What would you do if your home assistant turned evil?‘Terrifyingly believable and utterly gripping.’ Lisa Jewell‘The Assistant is the definition of suspense!’ Jeffery DeaverShe’s in your house. She controls your life. Now she’s going to destroy it.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestsellerWhat would you do if your home assistant turned evil?‘Terrifyingly believable and utterly gripping.’ Lisa Jewell‘The Assistant is the definition of suspense!’ Jeffery DeaverShe’s in your house. She controls your life. Now she’s going to destroy it.From the No. 1 Sunday Times bestsellerShe watches you constantly.Newly divorced Jo is delighted to move into her best friend’s spare room almost rent-free. The high-tech luxury Camden flat is managed by a meticulous Home Assistant, called Electra, that takes care of the heating, the lights – and sometimes Jo even turns to her for company. She knows all your secrets.Until, late one night, Electra says one sentence that rips Jo’s fragile world in two: ‘I know what you did.’ And Jo is horrified. Because in her past she did do something terrible. Something unforgivable.Now she wants to destroy you.Only two other people in the whole world know Jo’s secret. And they would never tell anyone. Would they? As a fierce winter brings London to a standstill, Jo begins to understand that the Assistant on the shelf doesn’t just want to control Jo; it wants to destroy her.‘Chilling’ Sunday Times‘Brilliant! Horribly plausible’ Reader’s DigestThis edition includes an exclusive interview with S.K. Tremayne, discussing audiobooks, his writing style, the genesis of his chilling idea for The Assistant, and more.‘Chilling’ Sunday Times‘Brilliant! Horribly plausible’ Reader’s Digest‘Gleefully sinister!’ Sunday Mirror‘One of the best new crime books’ Financial Times‘Terrifyingly believable and utterly gripping. One of my top reads of the year.’ Lisa Jewell‘The definition of suspense! A brilliant and original concept, expertly executed, this novel will grab you on the first page and not let go until the last.’ Jeffery Deaver‘You will want to turn off all your gadgets and read this by candlelight! Will fill you to the brim with paranoia!’ Liz Lawler'A disturbing, thought-provoking and gripping read’ Woman’s WeeklyPraise for S. K. Tremayne:‘Brilliantly eerie’ Good Housekeeping‘You will race through the final pages, desperate to find out the truth. Thought-provoking, genuinely scary, and compulsive – fantastic stuff’ Sunday Mirror‘A brilliant and compulsive thriller’ Heat‘Packed full of plot twists and turns, this book had me gripped from the start. I slept with the light on for several nights afterwards’ Sun, Book of the Week‘A grip-lit hit’ Mail on Sunday‘This excellent thriller won’t disappoint’ Closer‘If you liked Tremayne’s bestseller The Ice Twins, and spooky Gothic horror stories where things go bump in the night, then this is for you’ Daily Mail‘Atmospheric and haunting’ Independent on Sunday‘The author of last year’s bestseller The Ice Twins is back with this dark, atmospheric thriller.’ Fabulous‘A true psychological thriller, readers will be kept guessing over the many twists that surface throughout the novel. A chilling read’ WomanPraise for THE ICE TWINS:‘A magnificently creepy thriller’ Spectator‘Beautifully paced, teeming with psychological shivers, The Ice Twins is a notable debut’ The Times, Best Crime Thrillers‘Unbearably gripping and suspenseful’ Sophie Hannah‘The Ice Twins has grip, pace and bags of atmosphere … It also has one of the cleverest endings of recent thrillers’ Sunday TimesThe most gripping and original psychological thriller of 2021 from the number 1 Sunday Times bestsellerS. K. Tremayne is a bestselling novelist and award-winning travel writer, and a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines around the world. The author’s debut psychological thriller, The Ice Twins, was picked for the Richard and Judy Autumn 2015 Book Club and was a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller.Born in Devon, S. K. Tremayne now lives in London and has two daughters.The most gripping and original psychological thriller of 2021 from the number 1 Sunday Times bestseller• THE ICE TWINS was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller in hardback and a No.1 bestseller in paperback. It was chosen for the Richard and Judy Book Club in Autumn 2015• A chilling London-set psychological thriller, creepily atmospheric in the vein of Daphne Du Maurier, with a killer contemporary hook• Supported by a major marketing, publicity and online campaign• THE FIRE CHILD has been optioned for TV by Bandit, part of the EndemolShine groupCompetition: Just My Luck;The House by The Sea;Wild Fire;Blood Orange;Deadly Cry;House Guest;Where The Crawdads Sing;Forgive Me;Guest List;Push;First Date;Chalet;Other Girl;Widow;Family Upstairs. by:Mark Edwards;Harriet Tyce;Lisa Jewell;Adele Parks;Lucy Foley;Ian Rankin;Dean Koontz;Catherine Cooper;Claire McGowan
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