It's Not What You Think
A Novel
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4.2 • 73 Ratings
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
"So addictive it should come with a warning." — ALICE FEENEY
"I always see the twists coming – but not this time." — LEE CHILD
"Madly twisty and super pacy and so so clever." — LISA JEWELL
An unsettling, groundbreaking novel that crackles with immediacy, It's Not What You Think masterfully delivers a thriller steeped in current tensions and thought-provoking characters. Long after the stunning ending, Clare Mackintosh will make you question not only what happened on the page but our world today. For fans of Lisa Jewell, Gillian McAllister and Alice Feeney, It's Not What You Think grabs you by the throat and never lets you go.
He has a secret. She knows he's lying…
Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs. She's been here before.
When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he's lying. He's with another woman, and she's determined to catch him in the act.
But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can't explain himself. The house has become a crime scene…Jamie is dead.
YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE
YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST
YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS
IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A murdered partner unlocks a complicit community’s sins in this gripping, socially charged thriller. Nadeeka Prasanna already knows what betrayal feels like, so when her boyfriend, Jamie, starts behaving suspiciously, she assumes she knows exactly what he’s hiding. Instead, she finds him murdered—and suddenly almost everything she believed about him is called into question. Clare Mackintosh deftly juggles several viewpoints, including charismatic DCI Lauren Caldwell, using the investigation to steadily widen the story beyond one relationship and into darker questions about trust, prejudice, and the secrets people choose to overlook. Mackintosh’s police-procedural instincts are as sharp as ever, but it’s the novel’s psychological tension and startling changes in perspective that keep the ground beneath readers unsteady. Fast and unnervingly timely, It’s Not What You Think lives up to its title in more ways than one.
