Talking to Strangers
  • Published: 13 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781787630864
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

Talking to Strangers

The new explosive, up-all-night crime thriller from author of hit bestsellers THE WIDOW and THE CHILD

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13 Aug 2024
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15 Sep 2024
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15 Aug 2024
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A phenomenal, unputdownable standalone thriller from the author of the record-breaking Sunday Times bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club pick The Widow.

Three women. One Killer.
Talking to strangers has never been more dangerous...

When the body of forty-four-year-old Karen Simmons is found abandoned in remote woodland, journalist Kiki Nunn is determined this will be the big break she so desperately needs.

Because she has a head start on all the other reporters. Just a week before Karen was killed, Kiki interviewed her about the highs and lows of mid-life romance. Karen told her all about kissing strangers under the stars, expensive meals, roses. About the scammers, the creeps, the man who followed her home the other night...

While the police appear to be focusing on local suspects, Kiki sets out to write the definitive piece on one woman's fatal search for love. But she will soon learn that the search for truth can be just as deadly...
  • Published: 13 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781787630864
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Fiona Barton

Fiona Barton's debut, The Widow, was a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and has been published in thirty-five countries and optioned for television. Her second novel, The Child, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Born in Cambridge, Fiona currently lives in south-west France.

Previously, she was a senior writer at the Daily Mail, news editor at the Daily Telegraph, and chief reporter at the Mail on Sunday, where she won Reporter of the Year at the British Press Awards.

While working as a journalist, Fiona reported on many high-profile criminal cases and she developed a fascination with watching those involved, their body language and verbal tics. Fiona interviewed people at the heart of these crimes, from the guilty to their families, as well as those on the periphery, and found it was those just outside the spotlight who interested her most . . .

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Praise for Talking to Strangers

Fiona Barton is a brilliant storyteller, a master of plot and character. I absolutely loved this smart, twisty novel!

Shari Lapena

PRAISE FOR FIONA BARTON

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In the community of Ebbing, Fiona Barton has created a town full of suspense and a cast of characters with so many reasons to keep secrets buried deep. A dark and twisty read.

Nita Prose

A fab, twisty-turny mystery

Sun

[A] spine-tingling, twisty thriller

Woman's Own

Fiona Barton is perceptive, empathetic and a talented writer.

Daily Express

Barton treats her broken characters with such compassion that I wanted to reach into the pages and hug them.

Liz Nugent