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  • Published: 21 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405936828
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Haven




The absorbing new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Betrayals and The Good Girl

The Sawyer family were meant to have the adventure of a lifetime during their summer holiday at an experimental eco-community in one of England's most ancient forests, led by the enigmatic Mo. For Cass, the eldest Sawyer sibling and a lonely and unhappy teenager who is desperate to belong, The Haven proves a seductive alternative to life back home.

But what starts as a sweetly idyllic alternative retreat quickly turns dark as it becomes clear her father, Rick, doesn't intend them to leave. When the family fails to return from their holiday, Cass's aunt raises the alarm and reports them missing to the police.

As the search widens, and the investigation reveals Rick's obsessive and bullying nature, there are more questions than answers about the disappearance of the family. Have they come to harm in The Haven, or do they just not want to be found?

  • Published: 21 March 2024
  • ISBN: 9781405936828
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Fiona Neill

Fiona Neill is an author and journalist who has written four Sunday Times bestsellers. Her first novel The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy, based on her hugely popular column in The Times, was an international bestseller that was published in twenty-five countries. Her last widely acclaimed novel The Betrayals was a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick 2017.

Fiona worked as a foreign correspondent in Central America for six years and returned to the UK as assistant editor on Marie Claire before joining The Times Magazine as assistant editor. She has written for many publications including The Times, Sunday Times Style, and The Telegraph Magazine as well as a screenplay of her first novel for the BFI.


Fiona grew up in rural North Norfolk and lives in London with her husband and three children.
Discover more about Fiona and her work at fionaneill.co.uk

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Praise for The Haven

The Haven is a smart, fierce thriller about an unravelling family, a corrupted utopia, and the wild hearts of teenage girls. I couldn't look away

Lauren Beukes, internationally bestselling author of The Shining Girls

The Haven is a taut and propulsive story of a family in crisis, a shattering of innocence, and a savage fight for survival. I couldn’t put it down.

Sunday Times bestselling author Karen Perry

Fiona Neill has the sharpest eyes and ears for the nuance of family dynamics and of teenagers in particular and The Haven is a brilliant character led thriller that explores universal issues.

Lisa Jewell, Number One bestselling author of The Family Upstairs