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  • Published: 6 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473582088
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99

Invisible Girl

A psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Family Upstairs




FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE, comes an engrossing twisty tale of betrayal when an outsider is accused of murder.

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From the #1 bestselling author of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and THEN SHE WAS GONE comes an engrossing, twist-packed story of dark family secrets and betrayal.

'Dark, furiously twisty and utterly gripping.' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Hunting Party
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YOU DON'T SEE HER. BUT SHE SEES YOU.

MIDNIGHT. In the bad part of town, where cats prowl and foxes shriek, a girl is watching...

When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she's carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn't, and now she hides and watches him, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows.

Owen Pick is invisible too. He's never had a girlfriend; he's never even had a friend.
Nobody sees him. Nobody cares.

But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine's Day, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen.

Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre's disappearance...

INVISIBLE GIRL: an engrossing, twisty story of how we look in the wrong places for bad people while the real predators walk among us in plain sight.
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'I've really struggled with reading during lockdown but this weekend I finished Lisa Jewell's gripping Invisible Girl and it was such a joy not to be able to put a book down. Her best yet.' JOJO MOYES

'A masterclass in how to write with pace and tension.' HARRIET TYCE

'Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche, confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.' DAILY MAIL

'An engrossing and compelling read.' MIRROR
'Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.' RED

'She isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers' hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.' ADELE PARKS

'Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.' CLARE MACKINTOSH

'A masterclass in character... A wonderful slow-burn gripper - I loved it.' LOUISE CANDLISH

'An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me.' ERIN KELLY

'Not only is her plotting masterful, Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters... Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.' JANE CASEY

'Dark, gripping, emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.' TAMAR COHEN

'I loved it. Every damn word.' AJ FINN

'A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.' JENNY COLGAN

'Once again, Jewell deliversa story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Gripping, disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.' ALEX MARWOOD

Bestseller in the UK, Sunday Times, August 2020
© Lisa Jewell 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

  • Published: 6 August 2020
  • ISBN: 9781473582088
  • Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell was born in London. Her first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has published another sixteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks) as well as I Found You and Watching You. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world.

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Praise for Invisible Girl

An up-all-night gripping story with characters who feel as real as you and me. Lisa Jewell is the kind of writer you read twice – once as a breathless reader, to see how the story unfolds, and then again to try to work out how she makes it look so easy.

Erin Kelly

I am always reminded of Ruth Rendell at her very best when I read Lisa Jewell. Not only is her plotting masterful, Lisa has the rare ability to make you care - passionately - about all her characters, whether they are important or minor, instantly appealing or apparently monstrous. Invisible Girl is quite brilliant in every way.

Jane Casey

Dark, gripping, emotionally intense. My heart hurt from being squeezed so tight.

Tamar Cohen

A breathtakingly brilliant novel by an author at the absolute top of her game.

Jenny Colgan

Compelling and surprisingly moving - Lisa Jewell never lets you down.

Clare Mackintosh

Invisible Girl. I loved it. Every damn word.

AJ Finn

An outstanding tale of intrigue, family secrets and exceptional storytelling. Lisa is the queen of intrinsic plotting with relatable characters, and suspense by the bucket load. I adored it.

Mel Sherratt

Another masterpiece from a novelist whose grip on human nature in its flawed entirety never slips. Invisible Girl is gripping, disturbing and acutely observant; Jewell is an extremely special writer.

Alex Marwood

I didn't mean to but I couldn't help it - I read this in one sitting last night. It's a masterclass in how to write with pace and tension, and the characters are brilliantly realised. I simply didn't want to put it down! Out in August and it's very good indeed.

Harriet Tyce

What I love about Invisible Girl is its taut, intuitive writing, its pacy plot and its complex, original characters. Lisa Jewell writes with such compassion but she isn't afraid of plunging an icy blade into her readers' hearts whilst examining the cruel realities of the world.

Adele Parks

Gripping [...] A brilliant exploration of how we often look for bad people in the wrong places.

Weight Watchers

Lisa Jewell excels at writing psychological thrillersthat keep you guessing till the very end . . . a must read.

Independent

An engrossing and compelling read.

Mirror

One of my favourite authors

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkRADIO

Once again, Jewell delivers a story with characters you care about and enough twists to keep you hooked

Good Housekeeping

Really good, gripping. I couldn't bear for it to finish.

Olivia Colman

Skin-crawlingly creepy, this reveals the dangerous preconceptions about those around us.

Crime Monthly Magazine

Apart from anything else, this book is an instant education about Incels - the new breed of men who identify as Involuntary Celibates...But that's just one of several profoundly disturbing themes that Jewell tackles with typical frankness in one of her most powerful books to date.

DAILY MAIL

If you want a clever, compelling plot with characters you won't forget, Lisa Jewell never fails to deliver - and her new novel is further proof!

Fabulous Mag

Another twisty, turny and tangled thriller from Lisa Jewell, which also manages to deliver a really satisfying and shocking denouement.

RED

A rollercoaster of tension and suspense

Woman & Home

'There's something about Lisa Jewell's thrillers that forces me to sit down and read them in one go, and her latest [...] is no different. I think she's one of the best domestic thriller authors out there, and I love how intensely current the themes of Invisible Girl are'

Bookbrunch

Lisa Jewell's dark and twisty thriller explores the murkier reaches of the human psyche, confounding expectations as it reaches a shocking denouement.

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