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Behind Her Eyes: The Sunday Times #1 best selling psychological thriller Hardcover – 26 Jan. 2017
Don’t Trust This Book
Don’t Trust These People
Don’t Trust Yourself
And whatever you do, DON’T give away that ending…
Louise
Since her husband walked out, Louise has made her son her world, supporting them both with her part-time job. But all that changes when she meets…
David
Young, successful and charming – Louise cannot believe a man like him would look at her twice let alone be attracted to her. But that all comes to a grinding halt when she meets his wife…
Adele
Beautiful, elegant and sweet – Louise's new friend seems perfect in every way. As she becomes obsessed by this flawless couple, entangled in the intricate web of their marriage, they each, in turn, reach out to her.
But only when she gets to know them both does she begin to see the cracks… Is David really the man she thought she knew and is Adele as vulnerable as she appears?
Just what terrible secrets are they both hiding and how far will they go to keep them?
***Soon to be a major new Netflix series***
'Bloody brilliant' Stephen King
‘Piledriver domestic thriller with pull-the-rug-out ending’ Ian Rankin (on Twitter)
‘A dark, electrifying page-turner with a corker of an ending’ Harlan Coben
‘This year’s must-read thriller’ Evening Standard
‘The most unsettling thriller of the year… Read it now before someone spoils the ending for you’ John Connolly
‘Everyone will be talking about this book’ Stylist
‘Masterful writing that crackles with tension, before detonating that ending’ Angela Clarke
‘One of the best endings to a book’ Prima
‘Just when you think you’ve nailed it, Pinborough pulls the rug out from underneath you’ Sam Baker
‘The ending's a shocker that makes you want to read the novel all over again’ Woman and Home
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date26 Jan. 2017
- Dimensions15.9 x 3.5 x 24 cm
- ISBN-109780008131968
- ISBN-13978-0008131968
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Adele.
Beautiful, elegant and sweet – Louise's new friend seems perfect in every way. As she becomes obsessed by this flawless couple, entangled in the intricate web of their marriage, they each, in turn, reach out to her.
But only when she gets to know them both does she begin to see the cracks. Is David really is the man she thought she knew and is Adele as vulnerable as she appears?
Just what terrible secrets are they both hiding and how far will they go to keep them?
‘Fully realized characters, peerless writing, a tank of a plot that sustains the suspense right to the end, and a whammy of a finale. It takes a lot to catch me out, but this one did. It'll get you too.’ Joanne Harris.
Behind Her Eyes
Don’t Trust This Book.
Don’t Trust These People.
Don’t Trust Yourself.
And whatever you do, Don’t give away that ending.
‘Sarah Pinborough is about to become your new obsession’ Harlan Coben.
Louise.
Since her husband walked out, Louise has made her son her world, supporting them both with her part-time job. But all that changes when she meets.
David.
Young, successful and charming – Louise cannot believe a man like him would look at her twice let alone be attracted to her. But that all comes to a grinding halt when she meets his wife.
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Review
Praise for the Sunday Times Bestseller, Behind Her Eyes:
'Bloody Brilliant' Stephen King
‘Piledriver domestic thriller with pull-the-rug-out ending’ IAN RANKIN (on Twitter)
‘A dark, electrifying page-turner with a corker of an ending’ HARLAN COBEN
‘This year’s must-read thriller’ EVENING STANDARD
‘The most unsettling thriller of the year… Read it now before someone spoils the ending for you’ JOHN CONNOLLY
‘Everyone will be talking about this book’ STYLIST
‘Masterful writing that crackles with tension, before detonating that ending’ ANGELA CLARKE
‘One of the best endings to a book’ PRIMA
‘Just when you think you’ve nailed it, Pinborough pulls the rug out from underneath you’ SAM BAKER
‘The ending's a shocker that makes you want to read the novel all over again’ WOMAN AND HOME
‘Set to be one of the most talked-about books of 2017’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
‘Not your standard unexpected outcome’ SUNDAY TIMES CULTURE
Book Description
The Sunday Times #1 best selling psychological thriller
About the Author
Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Sarah Pinborough is a critically acclaimed, award-winning, adult and YA author. She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and has several original television projects in development.
Product details
- ASIN : 0008131961
- Publisher : HarperCollins (26 Jan. 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780008131968
- ISBN-13 : 978-0008131968
- Dimensions : 15.9 x 3.5 x 24 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 24,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 2,309 in Women Sleuths (Books)
- 2,826 in Psychological Thrillers (Books)
- 4,923 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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About the authors
Sarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling and Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author who is published in over 30 territories worldwide. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent books include Behind Her Eyes, now a smash hit Netflix limited series, Dead To Her, now in development with Amazon Studios, and 13 Minutes and The Death House in development with Compelling Pictures.
Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel and was shortlisted for the British Book Award for best Thriller.
Sarah lives in the historic town of Stony Stratford, the home of the Cock and Bull story, with her dog Ted.
You can follow her on Twitter @sarahpinborough
Sarah Pinborough is a New York Times bestselling and Sunday Times Number one and Internationally bestselling author who is published in over 25 territories worldwide. Having published more than 25 novels across various genres, her recent books include Behind Her Eyes which will air on Netflix in January 2021, Cross Her Heart, in development for UK television, and 13 Minutes in development with Netflix.
Sarah was the 2009 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Short Story and also the 2010 and 2014 winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and she has four times been short-listed for Best Novel. She is also a screenwriter who has written for the BBC and is currently working on three TV projects and the film adaptation of her novel The Death House.
Her latest novel, DEAD TO HER and is a dark and twisty, sexy tale of hidden secrets and revenge in high society Savannah and has been sold for TV in the US.
