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  • Published: 19 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405945653
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

A Twisted Love Story

The deliciously dark and gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of My Lovely Wife




The sharpest voice in psychological suspense returns with an unputdownable new thriller on the deadliest subject of all: true love.

Wes and Ivy are madly in love. It's the kind of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story?

Because when it's good, it's very very good. But when it's bad, it's bad.

But their breakneck cycle of catastrophic vengeful break-ups and head-over-heels reconnections needs to end fast. Because suddenly, Wes and Ivy have a common enemy - and she's a detective.

One wrong move will be fatal - so if Wes and Ivy can't stick together, this break-up might just be their last.

  • Published: 19 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405945653
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Samantha Downing

Samantha Downing was born in the Bay Area, and currently lives in New Orleans. Her debut novel, My Lovely Wife, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and a Sunday Times bestseller, and has been published in thirty languages. It won a Dead Good Reader Award, and was shortlisted for four other major awards: The CWA John Creasey Dagger, The Edgar Award for Best First Novel, The ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel and The Macavity Award for Best First Mystery. Amazon Studios and Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films have partnered to produce a feature film based on the novel.

Her second novel, He Started It, was also a Sunday Times bestseller and her third novel, For Your Own Good, will soon be adapted for HBO Max by Robert Downey Jr. and Greg Berlanti.

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Praise for A Twisted Love Story

PRAISE FOR SAMANTHA DOWNING

A genuinely fresh take on the psychological thriller genre. Expect dark humour and more loop-the-loops than a roller coaster

Good Housekeeping

Dexter meets Gone Girl - I loved this this brilliantly dark and twisted novel. One of the best books I've read this year!

C.J. Tudor

Samantha Downing is totally the real deal. Wry and dark and witty and clever.

Sarah Pinborough

Wonderfully dark and twisty. I raced through it, desperate to know how it would end

B.A. Paris

Samantha Downing's writing is pure, twisted magic. No matter how irredeemable a character might seem, Samantha Downing has me rooting for them until the bitter end. A Twisted Love Story will take you from the height of sexy, crashing-into-walls obsession to utter disbelief, loving every second

Christina Lauren, New York Times bestselling author

Subtle, compelling, and clever. A Twisted Love Story will take you on a tense and emotional thrill ride that doesn't let up until the final page. Downing has crafted a complex, masterfully written tale that will have you rooting for the dysfunctional couple while simultaneously not trusting either of them

Jeneva Rose, USA Today bestselling author of The Perfect Marriage

While A Twisted Love Story is a thriller about love, buckle up because it's of the gnarly, twisted variety, and I tore through the pages...It takes great skill to make readers root for a couple like this, but Samantha Downing does so with ease

Hannah Mary McKinnon, internationally bestselling author of Never Coming Home

No one does dark sophisticated psychological suspense like the oh-so-talented Samantha Downing! This page-turning risk-taking dive into tangled relationships and ultra-gaslighting is a dazzling look at emotional manipulation and addictive passion. What happens when love is so powerful that it turns deadly? Shocking, surprising, and super-twisty - with an ending that will haunt you

Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author

A deliciously clever thriller. I love Samantha Downing's books...If you haven't experienced the pleasure of reading her work, don't wait

Sylvia Day

I love Samantha Downing's thrillers and this one is an absolute gem. Deliciously addictive, constantly surprising and, as the title would suggest, thoroughly twisted. You'll devour it.

B.P. Walter

Toxic relationships, dark deeds, and a cast of unreliable narrators. All the best ingredients for a deliciously disturbing read. Twisted indeed.

Alice Feeney

Wicked and wild, seductive and sinister. A Twisted Love Story is beach read fun, up all night gripping, disturbingly dark and satisfyingly clever.

Chris Whitaker

This story about a toxic relationship spiralling out of control is dazzlingly, deliciously dark - and enormous fun

JP Delaney

A fast-paced, addictive thriller full of secrets and lies. She's hit the sweet spot again

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