The Prisoner
The unputdownable psychological thriller from the Queen of domestic suspense
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4.1 • 706 Ratings
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- £2.99
Publisher Description
**B.A. Paris's stunning thriller THE GUEST is available now**
Secrets. Suspicion. Survival. No one writes relationships better than B.A. PARIS.
✨'Dark, daring and irresistible' CHRIS WHITAKER ✨
✨ 'Claustrophobic and menacing' DAILY MAIL ✨
✨ 'A rollercoaster ride, with plenty of twists' OBSERVER ✨
✨ 'Absolutely impossible to resist' C.M. EWAN ✨
THEN
Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a career for herself in the magazine industry, she meets, and agrees to marry, Ned Hawthorne.
NOW
Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, imprisoned and alone.
Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here than she had begun to feel with her husband?
In true B.A. Paris style, The Prisoner is a gripping survival story, a twisted tale of love and at its dark heart a thriller to keep you up all night.
Readers love B.A. Paris
'THE ultimate psychological thriller ... believe all the hype' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Thrilling, endearing and totally, utterly shocking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An amazing, unforgettable story full of twists and turns' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'B.A. Paris is as good as it gets' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'More exciting than I could have possibly imagined' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Gone Girl meets Room in this claustrophobic mystery which fairly thunders along. Readers can’t help but root for quietly courageous heroine Amelie Lamont—a born survivor who was orphaned in Paris and had a brush with homelessness before building a new life in London. Her fortunes transform overnight when she’s swept off her feet by one of Britain’s most eligible bachelors but her fairytale swiftly turns sour. After the newlyweds are abducted at gunpoint in the night, Amelie awakes in a pitch-black room at the mercy of her silent captors. Is it a kidnapping for ransom or an elaborate act of revenge? Will one or both of them get out alive? Amelie’s desperate attempts to escape are nail-gnawingly tense. The aftermath, when she turns sleuth and pieces together the truth, is equally enthralling. Franco-British author Paris constructs an intricately layered plot, with multiple timelines and themes of twisted relationships, toxic privilege and trauma. Taut, gutsy and thrumming with menace, it’s a story which will keep you locked in until the end.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Soon after the narrator of this subpar thriller from bestseller Paris (The Therapist), Amelie, marries Ned Hawthorpe, "one of the most eligible men in England," whose father is a billionaire philanthropist, she's surprised in her bedroom by a kidnapper and driven off in a car to an unknown destination, where she's imprisoned in a dark room. Ned has also been taken by their unidentified captors. Amelie wonders whether there's more going on than a simple abduction for ransom, given that the Hawthorpes have expensive private security. Her suspicions of an unknown motive for the kidnapping and the involvement of an insider are enhanced given that the crime happened just three days after Ned's primary protector was murdered, which should have elevated the threat level. Flashbacks fleshing out the nature of Amelie's relationship with Ned, which is, inevitably, complicated, alternate with her desperate efforts to escape and learn the truth. Thinly drawn characters make relating to the lead's plight difficult, and the eventual answers to why Amelie and Ned have been targeted come as a letdown. Hopefully, Paris will return to form next time.
Customer Reviews
Okay
A bit confusing at the end .. it’s an okay book
Brilliant
Brilliant book, just kept turning the pages to find out what happened next, had a job to put the book down.
The prisoner
I couldn’t put this down. Read it in three days. Highly recommend