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    The Poison Tree: the addictive , twisty debut psychological thriller from the million-copy bestselling author

    Erin Kelly

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    It is the sweltering summer of 1997, and Karen is a strait-laced, straight-A university student. When she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world - but something terrible is about to happen, and someone's going to end up dead..

    Already drawing comparisons to Barbara Vine, Tana French and Sophie Hannah, Erin Kelly is an extraordinarily talented new author.

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    Praise for The Poison Tree

    • A beautifully crafted, evocative psychological thriller . . . A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century - The TimesA beautifully crafted, evocative psychological thriller . . . A dark, poetic, gripping, totally brilliant Brideshead Revisited for the 21st century - The TimesA terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it. - Stephen KingA terrific suspense debut, reminiscent of another British woman's auspicious bow: Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca. The shadows gather until the ending looms like a threatening figure. This one gets the writer's ultimate bit of praise: I wish I had written it. - Stephen KingAn unusually good debut psychological thriller from an author who instinctively knows how to tell a suspense story (think early Barbara Vine) and whose plotting, characterisation, fluent writing and dark humour should ensure her a successful career. - Daily MailAn unusually good debut psychological thriller from an author who instinctively knows how to tell a suspense story (think early Barbara Vine) and whose plotting, characterisation, fluent writing and dark humour should ensure her a successful career - Daily MailA wonderfully tense and foreboding thriller that is at the same time a clever, considered study of desire and a good old-fashioned page-turner. - PsychologiesA wonderfully tense and foreboding thriller that is at the same time a clever, considered study of desire and a good old-fashioned page-turner. - Psychologies

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    Erin Kelly

    Erin Kelly

    Erin Kelly is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, The Burning Air, The Ties That Bind, He Said/She Said, Stone Mothers/We Know You Know, Watch Her Fall, The Skeleton Key and The House of Mirrors, as well as Broadchurch: The Novel, inspired by the mega-hit TV series. In 2013, The Poison Tree became a major ITV drama and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read in 2011. He Said/She Said spent six weeks in the top ten in both hardback and paperback, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier crime novel of the year award, and selected for both the Simon Mayo Radio 2 and Richard & Judy Book Clubs. The Skeleton Key was selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month in 2023, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and reached number one in the Times chart. Born in London in 1976, Erin lives in north London with her husband and daughters. erinkelly.co.uk twitter.com/mserinkelly

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