Lasting Damage: a completely gripping and unputdownable crime thriller packed with twists to keep you on the edge of your seat

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It's 1.15 a.m. Connie Bowskill should be asleep. Instead, she's logging on to a property website in search of a particular house: 11 Bentley Grove, Cambridge. She knows it's for sale; she saw the estate agent's board in the front garden less than six hours ago.

Soon Connie is clicking on the 'Virtual Tour' button, keen to see the inside of 11 Bentley Grove and put her mind at rest once and for all. She finds herself looking at a scene from a nightmare: in the living room, in the middle of the carpet, there's a woman lying face down in a huge pool of blood. In shock, Connie wakes her husband Kit. But when Kit sits down at the computer to take a look, he sees no dead body, only a pristine beige carpet in a perfectly ordinary room . . .

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Praise for Lasting Damage

  • The great thing about Sophie Hannah thrillers is that at first you have no idea what s going on, but really want to find out. Hannah is known for ingenious twists in her clever plots, and she s in form in this latest offering. - The Sunday Telegraph Somehow you know the answers won t be pleasant, but your need to find [them] will rival Connie s as she feels her way through a blinding storm of obsession and violence. - Australian Women's Weekly Lasting Damage is masterfully crafted. Hannah s particular skill is how well she incorporates psychological motivations of each of the characters while manipulating the reader at the same time. - Courier Mail Sophie Hannah has steadily established herself as one of the leading lights of the new wave of British crime writers. Each of her novels has featured clever, unusual plot lines that draw the reader in through the sheer mysteriousness of the central conceit... an engaging psychological suspense novel. - Canberra Times Hannah is in fine form in this engaging thriller. - The WeekPraise for Sophie Hannah - :Hannah takes domestic scenarios, adds disquieting touches and turns up the suspense until you're checking under the bed for murders - IndependentIt's a given that nothing will be as it seems in the latest psychological thriller from Sophie Hannah, who marries complex plots with crisp, conversational prose - Marie Claire

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Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is a Sunday Times, New York Times and Amazon Kindle No. 1 bestselling author whose books have sold millions of copies and are published in 51 countries. She was the first person to write and publish new Hercule Poirot mysteries, at the request of Agatha Christie's family and estate. In 2023 she won the Dagger in the Library Award, and in 2013 she won the UK National Book Awards Crime Novel of the Year prize for her novel The Carrier. Sophie is also an award-winning poet whose work is studied at GCSE level across the UK, and has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her murder mystery musical, The Mystery of Mr E, was released as a feature film in 2023. Sophie is the founder and coach at Dream Author Coaching, and her recent self-help book about how to make brilliant decisions, The Double Best Method, was an Amazon top ten bestseller. Sophie lives with her husband, grown-up children and dog in Cambridge, where she is an honorary fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.

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