Girl Unknown
The unputdownable SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER with a heart stopping twist . . .
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3.8 • 20 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The ADDICTIVE THRILLER perfect for fans of Fiona Barton's The Child and Lisa Jewell's Then She Was Gone.
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'I think you might be my father . . .'
Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connelly's office and tentatively says these words.
The lives of his family - particularly his wife Caroline - are turned upside down by the arrival of this stranger.
A cuckoo in their nest
Zoe soon entangles herself in their world but her stories aren't quite adding up and Caroline isn't sure she can be trusted.
Is Zoe who she claims she is, or someone with a far darker agenda?
A daughter, a sister, a stranger . . .
By letting Zoe in, David and Caroline aren't the only ones who are vulnerable.
They're risking the lives of the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children . . .
. . . a killer?
Praise for Girl Unknown
'This story of psychological attrition builds to an incredibly tense finale - before delivering an amazing final twist. Riveting stuff' Sunday Mirror
'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Lying in Wait
'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy, and this may be their best yet' Tana French, bestselling author of The Trespasser
'One of the most richly satisfying psychological thrillers of 2016, a book that hooks the reader from the first page' Irish Independent
'A taut, tense psycho-gripper' Sunday Sport
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Authors Karen Gillece and Paul Perry again combine to form Perry (The Innocent) in this unbalanced psychological thriller. College professor David Connolly's life is forever changed when first-year student Zoe Harte steps into his office and claims that he is her father. David is already stressed about his ailing mother, marital problems, and trying to advance at his job, and Zoe's revelation sends him into a tailspin. But David's wife Caroline believes Zoe has ulterior motives and sets out to prove that she isn't his child. Can Caroline convince David that Zoe is not all she appears to be in time to save her family, or will she find that Zoe is telling the truth? While this dark tale is full of twists, the promise of the setup never reaches its full potential. Despite the fact that the flow of alternating sections between David and Caroline runs smoothly, David and Caroline's children although they are impacted greatly by Zoe's claims end up overlooked in the grand scheme of the story. Certain plot points also stretch plausibility, particularly in the buildup to the finale. Perry's unwieldy thriller raises more questions than it answers about the underdeveloped Connolly family.
