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of You Need to Know.
Complicated, driven, loving.
Manipulative, irresistible, monstrous.
Love or hate her, Harriet Osman is impossible to turn down. But someone in her life has finally snapped, leaving her face-down in a pool of her own blood. Harriet isn't one to die quietly though, and she is determined to reveal her killer before she goes.
Was it her devoted husband, Malek, with a violent past? Her best friend and lover, Victoria, with a deadly secret only Harriet knew? Or the new woman in her life, fellow school mum Karen? The one with an impeccable reputation ... or so she says.
Bullying, friendships and games (in and out of the bedroom) combine with envy, lust and revenge, creating a darkly twisted tale of drama and suspense where the question isn't who killed Harriet, but why did it take them so long to do it?
'Compelling ... With a strong narrative drive and a tightly wound plot, Every Last Suspect is Nicola Moriarty's best yet.' Books+Publishing
Praise for Nicola Moriarty:
'Nicola Moriarty has a gift for domestic drama, cracking pace, and skillful narrative timing' Sydney Morning Herald
'Moriarty builds tension expertly' The Australian
'A masterful plotter' Better Reading
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Nicola Moriarty’s seventh novel, Every Last Suspect, is a taut and compelling suburban drama about intimacy and jealousy. It centres on Harriet, a real estate agent in Sydney’s western suburbs with a devoted husband, a best friend turned lover and an easygoing teenage daughter. She’s the perfect thriller protagonist—stunningly beautiful, charismatically confident and lying face down on the floor bleeding to death. Clinging to her final moments of life, Harriet starts to piece together her murder, and Moriarty skilfully switches perspectives to Harriet’s husband, Malek, and their circle of friends to unravel the events leading up to Harriet’s death. It’s a punchy examination of personal ethics and how the trivialities of modern life, like flings, first dates and birthday parties, can also be profoundly consequential. Notably, Moriarty is introspective about how men can struggle with toxic masculinity but withholds excessive sympathy for them. It’s an engaging examination of how charming facades can hide all kinds of fractures.
Customer Reviews
Unstoppable force of one person keeps you glued to last page
Characters are all enthralling
Not for me
Book felt all over the place and very repetitive. Struggled with this one
I loved it!!!
Oh my god. My very first 5 star read and I bought it on Apple Books! (What a shame) but this book was SOOOOO GOOD!
It’s about a lady called Harriet who’s just been hit in the back of the head and is dying. In her last moments before death she wants to figure out who killed her so she starts looking at each suspect and what they did leading up to her death. The POV is back and forth from Harriet to the suspects and also random characters from the story.
I loved all the characters and how human they seem with flaws and all but still written in a way that you could enjoy reading about them. They actually felt like real people, hallelujah!
The plot twists had me screaming at every little turn. Not the same old boring predictable plot twists some books enlist but actual insane yet believable plot twists - I was living for it. Felt like I was watching a whodunnit. I flew through the whole book so fast, didn’t want to put it down and really when it ended about it being over!