DREAD SAY. MITCHELL

A dark and gripping domestic noir thriller from bestselling author, Dreda Say Mitchell,

A Twisty Dark Psychological Thriller

Spare Room

Dreda Mitchell

The number 1 international bestseller everyone is talking about. Home Is Where The Nightmare Is Beautiful double room to let to single person Lisa, a troubled young woman with a past, can’t believe her luck when she finds A Beautiful room to rent in a large house. The live-in owners are a kind and welcoming couple. Everything is fine until she finds a suicide note hidden in her room. But when the couple insist this man didn’t exist and that Lisa is their first tenant, Lisa begins to doubt herself. Compelled to uncover the secrets of the man who lived in the room before her, Lisa is alarmed when increasingly disturbing incidents start to happen. Someone doesn’t want Lisa to find out the truth. As the four walls of this house and its secrets begin to close in on Lisa, she descends into a hellish hall of mirrors where she’s not sure what’s real and what’s not as she claws her way towards the truth... This room has already claimed one victim. Is it about to take another? What everyone is saying about Dreda Say Mitchell: Dreda awarded an MBE in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours List ‘As good as it gets.’ Lee Child ‘A truly original voice.’ Peter James ‘Thrilling.’ Sunday Express Books of the Year ‘Awesome tale from a talented writer.’ Sun ‘Fast-paced and full of twists and turns.’ Crime Scene Magazine Dreda Say Mitchell is the bestselling and critically-acclaimed author of the Gangland Girls and Flesh and Blood Series, as well as the DI Rio Wray fast-paced thrillers; Vendetta & Death Trap. Spare Room is a stunning stand-alone psychological thriller, which will appeal to readers of domestic noir, as well as fans of authors like Cara Hunter, B A Paris and Rachel Abbott.

Ruth Parker 

Lisa moves into a spare room of a large house in London, living with a married couple, next door to a creepy lady. Soon the couple are trying to get rid of Lisa but she refuses to move. Why? And what is it about this house that is causing Lisa to seemingly start to lose her mind? Is it the house? Or is it her?

I really loved this story. About a quarter of the way through I was so mad at the character of Lisa. I did not understand her motivations. I was finding it totally unbelievable - who would stay in the house?!

But around halfway through, a light switch flicked and I realised something was going on that I hadn’t discovered yet. 

I found myself highlighting line after line after line. There were some gorgeous sentences and brilliant descriptions in this story. Oh it was so good! 

I felt creepy and full of tension throughout. I lived the story. The ending fell ever so slightly flat BUT not enough to pull down the ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rating throughout the rest of the book. It is a slow burn, and I did find myself getting angry at first. But it picks up and overall I loved the story!

Spare Room A Twisty Dark Psychological Thriller

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