The Night Visitor - Softcover

Atkins, Lucy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786482185 ISBN 13: 9781786482181

Publisher: Quercus, 2017

Synopsis

'Horribly, horribly compulsive. Brilliant' Fiona Barton

How far would you go to save your reputation? The stunning new noir thriller from the author of the bestselling The Missing One and The Other Child. Perfect for fans of I Let You Go and Lie With Me.

Professor Olivia Sweetman has worked hard to achieve the life she loves, with a high-flying career as a TV presenter and historian, three children and a talented husband. But as she stands before a crowd at the launch of her new bestseller she can barely pretend to smile. Her life has spiralled into deceit and if the truth comes out, she will lose everything.

Only one person knows what Olivia has done. Vivian Tester is the socially awkward sixty-year-old housekeeper of a Sussex manor who found the Victorian diary on which Olivia's book is based. She has now become Olivia's unofficial research assistant. And Vivian has secrets of her own.

As events move between London, Sussex and the idyllic South of France, the relationship between these two women grows more entangled and complex. Then a bizarre act of violence changes everything.

The Night Visitor is a compelling exploration of ambition, morality and deception that asks the question: how far would you go to save your reputation?

'Such a sophisticated, layered read, I absolutely revelled in it' Clare Mackintosh

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Review:

The rich characterisation makes for an alarmingly plausible riches-to-rags tale (Sunday Times)

This atmospheric, propulsive novel creeps up on you like footsteps in the dead of night... a tingling layer of gothic suspense (Metro)

Fabulously dark (Woman & Home)

A complex, creepy and insidious novel (The Guardian)

Sinister, utterly compulsive...will keep your pulse racing until its dramatic denouement (Red Magazine)

An absolute cracker...Fantastic! (Sunday Mirror)

Enjoyably creepy (Sunday Express)

Utterly gripping (The Literary Review)

Brilliantly believable...you will relish every page (The People)

This is an enthralling, creepy and endlessly twisty story about secrets, lies and the destructive power of ambition. We galloped to the climax. Five stars (Heat)

Book Description:

How far would you go to save your reputation? The stunning new noir thriller from the author of the bestselling The Missing One and The Other Child. Perfect for fans of I Let You Go and Lie With Me.

About this edition

• Publisher: Quercus
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1786482185
• ISBN 13: 9781786482181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368