It Should Have Been You

Praise for Andrea Mara

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This one is an absolute page turner!

Shari Lapena

A thriller honed to a fine point, sharp and keen and piercing; it's darkly comic, too, and uncommonly observant. This is suspense you can feel good about.

AJ Finn

As soon as I started reading this, I had no choice but to continue reading until the last page. I DEVOURED it.

Fiona Cummins

Andrea is an author to watch and I can't wait to read her next.

Sarah Pearse

A relentless, twisting page-turner... A first-class thriller.

Chris Whitaker

The tension … is meticulously crafted, with a cover-your-eyes creep factor.

Ashley Audrain

A totally gripping, compelling read that will have you guessing and guessing again. Andrea Mara has a genius for creating situations where our worst nightmares come true.

Jane Casey

Next-level domestic suspense - even the twists have twists. I loved it - Andrea Mara is a star.

Lee Child

A gripping story, beautifully told. Andrea Mara is masterful.

Patricia Cornwell

Andrea Mara is the Queen of cliffhangers… she takes your biggest fears then makes them a thousand times worse. The twists and turns will give you whiplash. Brilliant.

John Marrs

Had me enthralled. It is a masterclass in tension and makes the reader a nervous wreck. Another bestseller on the cards for Andrea.

Patricia Gibney

The intricacy of the plotting, the tension, the pacing, the delicious gossipiness. . . MASTERFUL . . . I LOVED it. I love all [her] books . . . but this one is my all time fave.

Sophie White

Andrea Mara gets better and better. It Should Have Been You is so relatable and it's agonisingly compelling. I absolutely loved it.

Catherine Kirwan

The queen of the neighbourhood thriller, Mara's multi layered, utterly believable characters grab you from the first page - she gets right under their skin to reveal the darkness and intrigue of ordinary lives as they unravel. Riveting, twisty and revealing, I couldn't put it down.

Sam Blake

Wow, It Should Have Been You blew me away. Ingenious plotting, brilliantly written, pacy and totally unpredictable, I devoured it over a weekend. This is Andrea Mara’s best book yet. Absolutely outstanding!

Claire Douglas

The plot is razor-sharp, the suspense unrelenting, and the stakes? Higher than you’ll ever expect. This is a thrilling, addictive ride that you won’t want to put down. Classic Andrea Mara—I loved it!'

Amanda Cassidy

What a phenomenal book. I loved every single second of it. It is terrifyingly plausible, utterly gripping, and brilliantly executed. There's a new queen of crime in town...and her name is Andrea Mara.

Edel Coffey

Such a brilliant concept; I inhaled this book in less than 24 hours - Andrea Mara just gets better and better. More twists and turns than a roller coaster - with pitch perfect pace and plotting. I loved it.

Nikki Smith

I was hooked from first page to last as the twists got twistier and all of the characters squirmed while waiting for their darkest secrets to be revealed. May I suggest a new Irish blessing? May you never live in a neighbourhood created by Andrea Mara. Andrea is blessed with a gift for knowing our darkest fears and playing on them like a virtuoso violinist, and I am here for it.

Liz Nugent

Andrea has a knack of taking our every day anxieties and turning them into full blown nightmares. She is one of the best psychological thriller writers out there, subtly weaving darkly absorbing stories with relatable characters who leap off the page.

John Marrs

A simple, ordinary mistake explodes into a suburban nightmare in this hugely compelling, one-sitting read packed full of thrilling moments and genuinely surprising twists. Andrea Mara is at the very top of her game.

Catherine Ryan Howard

It Should Have been You left me breathless. Andrea Mara deftly reveals each character’s dark, deadly secret with her usual skill.

Jane Corry

Andrea Mara’s It Should Have Been You is an up-all-night thriller that makes us consider the consequences of one small mistake. Compulsive, twisty, and utterly -page-turning. I devoured it.

Lucy Clarke

Andrea Mara preys on one of our deepest fears in this twisty Dublin thriller, with all the claustrophobia and curtain twitching that makes suburbs so terrifying. I didn’t text for a week after I read it!

Andrea Carter

An ingenious, heart-stopping premise that is also utterly relatable – the absolute definition of a page-turner.

T.M. Logan

Twisty, engrossing, gripping - anyone who says they could see the end coming is a liar.

Louise O'Neill

'Plays expertly into one of our worst fears. The convincing storyline maintains real dread in a world of everyday domestic detail. Very enjoyable.'

Daily Mail

Cleverly plotted and told from various points of view, It Should Have Been You shows how one mistake can have life-threatening consequences. Punchy writing, strong characterisation and short chapters propel it to a dramatic, satisfying finale. Highly recommended.

Sunday Independent

A runaway plot that gallops along at breakneck speed to its breathtaking conclusion…Mara excels at taking ordinary suburban fears and turning them into heart-stopping thrillers. The twists are ingenious and addictive.

Edel Coffey, Gloss

(Andrea Mara has) hit a sweet spot… intricate, twisty.

Irish Examiner

Twisty.

Irish Mail on Sunday

This is the kind of page turner you’ll stay up late to read just one.more.page – it’s a fast paced, sharply written look at the domino effects of a seemingly careless error, and how quickly lives can spiral out of control.

Irish Country

(A) well-paced and exciting page-turner.

Irish Independent