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  • Published: 16 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405944618
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

Suspects

The emotionally gripping Sunday Times bestseller from Britain’s favourite storyteller




The gripping new Sunday Times bestselling novel. Welcome to Willow Close where everyone is a suspect . . .

On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in picture-perfect Willow Close, a body is discovered.

The residents gather around a police cordon - one of their neighbours has been brutally killed in the woods.

As police interview witnesses, they soon discover each resident hiding their own secrets. Because few in the Close are exactly who they seem.

Nina and Conrad thought they'd found their dream home.

But have they moved into a nightmare?

  • Published: 16 March 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405944618
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Lesley Pearse

Lesley Pearse was brought up in South London in various orphanages from the age of three. She learned about the Soho club scene and the music business during the Sixties with the late John Pritchard. Her novels have sold over ten million copies worldwide. Lesley has three daughters and three grandchildren and lives in Bristol.

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley now lives just outside Bristol. She has three daughters and two grandchildren.

Find out more about Lesley and keep up to date with what she's been doing by following her on Twitter@LesleyPearse or by signing up for her regular newsletter at www.LesleyPearse.com

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Praise for Suspects

A compelling yet heartwarming novel which shows storytelling at its very best

Crafts Beautiful

A gripping tale packed with twists and turns

Torbay Weekly

Sensational storytelling

My Weekly

Suspects is a suspenseful and intriguing mystery that will keep you guessing

Culturefly

Thrilling and suspense-packed . . . With an enthralling plot, a cast of fascinating characters, and Pearse's addictive storytelling, Suspects will grip from start to finish

Lancashire Evening Post

A riveting page-turner full of suspense and suspicion. Gripping!

Woman's Weekly

A page-turner

Bella

A page-turner

Woman, 'This Week's Hot Read'

A fast-paced, psychological drama . . . with an enthralling plot, a cast of fascinating characters, and Pearse's addictive storytelling, Suspects will grip from start to finish

The Best Life Project

This is a book to talk about, to drill down into the story and really think about it

Devon Life

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Storytelling at its very best

Daily Mail

Evocative, compelling, told from the heart

Sunday Express

Glorious, heartwarming

Woman & Home

Intriguing, heart-tugging, beautifully written

Closer