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  • Published: 16 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784709259
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $22.99

Safe House




The gripping new psychological thriller from Jo Jakeman. Charlie has left prison and wants to start a new life. But when she moves to a small village in Cornwall, everyone wants to know her story . . .

'You'll be gripped' Heat
SHE LIED TO PROTECT A KILLER. NOW THERE'S NOWHERE LEFT TO HIDE. . .

The morning after a great storm, a woman arrives in a remote Cornish village.

But Charlie, as she now calls herself, steers clear of the locals and keeps a low profile - because she has a terrible secret.

Recently released from prison after providing a false alibi for the man she loved, Charlie wants to move on and start afresh. But someone, somewhere, is watching her, determined that she will never get that second chance.

Perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh, Alex Michaelides and Harriet Tyce
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'Clever plotting, a hugely confident sense of place, and more suspects than you can shake a stick at' Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies

'Revenge is a dish served with lashings of relish in this vivid, blackly comic suspense novel' Louise Candlish on Sticks and Stones

  • Published: 16 March 2021
  • ISBN: 9781784709259
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Jo Jakeman

Jo Jakeman was the winner of the Friday Night Live 2016 competition at the York Festival of Writing. Born in Cyprus, she worked for many years in the City of London before moving to Derbyshire with her husband and twin boys. Safe House is her second novel, and Sticks and Stones was her debut thriller.Find out more at www.jojakeman.com.

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Praise for Safe House

Nerve-wrackingly tense and paranoia-inducing, with a sense of unease that just won't let go. I loved every minute!

Roz Watkins, author of <i>Dead Man's Daughter</i>

I was absolutely gripped by this tale of secrets, lies, and the impossibility of running away from your past. I struggled to put this book down. Fantastic!

Luca Veste, author of <i>The Bone Keeper</i>

Brave, daring and original . . . I absolutely loved it

Ali Harper, author of <i>The Disappeared</i>

Twisty and so well plotted

Amanda Reynolds, author of <i>The Hidden Wife</i>

Clever plotting, a hugely confident sense of place, and more suspects than you can shake a stick at

Caz Frear, author of <i>Stone Cold Heart</i>

An excellent, page-turning psychological suspense novel with a great plot and an engaging protagonist! Kept me guessing to the end

Jenny Quintana, author of <i>The Missing Girl</i>

Loved this - atmospheric and beautifully written but edge-of-your-seat tense too

Phoebe Locke, author of <i>The July Girls</i>

So much atmosphere, tension . . . Gripping, tense and chillingly claustrophobic

Karen Hamilton, author of <i>The Perfect Girlfriend</i>

Exhilarating and utterly absorbing, Safe House is an intense thriller written with great flair and heart by Jo Jakeman. I wolfed it down in a weekend, and I defy you not to do the same

Emily Elgar, author of <i>If You Knew Her</i>

A queasily unsettling thriller is suffused with menace.

Sunday Mirror

There's a nicely mellow quality to this well-written tale

Sunday Express

You'll be gripped by just who is out to get Charlie - and why

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