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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 CWA TWISTER DAGGER AWARD
From the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Memory Wood...
'Blood-chilling...The best hook of any thriller in the last few years' - Helen Fields, bestselling author of The Profiler
WHEN DID YOUR CHILD BECOME A KILLER?
When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those friends who became parents first: you'd do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, to keep them safe.
So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max covered in blood - panic flooding his voice, swearing it was a mistake - Joseph does the only thing he can.
He helps Max bury the body.
Joseph thinks that's the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .
You'd do anything for your child - even cover up a murder. But would you do it twice?
'A twisty, relatable, endlessly gripping thriller' - TM LOGAN, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Daughter
'Brilliantly written and genuinely terrifying' - that's life (Crime Scene)
'The definition of unputdownable. A fantastic thriller.' - LISA BALLANTYNE, bestselling author of The Guilty One
'So tense I could barely breathe!' - JACKIE KABLER, bestselling author of The Revenge Plot
'A razor-sharp thriller, atmospheric, intense, unnerving and addictive, I devoured every inch of this book!'
'I was hooked after the first chapter....unputdownable!'
'Never lets up with thrills...deserves 5 stars and more'
'A fabulous thriller of a book...truly nail-biting'
Praise for Sam Lloyd:
'Propulsive, sinister, gripping.' - ALEX MICHAELIDES
'An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.' - SHARI LAPENA
'Original, creepy, utterly addictive.' - ANDREA MARA
'Remarkable. Undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time.' - LESLEY KARA
'Fiendishly clever.' - Sunday Times
'A rare new thriller talent.' - Daily Mail
About the Author
Sam Lloyd grew up in Hampshire, where he learned his love of storytelling. These days he lives in Surrey with his wife, three young sons and a dog that likes to howl. His first three thrillers, The Memory Wood, The Rising Tide and The People Watcher were published to great critical acclaim.
Reviews
The Bodies by Sam Lloyd has possibly the best hook of any thriller/psychological suspense in the last few years...it's a blood-chilling, mind-bending, stress-inducing nightmare...I loved it, raced through it, can't praise it highly enough.' * Helen Fields, million-copy bestselling author of The Institution and the DI Callanach Thrillers *
Brilliantly written and genuinely terrifying. * that's life (Crime Scene) *
A twisty, relatable and relentlessly gripping thriller that plays on every parent's darkest fear. The tension never lets up for a moment. * TM Logan, author of The Daughter and The Dream Home *
A suburban Breaking Bad. Expertly plotted. The definition of unputdownable. A fantastic thriller. * Lisa Ballantyne, bestselling author of The Guilty One *
A nightmare scenario - and just when you think the nightmare is over, it gets worse. I was so tense I could barely breathe! * Jackie Kabler, author of The Life Sentence *
Praise for Sam Lloyd * : *
Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent. * Daily Mail *
Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It's undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time. * Lesley Kara *
An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller. * Shari Lapena *
Propulsive, sinister, gripping. * Alex Michaelides, international bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fear *
Book Information
ISBN 9781529177411
Author Sam Lloyd
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Penguin (Transworld)
Publisher Transworld Publishers Ltd
Weight(grams) 274g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 25mm
