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It Could Have Been Her

By Lisa Jewell
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Prepare to be hooked: The no. 1 Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author is back with a brand-new spine-tingling thriller. Absolutely stunning storytelling - Andrea Mara A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller - Claire Douglas Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written - Alice Feeney... Read More
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Prepare to be hooked: The no. 1 Sunday Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author is back with a brand-new spine-tingling thriller.

Absolutely stunning storytelling - Andrea Mara
A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller - Claire Douglas
Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written - Alice Feeney

It was the night she almost died.

Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then—a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs—Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs.

Twenty-five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing.

A fleeting glimpse of a haunted-looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets—secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her...

A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets... Prepare to be hooked: it's the new Lisa Jewell thriller.

Praise for Lisa Jewell:

Lisa Jewell is a stone cold genius! - Marian Keyes
Lisa Jewell is on top-form - Ruth Ware
A master of her craft - Michelle McDonagh
Lisa Jewell is a genius - Sabine Durrant
Lisa Jewell remains at the top of her game - Liz Nugent

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804940235

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 January 2027

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 281g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Lisa Jewell's first novel, Ralph's Party, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published another twenty-three novels, most lately a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs and None of This is True. Lisa is a number one New York Times and Sunday Times author who has sold over ten million books worldwide and been published in more than thirty languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, Daisy, a Romanian rescue dog, and a mad orange cat called Ivy. @lisajewelluk on Twitter @lisajewelluk on Instagram @lisajewellofficial on Facebook.

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