Getting Away With Murder

‘Getting Away With Murder is one of those brilliantly gripping thrillers you just cannot stop reading. Unfolding in layers it builds to form a compelling and claustrophobic moral dilemma. I was hooked.’

JENNIE GODFREY, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller of The List of Suspicious Things

‘Shari Lapena is far and away one of the best psychological thriller writers in the world today and an absolute auto read author for me. She is never afraid to take risks, never formulaic and always intensely bingeable. I love her.’

LISA JEWELL, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller of Don’t Let Him In

‘A chilling and deadly whydunit. Nobody gets beneath the skin of their characters like Shari Lapena, and she does it unflinchingly and with impeccable flair in this sharp, gripping thriller. GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER deftly reveals our deepest, darkest impulses as it asks: when money is the motive, is anyone really who you think they are?’

GILLY MACMILLAN

'A thriller to really go overboard for'

Cara Hunter

'Nobody does it like Shari Lapena, you'll struggle to put this one down'

Cara Hunter

'You'll struggle to put this one down. A thriller to really go overboard for!’

Cara Hunter

‘Wickedly fun, glamourous and chilling. Shari Lapena flips the script masterfully yet retains her trademark twists and killer ending’

Chris Whitaker

‘How does Shari Lapena get better and better with each book? I adored this tale of an adoring couple living in their luxury mansion who run out of money and prepare to do the unthinkable to save themselves. Morally bankrupt and utterly selfish, I found myself rooting for them every step of the way. What does that make me? Splendidly entertaining, full of morally dubious characters, I could not have loved this more.’

LIZ NUGENT, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond (Irish Book Awards crime novel of the year)

'It’s no mean feat to get the reader rooting for a pair of heartless killers, but root you will - with every tense, uncomfortable, thrilling step of Jill and Ted’s criminal journey. Another cracking read from Shari.'

LOUISE CANDLISH, Sunday Times bestselling author of Our House

'Tense, claustrophobic and relentlessly paced, this is a wickedly fun read. I couldn’t put it down.'

MARY WATSON, Sunday Times & No.1 Irish Times bestselling author of The Cleaner

'I don’t know how she does it – every book is her best and here we go again: her best book yet! I devoured it in just a few hours, paging desperately through to see what would happen. Breakneck pace, masterful plotting, brilliantly observed, devilishly smart, and a truly satisfying ending. I adored it.'

ANDREA MARA, No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of No One Saw a Thing

'An utterly original and gripping morality play about greed and corruption in the modern age. Lapena contemporizes Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, and the results are as page-turning as they are revealing. Reader: you've just found your 'must-read' thriller of 2026.'

NITA PROSE, multi-million copy bestselling author of The Maid

‘Shari Lapena has pulled out all the stops for her tenth thriller. Getting Away With Murder is perfectly pitched entertainment with a timely message that sends chills down the spine. A cracking mystery told at breakneck pace and with such expert timing I was swept away on the wave of every twist. The perfect murder mystery, told by a grandmaster of the genre. Ten out of ten!’

JANICE HALLETT, bestselling author of The Appeal & The Twyford Code

‘A deviously delicious thriller that kept me turning pages from the intense opening to the shocking conclusion.’

Freida McFadden, No.1 Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid

This was utterly brilliant. From that addictive opening chapter when it becomes apparent what Ted and Jill are about to do, I couldn’t stop reading, desperate to know how it would all pan out and if they would, indeed, get away with murder! Full of Shari’s trademark twists and wonderful characterisation this was a masterclass of a thriller. Shari Lapena’s best yet.

Claire Douglas, Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author of THE NEW NEIGHBOURS