Sarah lives in the historic town of Stony Stratford, the home of the Cock and Bull story, with her dog Ted.
You can follow her on Twitter @sarahpinborough
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I may be a teeny bit biased when it comes to Sarah Pinborough's books - I have yet to read one that I didn't enjoy. But really. You have to read this book, just do. I'm going to be nagging everyone to do that and you may as well give in sooner rather than later.
Not only is it Pinborough at her very best (and that's something in itself) but it's Pinborough leaping and vaulting over genre boundaries, authorial conventions and the reader's sense of where the book is going. You may think you're got it sussed, but you haven't. Not for nothing has the hashtag #wtfthat ending been going round.
Which sort of makes it hard to review. I'm generally not precious about spoilers but - for once - I really, really mustn't say anything about the ending. Beyond, perhaps... no. Nothing.
Begin at the beginning then? It opens with what might almost be a spell:
"Pinch myself and say I AM AWAKE once an hour.
Look at my hands. Count my fingers.
Look at clock (or watch), look away, look back.
Stay calm and focused.
Think of a door."
What's going on? Whose spell is it? What do they want?
This is the story of Adele, of David and of Louise.
Troubled Adele (we hear some of her thoughts) who desperately loves her husband David
David, who denies Adele a phone or credit cards, and has control of her money. Who seems himself desperately unhappy. Stressed. But controlling, in charge. Who moves the household from one place to another, changing jobs, sloughing off friendships.
And who fancies Louise.
Insecure Louise, still smarting from her divorce, a bit heavier than she'd like, devoted to her six year old son, ready for a little love or even just some tenderness.
It's also the story of a girl and boy in a lonely institution. Of the mind games and cruelties that people play on each other when they think they are in love, when they want things, when they are afraid. Of the lengths they'll go to.
It's a psychological thriller, very much so. But. If you've read Pinborough's last two books there is a sense in which it's the natural outgrowth of, a sort of thematic sequel to, both The Death House and 13 Minutes. The flashbacks show a deep understanding of the younger versions of the characters and while the "now" parts are more adult-focussed, the truth of what's going on rests very much on how those people were formed, who they really were and as in those stories, Pinborough infuses naturalistic settings and real - oh how tangibly real - people with a delicate sensibility of horror. Like a little speck of blight in the perfect rose, or the whiff of death in a still life. Remember that thou shalt die.
Which I think distinguishes this story from the currently popular 'grit-lit' of the The Girl who did the Thing type. Yes, there is psychological tension here, by the bucketful. David - controlling, watchful, but desirable. What's his real agenda? Adele - well, we see her point of view, she tells us she's up to something but it doesn't quite make sense. Is she the victim, trying the regain her freedom? Or the villain? Does she want revenge? For what exactly?
And Louise - what's her game? Is she really Adele's friend or will she betray her with David?
Together these three wheel and leap through the story like gymnasts. The reader is never quite sure what to expect. Louise is the one who sets herself the task of solving the mystery: she feels that only by understanding Adele's and David's past can she understand their present and free herself from them. She's helped by a battered notebook - but we, the readers, know more than her as tricksy Pinborough gives us both Adele's thoughts and the occasional flashback. It's all about viewpoints, I think, the past seen through different pairs of eyes. And information: who knows what about who, and when. Towards the end of the book one character compares things to a jigsaw puzzle that's about to be completed - but that's optimistic. These pieces keep changing shape and colour.
If that all sounds a bit clever-clever, don't worry - this is more than a pacey thriller, but it is, also, a very pacey thriller. From that first page, it casts its spell (Pinborough's also done some compelling versions of classic fairy stories, and it shows) and the reader - well, this one - just has to keep on, sympathising by turns with Louise, Adele and David: wary by turns of Louise, Adele and David, baffled at what's happening, but knowing, just knowing that there's stuff bobbing under the surface.
And praying it's just a lump of weed, not a putrid corpse.
This book remained in my thoughts long after reading - it's not so much (or not only) what happens in the story, but what you realise will happen after.
Creepy as anything, and simply brilliant.
David and Adele have moved to the area, they have the 'perfect' marriage, life and home. Louise works in a doctors office/physicist type place and has a son Adam. She split up with her husband Ian a while ago now, but they stay civil for Adam. Louise met David in a bar one night but currently has no idea who he is, that is until he walks through the office doors where she works and turns out to be the new doctor there.
This story is about the 3 of them, Adele, David and Louise and how their lives intertwine, I thought it was written very well and throughout the novel I kept changing my mind on different things, my feelings for the characters also changed throughout the book and I couldn't see which direction the story was going in.
This is a very difficult book to review, mainly because I don't want to spoil it for anyone but also because I want to discuss that ending, personally the second twist I feel was one too far and Pinborough should have stopped at just the first twist, had she have done that, this book would have got 5*. I feel that the second twist was unnecessary and actually didn't bring an awful lot extract to the story for me, it just made me cross and left me with a sour taste in my mouth as I thought it was silly.
Although the second twist in the book did spoil it for me, I feel that this was still a good read, one that does live up to the hype and if you enjoy thrillers you should pick this one up. I would also recommend you read other Pinborough novels as they are written well and keep you hooked from early on. I really did enjoy 98% of the book, if only the last 5 pages didn't exist. Hopefully after you have read this you will understand what I mean.
Overall though an enjoyable read that I would recommend and I will be passing my book on to a friend.
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If you are among the very few people on this planet who haven't either read the book or watched the show, and if you love well-crafted mysteries with unexpected twists, don't look any further: 'Behind Her Eyes' is the book you have been looking for! I can guarantee you won't be able to guess what's going on until the final revelation. The last chapter will leave you shaken and speechless.