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A gripping new psychological thriller from S. J. Watson

Blackwood Bay. An ordinary place, home to ordinary people.

It used to be a buzzing seaside destination. Now, ravaged by the effects of dwindling tourism and economic downturn, it's a ghost town—and the perfect place for film-maker Alex to shoot her new documentary.

But the community is deeply suspicious of her intentions. After all, nothing exciting ever happens in Blackwood Bay—or does it?

S. J. Watson's first novel, Before I Go to Sleep (2011), has sold more than six million copies worldwide. It won the Crime Writers' Association Award for Best Debut Novel and the Galaxy National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year. The film of the book, starring Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong, was released in 2014. S. J. Watson's second novel, Second Life, a psychological thriller, was published to acclaim in 2015. S. J. Watson was born in the Midlands and now lives in London.

'The summer's single most suspenseful plot belongs to Before I Go To Sleep...pure page-turner.' New York Times, on Before I Go to Sleep

'As far as psychological thrillers go, you can't get much more psychological, or more thrilling.' Age on Before I Go to Sleep