The book club - C. J. Cooper

EVERYONE IS HIDING A SECRET. ONE OF THEM IS MURDER.

'I raced through it - edgy, tense'
Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

'I for one am terrified of the woman next door!'
Louise Candlish, author of The Other Passenger

'Tightly plotted, edge-of-seat gripping'
Sophie Hannah, author of Haven't They Grown

'Dark, twisty, claustrophobic'
Jo Spain, author of The Confession
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The book club was her idea, of course.

It was her way into our group. A chance to get close.

I knew from the day she arrived that she couldn't be trusted.

And I was right.

Alice didn't come to the village for peace and quiet.

She came for revenge.
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A deliciously addictive psychological thriller about a book club that unravels dark and scandalous secrets between one circle of neighbours. The perfect page-turner for fans of Big Little Lies and The Rumour.

What readers are saying about The Book Club:

'Wow. What a page turner'

'Couldn't put it down!!!'

'Truly a five-star debut'

'Absolutely addictive'

'Seriously page-turning, totally gripping'

'A thrilling read, found it hard to put down once I'd started. Loved the ending'

'Brilliant, a proper page turner'

'Dark and creepy'

'Loved it!'

'Gripping to the last page'

'Fast paced and will make your blood run cold!'

'Had me on the edge of my seat'

C. J. Cooper grew up in a small village in south Wales before moving to London as a student. She graduated with a degree in Ancient History and Egyptology and spent seven months as a development worker in Nepal. On her return to Britain she joined the civil service, where she worked for 17 years on topics ranging from housing support to flooding. She hung up her bowler hat when she discovered that she much preferred writing about psychotic killers to ministerial speeches. She lives in London with her husband and two cats.

I loved this book - tightly plotted, edge-of-seat gripping and likely to make you want to avoid book groups for the foreseeable future!
Sophie Hannah

I raced through it - edgy, tense and wry with great foreshadowing. No one has ever asked me to join a book club - now I think it's for the best!
Harriet Tyce

A dark, twisty, claustrophobic read. I love those locked room novels (albeit locked village in this case!) . . . A thrilling psychological debut

Intensely twisty
Peterborough Telegraph

Just finished The Book Club and I for one am terrified of the woman next door!
Louise Candlish

Intricately plotted, this gripping thriller is written with great style and has a host of wonderful characters to be loved and hated in equal measure

Smart, sassy . . . Midsomer Murders meets Desperate Housewives. Immensely entertaining, the growing sense of menace - of 'where have I seen you before?' - grips and chills in equal measures. An excellent confident debut!

An irresistible slow descent into darkness, with twist upon twist upon twist. C.J. Cooper's page-turner debut kept on surprising me right to the end. Brava!

A fabulous, page-turning read! Beautifully written and I loved the humour . . . Highly recommended!

Intuitive and addictive - a great debut