The Captive
The gripping and original Times Thriller of the Month for fans of GIRL A
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A brilliant, high concept, intensely gripping thriller perfect for fans of GIRL A, THE CAPTIVE will keep you guessing till the very end . . .
'Part thriller, part dark, unpredictable love story. A GRIPPING page-turner' ADELE PARKS, Platinum Magazine
'INGENIOUS. A smart, pacy and highly entertaining thriller' T.M. LOGAN
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I am safe, Hannah told herself. He can't get out.
Jem stayed where he was by the wall.
His eyes followed her every move . . .
They live together. Jem and Hannah. Captive and keeper.
But who is the real prisoner. The one behind bars? Or the one that must give up their life to serve them?
Who holds the power. The one who has the key?
Or the one who knows the truth?
A brilliant, intensively gripping thriller, The Captive will keep you guessing till the very end . . .
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Everyone is talking about Deborah O' Connor and THE CAPTIVE...
'Oh my god, its FANTASTIC! Highly original, thrilling and emotional, The Captive is set to be one of the best books of 2021. I ADORED it' JO SPAIN
'The perfect concept. The perfect execution. The perfect book' GILLIAN MCALLISTER
'This original concept thriller is SO GOOD' Heat magazine
'Readers will become totally HOOKED within pages of starting this hugely original and entertaining thriller' Irish Independent
'Highly ORIGINAL' Daily Mail
'This GRIPPING page-turner has a terrifying concept at its heart. Part thriller, part a dark, unpredictable love story, it asks some big questions about crime and punishment. Tense and disturbing, I think it would spark great book club debate' ADELE PARKS, Platinum Magazine
'Stunning. Staggeringly original, chilling, ELECTRIFYING. I raced through the final chapters with my heart in my mouth' CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End
'With an ARRESTING beginning, this dystopian tale draws the reader in immediately...the story rattles along at a cracking pace' Woman & Home
'A super-smart, sophisticated and highly original tale which packs a POWERFUL punch on so many levels. Entertaining, fast-paced and clever, The Captive will hold you prisoner right through to the shocking dénouement' Lancashire Post
'KILLER CONCEPT, brilliantly realised and beautifully, satisfyingly plotted. I loved it' AMANDA MASON
'A great concept. Impressive, compelling storytelling as well as a FANTASTIC mystery' GYTHA LODGE
'Original, deft, and clever, The Captive certainly had me in its vice-like grip throughout' PHOEBE MORGAN
Customer Reviews
Superb read!
Deborah O’Connor’s “The Dangerous Kind” was probably my read of the year in 2019 and after such a tremendous book, I wasn’t sure her latest novel “The Captive” could meet my high expectations.
I need not have had any concerns, for as soon as I started reading, I was engrossed, engaged and invested in it and found it an impossible book to put down. Highly original and set in the near future, restorative justice has taken over the normal prison service. Prisoners are kept and attended to, by the families or victims of the perpetrator, in a custom built cell within their houses. The idea being that the prisoner truly understands the damage they have inflicted on the victim or on the families left behind. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.
When Hannah temporarily ‘houses’ Jem, the man accused and found guilty of her detective husband’s murder, she’s nervous of him being in the cell in her kitchen. “What if he speaks to me?”. “What if he hurts me?”. “What if he gets out?” Everyday the same thoughts run through her head. But what happens when she starts to suspect he could have been wrongly sentenced and he didn’t kill her husband?
Brilliantly played out and executed, this exciting, high-concept story was imaginative and constructed with a superb plot that keeps you turning the pages in anticipation of what will happen next. I liked Hannah and Jem, I was thoroughly invested in their stories and I thought the fact she suffered with Type One Diabetes, which played a big part in the intense story, was a realistic addition to her character.
Although far fetched at times and probably an unfeasible solution to prison costs and overcrowding, if you’re invested in part of the story you may as well believe in it all and it is for this reason I give “The Captive” five stars - for the sheer entertainment factor and engrossing storyline. #UnlockTheTruth
5 stars