Someone in the Attic

'Probably the most suspenseful book I will read all year.'

Liz Nugent

Praise for Andrea Mara

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'You will look hard to find a more searing opening 15 pages of a thriller this year.'

Irish Independent

'I DEVOURED it.'

Fiona Cummins

'Such a clever page-turner'

Cara Hunter

'I was hooked by the end of chapter one.'

Jane Casey

'Andrea Mara is a star.'

Lee Child

'This sharply observed novel manages to be at once an intricate puzzle and an involving race against time'

Sunday Times

'Action-packed from the get-go, the pace never lets up in this premium slice of domestic suspense'

Catherine Ryan Howard

'A pleasingly cynical and cunningly constructed story of old grudges and buried secrets'

Daily Mail

Does for bathtubs what Psycho did for showers. 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.

A. J. Finn

'I absolutely loved Andrea's new book. It's definitely her best yet. I had to keep turning the pages. It's so well plotted and the characters are believable and excellently drawn. Andrea has a way of getting you inside the characters' heads and they won't let go until you turn the last page.'

Patricia Gibney

Just wow! Someone in the Attic is a tightly coiled exploration of the secrets of suburbia that kept me guessing until the final gasp-inducing reveal (that I absolutely didn’t see coming). Andrea Mara is on fire! Addictive storytelling, superbly constructed. I devoured this book in one sitting and so will most.

Amanda Cassidy

Andrea Mara gets better and better. In Someone in the Attic, she weaves an intricate, relatable and utterly compelling tapestry of domestic suspense. Then she pulls the thread . . .

Catherine Kirwan

Someone is getting inside your house… It’s a chilling premise, and Andrea Mara executes it brilliantly. This one is an absolute page turner!

Shari Lapena

Okay, this book is SO GOOD. Every time I heard a creak from the attic, I was silently freaking out that there was someone up there, waiting for me. Unsettling, gripping, tightly plotted. Andrea Mara is on top of her game.

Louise O'Neill

An addictive, engrossing page-turner with an utterly chilling premise and a cast of intriguing and relatable characters. I loved it!

Roz Watkins

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

Patricia Cornwell

Someone In the Attic is a fantastic hooky read, high on creep factor and suspense. Loved it.

Olivia Kiernan

I couldn't turn the pages fast enough, or breathe! I guarantee that you'll be ordering a bolt for your attic by the end of chapter one. Andrea Mara sets a high bar, but it just got higher - she's already the queen of domestic suspense but Someone's in the Attic is her best book yet. It's one of the best thrillers I've ever read.

Sam Blake, author of Three Little Birds

As if attics weren’t creepy enough already, this book will leave you scared of the slightest overhead squeak. Someone in the Attic augments its horrifying premise with shocking twists, complicated friendships and dark secrets. Highly recommended!

Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling author of The House in the Pines

‘The tension in Someone in the Attic is meticulously crafted, with a cover-your-eyes creep factor. If you’re a domestic thriller fan who hasn’t yet read Andrea Mara, you might have just found a new favourite.’

Ashley Audrain, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Push

‘A tense, terrifying, guessing game. Someone in the Attic twists, thrills and chills. I loved it.’

Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End.

‘I couldn’t put it down. Andrea Mara excels at the kind of twisty, creepy domestic noir that makes it impossible to look away.’

Fiona Cummins

'Andrea Mara is the Queen of cliffhangers. Like she did in No One Saw A Thing, she takes your biggest fears then makes them a thousand times worse. The twists and turns will give you whiplash. Brilliant.'

John Marrs

It’s got Agatha Christie levels of threat and twists and the domestic setting only makes it all the more frightening, for there is nothing more scary than the threat on our doorsteps. Someone In The Attic is chilling, thrilling and absolutely gripping. I loved it!

Edel Coffey

Someone In The Attic takes some of our darkest fears and weaves them into an unputdownable thriller. Twisty, pacy and at one point it actually made me shriek out loud! Andrea Mara goes from strength to strength...I loved it.

Nikki Smith

From that heart pounding opening, the pace never lets up in this addictive thriller... My first book by this author and it won’t be my last!

Lisa Gray

Gripping. . . I'll never look at the hatch up to my attic in the same way again!

Clare Pooley, New York Times bestselling author of The Authenticity Project

Full of twists and surprises, Andrea Mara's Someone in the Attic is a totally gripping, compelling read that will have you guessing and guessing again. She has a genius for creating situations where our worst nightmares come true. Hugely enjoyable – I couldn't put it down.

Jane Casey

Creepy and unsettling and I couldn't turn the pages quick enough! Wow - what a story! I'll be keeping the light on tonight!

Ruth Kelly

Someone in the Attic grabbed me at the title. Chillingly creepy. Deliciously dark.

Jane Corry

Twisty, clever and scarily relatable... I loved it and I can’t wait to see what Mara does next.

Nicole Kennedy

A genuinely chilling concept – told with skill, empathy, and wit. I enjoyed every terrifying page.

Elly Griffiths

This heart-thumpingly tense thriller may give you nightmares

Sun

Smoothly written and fast-moving

Literary Review

A creepy page-turner that will consolidate Mara’s reputation as an Irish queen of crime

Irish Times, Gloss Magazine

Andrea’s novels have stepped up a notch. It’s chilling in places, with ample red herrings to keep readers on the alert

Belfast Telegraph

Fast-paced and chilling, you won’t want to sleep alone after reading it

Woman&Home

A super-creepy, addictive thriller, which layers mystery upon mystery. Not one to read late at night!

Good Housekeeping

An inventive, unsettling take on domestic noir … Andrea Mara's most accomplished novel to date.

Irish Times

Mara’s novel shows how the woman-in-peril genre has evolved, featuring a female protagonist who takes matters into her own hands . . .

Sunday Times

A deeply creepy tale that will have you checking you’ve locked your back door.

Best

This is Andrea Mara at her heart stopping best. Someone In The Attic is a dark, creepy, twisty thriller full of clever misdirection that would make Hitchcock proud, but it’s also a moving and thought-provoking tale of regret and letting go of the past. A brilliant book.

Claire Douglas

Mara... lays out the pieces of the puzzle with diabolical wit, some good suspense and an unexpected note of sentimentality.

New York Times

Grabs you from the off and doesn't let you go… Andrea Mara is the Queen of the Cliffhanger. I guarantee that you won't be able to put this book down.

CL Taylor