The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller - Softcover

McBeth, Colette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472205995 ISBN 13: 9781472205995

Publisher: Headline Review, 2015

Synopsis

You know those books you feel jealous of everyone reading? This is one of those those. Read it. Savour it. Talk about it. Share it.

'The plot is taut and compelling, the writing excellent, but it's the exciting narrative structure that sets it apart - a three-strand storyline, one told by a woman who has already been murdered' (Marian Keyes Guardian)

Everyone tells her she's a survivor. No-one knows she's dead inside.

Six years ago Melody was left for dead. When the body of another woman, Eve, is discovered, Melody knows her attacker is still out there. The only way she can survive is to follow the clues of the life that Eve left behind.

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Review:

Lots of women published great, grippy thrillers this year - Colette McBeth's The Life I Left Behind (Headline Review) is one of the best. The plot is taut and compelling, the writing excellent, but it's the exciting narrative structure that sets it apart - a three-strand storyline, one told by a woman who has already been murdered. (Marian Keyes Guardian)

One of the best books of the year (Sun)

The Life I Left Behind is a rare thing; a well-paced, meticulously-researched thriller which is not just gripping but compassionate, too (Paula Hawkins, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN)

Absolutely amazing. Grip-Lit of the highest order. Brilliant. (Marian Keyes)

A creepy and clever thriller (Fabulous)

Dark and clever murder tale with a twist (Heat)

McBeth pulls it off with aplomb (Glamour)

This intriguing and twisty thriller kept me reading into the night (Woman & Home)

McBeth's is a much better realisation of the same theme [as The Lovely Bones] and, psychologically, by far the more interesting accomplishment (Independent)

If a more affecting psychological thriller is published this year, it will be a very good book indeed (Irish Times)

Book Description:

The Life I Left Behind is a rare thing; a well-paced, meticulously-researched thriller which is not just gripping but compassionate, too. Paula Hawkins, THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN.You know those books you feel jealous of everyone reading? This is one of those those. Read it. Savour it. Talk about it. Share it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Review
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472205995
• ISBN 13: 9781472205995
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400