Twelve Secrets
The Sunday Times bestselling thriller everybody is talking about
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4.0 • 532 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A major new voice. A thriller everyone is raving about:
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER
THE RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 2
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'Twelve stars'
LISA JEWELL
'Cliffhangers and revelations galore' THE TIMES
'This book will take over all your free time' Reader Review
'Utterly absorbing'
SHARI LAPENA
'A fine debut' THE SUNDAY TIMES (Books of the year)
'Unputdownable'
KARIN SLAUGHTER
'Books this good are very rare' Reader Review
'Excellent'
LEE CHILD
'The next massive thriller' Reader Review
'One of a kind'
JAMES PATTERSON
'This is what every other thriller aspires to be' Reader Review
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A SMALL TOWN. A SHOCKING CRIME.
YOU'LL SUSPECT EVERY CHARACTER. BUT YOU'LL NEVER GUESS THE ENDING.
Ben Harper's life changed for ever the day his older brother Nick was murdered by two classmates. It was a crime that shocked the nation and catapulted Ben's family and their idyllic hometown, Haddley, into the spotlight.
Twenty years on, Ben is one of the best investigative journalists in the country and settled back in Haddley, thanks to the support of its close-knit community. But then a fresh murder case shines new light on his brother's death and throws suspicion on those closest to him.
Ben is about to discover that in Haddley no one is as they seem. Everyone has something to hide.
And someone will do anything to keep the truth buried . . .
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'So clever'
M.W. CRAVEN
'OMG. An absolute 5-star read' Reader Review
'Totally gripping'
SUSAN LEWIS
'Impossible to part with until the very last page' Reader Review
'Absolutely addictive'
GILLY MACMILLAN
'I was seriously hooked' Reader Review
'Couldn't see it coming'
NELL PATTISON
'Such a dream of a thriller' Reader Review
'Utterly gripping'
VANESSA SAVAGE
'A fantastic plot-twisting debut'
CAMERON WARD
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Echoes of notorious real-life crimes resonate through this psychological mystery but Gold weaves them into an addictive story entirely of his own. The page-flipping plot follows the likeable but flawed Ben Harper, an acclaimed investigative journalist who lives in the shadow of childhood trauma. When his older brother was lured into the woods and brutally killed by two classmates, the shocking crime hit headlines and made their sleepy Thames-side commuter town a notorious hotspot. Twenty years later, there’s another murder with macabre parallels to his brother’s and Ben must finally confront the past. Can he crack the cold case and get closure? As bodies begin to pile up, it becomes clear someone wants their secrets to stay hidden. It’s a skilful portrait of guilt, loyalty, denial and the darkness lurking beneath the idyllic surface of close-knit communities. There’s a head-spinning sequence of rug-pulls and revelations in the home stretch, with a twist you’re unlikely to see coming. Reminiscent of Iain Banks’ The Crow Road, Alex Marwood’s The Wicked Girls and even a Home Counties remix of Mare Of Easttown.
Customer Reviews
Good read
Good read
Awesome!!
So good i had to read it in one!
Wow
I unknowingly read the second in this series before the first. I enjoyed that so much I couldn’t get in to any other books so sought out to read the first After reading this I can say “wow”. I usually guess the ending or can see where it is heading from a mile off but with this I had no idea. Amazing. Can’t wait to read the third.