The Only Suspect

Louise Candlish is the Sunday Times bestselling author of fifteen previous novels, including the #1 bestseller Our House, winner of the British Book Awards 2019 Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and now a major four-part ITV drama starring Martin Compston and Tuppence Middleton. The Other Passenger was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and was longlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award 2021. Several of her titles are now in development for the screen. Louise lives in south London with her husband, teenage daughter and fox-red Labrador, Bertie. Connect with her on Twitter @Louise_Candlish, Facebook.com/LouiseCandlishAuthor or Instagram.com/louisecandlish.  

Louise Candlish has done it again! The writing is exquisite and I devoured every succulent twist and turn on my way to the wholly satisfying conclusion -- Russ Thomas

A superstar of psychological thrillers -- Daily Mail

Candlish controls the drip feed of information and ramps up the tension to great effect -- The Guardian

[Candlish] confirms her reputation for unsettling, well-carpentered plots -- Sunday Times

You'll have a delightful sense of disorientation on the long road to discovering how the two storylines are connected, before arriving at the immensely satisfying conclusion -- Daily Express/Daily Mirror

Candlish has a distinctive take on the contemporary psychological thriller. She skilfully mixes a droll portrayal of middle-class London suburban life with some extremely cunning plots -- Mail on Sunday

This dual-timeline, domestic-noir tale is a tense, read-in-one-sitting thriller -- The Sun on Sunday Fabulous Magazine

The plot is clever, the characters are unpleasantly credible and the revelations give the tiniest sense of reassurance -- Literary Review

When it comes to mind-blowing twists, award-winning author Louise Candlish knows her stuff -- Woman & Home

I'm a huge fan of this thriller writer's clever, serpentine stories. When the waste ground behind his house is approved for development, it spells trouble for Alex, who is hiding a big secret - but what? Just when I thought I'd figured it out, along came another twist! -- Good Housekeeping

From an author who really does know how to knock it out of the park with her gripping plots... taut and tense, this is fabulous -- Prima

Tense, taut and twisty. Candlish is a master of her craft -- Plantinum

Just when you think you've got this twisty thriller sussed, the rug gets pulled yet again -- Crime Monthly

Expect twists and double twists from the queen of the domestic noir thriller -- Red

The queen of mind-blowing twists, Louise