The Killer Next Door

The electrifying, addictive thriller from the author of the Edgar-Award winning sensation The Wicked Girls 'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING Pre-order Alex Marwood's sensational new thriller, The Island of Lost Girls, now! __________ No. 23 has a secret. In this bedsit-riddled south London wreck, lorded over by a lecherous landlord, something waits to be discovered. Yet all six residents have something to hide. Collette and Cher are on the run; Thomas is a reluctant loner; while a gorgeous Iranian asylum seeker and a 'quiet man' nobody sees try to stay hidden. And watching over them all is Vesta - or so she thinks. In the dead of night, a terrible accident pushes the neighbours into an uneasy alliance. But one of them is a killer, expertly hiding their pastime, all the while closing in on their next victim... As a cloying heatwave suffocates the city, events build to an electrifying climax in this dark, original and irresistibly compelling thriller, perfect for fans of The Suspect by Fiona Barton and The Rumour by Lesley Kara __________ Praise for Alex Marwood 'So good I wish I'd written it myself' VAL MCDERMID 'Scary as hell' STEPHEN KING 'Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally' SOPHIE HANNAH 'Without a doubt, she is one of crime fiction's brightest stars' MEGAN ABBOTT 'I'm in awe' MARK EDWARDS 'I cancel all engagements and turn off my phone for a new Alex Marwood book' ERIN KELLY