The Nail Salon

‘This disturbingly-brilliant thriller… is chock full of lies secrets, cheating husbands and nosey housewives’ Metro

In a world where appearances are everything … you can’t trust anything

In a pristine suburb outside of London everything and everyone is perfect … on the surface. But then one of their own – an innocent teenage girl – goes missing, and DCI Sue Fisher and her team start to investigate the secrets and lies of an interconnected web of bored housewives, cheating husbands, and disaffected teens.

Now, as the veneer of perfection starts to chip away, dark secrets rise to fell the mighty and a community is brought to its knees…

Praise for The Nail Salon:

‘An explosive thriller not for the faint-hearted' Woman's Own

‘Secrets and lies on every page. Utterly absorbing' Best

‘A brilliant thriller’ Bella

‘We couldn’t put this down’ That’s Life! Crime Scene

‘Creepy, shocking, addictive’ Tammy Cohen

Readers can’t get enough of this dark and disturbing thriller:

‘I have never read a thriller like this. Buy or borrow The Nail Salon, turn off your phone…you won’t be able to put this book down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This book really did far exceed my expectations!…this plot is just so different from any other thriller I've come across…My jaw was on the floor more than once’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘One of the best crime books I have read in a long time.…with twists and turns you don’t see coming …I couldn’t put it down’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Such a twisty book you can't see what's going to happen next…I loved the mix of gossipy scenes and police procedural’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This was a winner! …quick twists and turns make you keep reading and the ending is bizarre and perfect for this story’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Very well written police procedural interlaced with some gossipy tales…So good and suspenseful!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Definitely one of my favourite books of the year so far, it had everything in it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

'Dark, twisty and utterly gripping…I devoured this nail bitingly dark and pacy thriller’ Fiona Gibson

About the author

Natalie Tambini has more than thirty years' experience as a national newspaper and magazine journalist. She created and wrote Cosmopolitan's ‘Confessions’ columns, supplements and books and interviewed countless celebrities during nine years at TV Choice and Total TV Guide – infamously missing a slot with Julia Roberts. Her work has been syndicated worldwide, and she has acted as ghostwriter for several celebrity columnists on women's magazines.

Her fascination with murderers and the need to understand them stems from a childhood passion for Agatha Christie novels while growing up in Norfolk and Hampshire. She has also interviewed many victims of crimes as a real-life journalist, and those who endured miscarriages of justice, including an innocent man who spent 20 years on death row.

Natalie lives in Surrey, where her crime novels are largely set. She is currently a journalist and podcast producer at Hearst UK.