Superbly smart and filled with mounting suspense, Twelve Secrets follows an acclaimed true crime journalist who must face the traumatic memories of his brother’s murder, as their hometown plays host to a fresh killing.
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.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780751582772
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 348 g
Dimensions: 196 x 124 x 34 mm
Fast-paced and brimming with superb characters. I couldn't put it down for a single second. Twelve stars! - LISA JEWELL
Twelve Secrets is a smart, satisfying, one-of-a-kind thriller that entertained me from start to finish. It examines the confluence of family loyalties and dark secrets while keeping the plot boiling. - JAMES PATTERSON
Utterly absorbing - SHARI LAPENA
Ominous at the beginning, breathless by the end ... this is excellent hardcore suspense - LEE CHILD
A pacey thriller full of twists and turns. You won't be able to put TWELVE SECRETS down until the very end. - KARIN SLAUGHTER
A fine debut - The Sunday Times (Books of the Year)
Twelve Secrets is rather special. So clever, so engrossing, a genuine 'just one more page' kind of book - M. W. CRAVEN
What a tangled web! Brilliantly woven and then carefully unravelled for the big revelations at the end. A totally gripping read. - SUSAN LEWIS
Absolutely addictive. An unforgettable and nuanced cast of characters, a claustrophobic setting, and a suspenseful and chilling examination of the dark and destructive power of secrets. You will sleep with your eyes open after reading this one. - GILLY MACMILLAN
A tightly-woven thriller that races to a conclusion I didn't see coming - NELL PATTISON
Original, unputdownable and a really great read - KATIE FFORDE
I adored TWELVE SECRETS - It was so much twisty-turny fun and I loved the characters and how their secrets unravelled. It's a fast-paced, utterly gripping thriller - a definite twelve out of ten! - VANESSA SAVAGE
A fantastic, plot-twisting debut. Original and addictive. - CAMERON WARD
Twelve Secrets contains cliff-hangers and revelations galore. [It] is all plot, plot, plot - and, boy, what a lot it's got. - THE TIMES
Fast-paced and shocking. - Woman's Weekly
A page-turner with a final revelation that satisfies by being unguessable but retrospectively inevitable - Morning Star
Satisfyingly twisty, straight from Harlan Coben territory and surely Netflix bound - IRISH INDEPENDENT
One very twisty tale - HEAT
A really addictive psychological thriller that holds the attention throughout and has some excellent characters.
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Thank you so much for allowing me access to read this book! This book was one of the best I have read in a long while!! I found it so engrossing and barely put it down until it was finished. Set in a fictional area of... More
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