Louise Candlish is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. Our House, a #1 bestseller, won the Crime & Thriller Book of the Year at the 2019 British Book Awards, was longlisted for the 2019 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award. It is soon to be a major ITV drama made by Death in Paradise producers Red Planet Pictures. Louise lives in London with her husband and daughter. Visit her at LouiseCandlish.com or connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish.
'From Our House to Those People, Candlish knows
exactly how to excavate the seething social tensions between her
characters, creating delicious thrillers that are also really
good fun . . . Filled with really excellent twists (one
made my head hurt, but it was so good), read this and be
transported down Candish's river of dark deeds' * Stylist, 'Best
books out in June' *
'The queen of the urban thriller returns with her winning
blend of whodunit and thoroughly unreliable narrators. Jamie has
given up the rat-race for an easier life with a riverboat commute
on the Thames in the company of his younger, brasher neighbour,
Kit. But when Kit goes missing, Jamie is the prime suspect even
though he had nothing to do with his friend's disappearance. Or did
he?' * Red *
'One of the twistiest plots you'll ever read. If you liked
The Girl on a Train, you'll love this' * Cosmopolitan *
'A brilliantly slippery tale, stylish, suspenseful and
absorbing' * Best *
'Louise Candlish is one of our favourite authors, and this is as
gripping as her other novels. You won't want to put down this
roller coaster read!' * Closer *
'Not only is Candlish a terrific storyteller, she has the
gift of making you care about unlikable characters, while her
observations about generational conflict are sharp enough to
make you wince' * Guardian *
'Whenever a Louise Candlish book arrives, we drop everything to
read it. Gripping from start to finish' * Bella *
'Compelling tale of London property noir... With its tight
cast and stylish backdrops, sharp plotting and clear narrative
voice, I'll be amazed if we don't see The Other Passenger
on screen before long' * London Evening Standard *
'Oh, the delicious agony of witnessing Louise Candlish's
ordinary, flawed bourgeois characters become warped by dark
impulses, then twisting even further to avoid the consequences.
Jamie and Clare, middle-aged and prosperous - though with fault
lines - become enthralled by young new neighbours Kit and Melia.
And as Jamie's telling of the story unfolds, the layers of plot
astound'
* Sunday Times Crime Club *
'Another clever tale from the author of Our House' *
Prima *
'A chillingly addictive and glamorous thriller, set on and
around London's famous river and as murky as the Thames itself,
with a disturbing denouement that would keep Christie herself
guessing' * Sunday Post *
'This brilliantly plotted thriller takes a classic film noir
set-up and transplants it to modern London with terrific
style and surprising heart' * Mail on Sunday *
'Louise Candlish helped launch the 'property noir' genre with
Our House and Those People. In The Other
Passenger, she brings murder to the London commute...
That tempting trip down the river may never look quite the same
again' * Observer *
'Addictive page turner... This author is so good at twisty yet
completely believable domestic thrillers' * Good Housekeeping
*
'Candlish has carved a delicious niche recently - creating tales of
lightly unpleasant people in sticky domestic situations - and
she delivers again with this superior thriller' * Crime Review
*
'A slippery tale of double-crossing and deviousness, this
stylish, noirish thriller is suspenseful and utterly
absorbing' * Sunday Mirror *
'An ingenious thriller about the corrosive effect of
snobbery, money and jealousy on relationships, with a plot as
serpentine as the river commute' * Irish Independent *
'If you're a fan of Louise Candlish, you'll soon be adding
The Other Passenger to your favourites list - and if you're
not already a fan, you soon will be... The suspense is
maddening, and the conclusion refreshing, with plenty of twists
to keep you hooked until the last page' * Press Association *
'The pacing is first rate, as is the handling of the
first-person narration' * Sunday Times *
'The Other Passenger is just brilliant; gripping from
the first page with an incredible first person narrative and a
sense of place that pulls you through the pages fast enough to make
your head spin. Louise Candlish just gets better and better, I
love her' -- Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs
'I'm a HUGE fan of Louise Candlish's writing but she really
knocks it out of the park with this one, with its Hitchcockian
atmosphere of mounting dread and almost unbearable suspense,
building to its astonishing conclusion. And it's all so
frighteningly credible because the characters are so brilliantly
drawn, so knowable. A must read!' -- Lucy Foley, author of
The Guest List
'Louise Candlish is the queen of the sucker-punch twist and
she's done it again with The Other Passenger' -- Ruth Ware,
author of The Turn of the Key
'Dark and clever and terrific in all its
twists and turns'
-- Nicci French, author of the Frieda Klein series and The Lying
Room
'A smart, twisty thriller that explores how money can warp
relationships and destroy lives. A compulsive read that
builds to an unimaginable climax. I couldn't put it down!'
-- Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door
'The Other Passenger combines a tightly constructed,
corkscrewing plot, a great sense of pace, and a sly critique of
London's corrosive but necessary obsession with money. Highly
recommended' -- Sarah Vaughan, author of Little Disasters
'A novel like a roulette wheel at full tilt: smooth, hypnotic,
relentless, exciting - and ultimately, just as unpredictable...
Like every Candlish thriller, The Other Passenger is
psychological suspense at its most elegant and sinister' --
AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
'Louise is the mistress of the 'Oh my God, this could be me'
nightmare. It played havoc with my head and nervous stomach
from start to finish' -- Fiona Barton, author of The Suspect
'A stunning masterwork of style and suspense. The Other
Passenger is one of those novels that grabs us from the start, then
keeps us up all night by brilliantly peeling back the layers of the
story until we arrive-shockingly-at the truth. I can't think of
another novel in which the characters are so perfectly drawn'
-- Jeffery Deaver, author of The Never Game
'What a stunner! Equal parts riveting, twisty, and
unsettling. I constantly questioned which of these characters I
could trust-the answer, to my delight, turned out to be none of
them. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!' -- Stephanie Wrobel,
author of The Recovery of Rose Gold
'An instant classic, with so many twists and turns it
made my head spin. Louise Candlish is the queen of intelligent,
classy thrillers' -- Mark Edwards, author of Here to Stay
'I've always loved Louise Candlish's stylish and atmospheric
writing but she has taken it to another level with his book.
The Other Passenger grabs you from the first page and
tightens its grip with every brilliant twist. Outstanding'
-- Catherine Isaac, author of You Me Everything
'A gripping read with a brilliant first-person
narrative. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. It's so
good!' -- BA Paris, author of The Dilemma
'Nobody writes so incisively about couples' * Daily Mail, Books of
the Year 2020 *
'Cleverly captures the envy zeitgeist' * Stylist *
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