Short Straw

Holly Seddon

Orion Publishing Group, Limited

The Short Straw: ‘An intensely readable and gripping pageturner’ - Alex Michaelides, author of THE SILENT PATIENT

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Try Not to Breathe: Gripping psychological thriller bestseller and perfect holiday read

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Corvus

Don't Close Your Eyes

For fans of Gillian Flynn, Laura Lippman, and Paula Hawkins comes Holly Seddon s arresting fiction debut an engrossing thriller full of page-turning twists and turns, richly imagined characters, and gripping psychological suspense.  "Some secrets never die. They re just locked away." Alex Dale is lost. Destructive habits have cost her a marriage and a journalism career. All she has left is her routine: a morning run until her body aches, then a few hours of forgettable work before the past grabs hold and drags her down. Every day is treading water, every night is drowning. Until Alex discovers Amy Stevenson. Amy Stevenson, who was just another girl from a nearby town until the day she was found unconscious after a merciless assault. Amy Stevenson, who has been in a coma for fifteen years, forgotten by the world. Amy Stevenson, who, unbeknownst to her doctors, remains locked inside her body, conscious but paralyzed, reliving the past.  Soon Alex s routine includes visiting hours at the hospital, then interviews with the original suspects in the attack. But what starts as a reporter s story becomes a personal obsession. How do you solve a crime when the only witness lived but cannot tell the tale? Unable to tear herself away from her attempt to uncover the unspeakable truth, Alex realizes she s not just chasing a story she s seeking salvation.  Shifting from present to past and back again, "Try Not to Breathe" unfolds layer by layer until its heart-stopping conclusion. The result is an utterly immersive, unforgettable debut.  Advance praise for "Try Not to Breathe" "" A razor-sharp plot and wonderfully complex characters . . . Not since "The Girl on the Train "have I been so captivated by a work of suspense. "New York Times" bestselling author Tess Gerritsen  A fast-paced debut aboutlong-buried secrets and tangled truths. "New York Times "bestselling author Kimberly McCreight  Engrossing . . . Seddon s storytelling skills are strong. . . . The world she s constructed is fascinating and slightly dark. "Kirkus Reviews""

Try Not to Breathe [Paperback] Holly Seddon

Penguin??Books

Love Will Tear Us Apart

Romance

Contemporary

A juicy, powerful read featuring twin sisters who have drifted apart, and the shocking family secrets that bind them—for readers of The Woman in Cabin 10 and I Let You GoWhen the past knocks, someone must answer. In a bustling suburban neighborhood in Manchester, England, sits an unassuming house. There is no sign of life behind the unwashed windows, but Robin Marshall is inside. Driven by fears and obsessions, racked by anxiety, Robin is frantically pushing her body through punishing workouts, eating little, haunted by what happened to her family when she was a girl. Robin’s only connection to the outside world is through her rear windows and the lives she spies upon in the apartment house across the way. Then a stranger starts pounding on her door. Sarah Marshall is Robin’s twin, estranged from her sister after their parents’ betrayal and a violation at the hands of a man she should have been able to trust. Sarah has recently lost custody of the child she loves more than anything and has set off on her own, hoping that somewhere in England she can find Robin, the braver twin, the rock star, the survivor, the savior. These two young women, polar opposites, cannot go on unless they reckon with the past. While Sarah, slowly unraveling, searches for her sister’s hiding place, Robin sees another life hanging in the balance in the lighted windows across the street. It is a life only Robin can save—as long as she never looks away. In a novel that is stunning in its twists, shocks, and gripping psychological suspense, two sisters find themselves on the razor’s edge of sanity. Untold secrets, a ghastly lie, and suffocating guilt hold them back. Only one astounding act can set them free. And one last revelation will leave readers gasping in surprise.Advance praise for Don’t Close Your Eyes“[A] smartly plotted psychological thriller . . . [Holly] Seddon skillfully pieces together the now-estranged twins’ lives. . . . Plenty of last-minute bombshells await.”—Publishers Weekly Praise for Holly Seddon’s Try Not to Breathe “A razor-sharp, fast-paced plot and wonderfully complex characters . . . Not since The Girl on the Train have I been so captivated by a work of suspense.”—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of I Know a Secret “Delivers the high-quality thrills and intriguing characters that readers demand in the best of psychological thrillers.”—Associated Press “A fast-paced debut about long-buried secrets and tangled truths.”—Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Where They Found Her “Try not to breathe, try not to make plans, try not to commit to anything in fact till you have finished [Holly Seddon’s] debut novel, because we must warn you now—you’ll be fully hooked from page one.”—Glamour (U.K.) “Fascinating . . . Seddon’s storytelling skills are strong and the book is engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews “A brilliant, beautifully written thriller.”—Augusten Burroughs, New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors “This gripping thriller about family and redemption will keep readers engaged to the very end.”—Publishers Weekly

Don't Close Your Eyes: The astonishing psychological thriller from bestselling author of Try Not to Breathe

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