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  • Published: 1 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529196023
  • Imprint: Century
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00

Don’t Let Him In





PREPARE TO BE HOOKED: The no. 1 Sunday Times and MULTI-million-copy bestselling author is back with a brand-new spine tingling thriller.

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED BY THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM LISA JEWELL.

'Gripping. Shocking. Masterful.' FREIDA McFADDEN

‘Lisa Jewell is a stone-cold genius and Don’t Let Him In deserves to win mainstream literary prizes. Her best book yet. A PHENOMENAL achievement!’ MARIAN KEYES

‘A twisty mosaic of a thriller’ GILLIAN McALLISTER

'Utterly absorbing, fiendishly clever and all-consuming' ANDREA MARA

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He’s the perfect man.

He says he loves you.

You think he might even be made for you.

Before long he’s moved into your house – and into your heart.

And then he leaves for days at a time. You don’t know where he’s gone or who he’s with.

And you realise - if you looked back - you’d say to yourself:

DON’T LET HIM IN.


Don’t miss the new read-in-one-sitting Lisa Jewell novel; a cautionary story that could happen to you…

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Praise for Don't Let Him In:

'A masterclass in suspense . . . Lisa Jewell expertly draws together the strands of deceit with increasing menace, presenting us with one of the most chilling, unsettling villains I’ve encountered in a long time' ALEX MICHAELIDES

‘Reading a Lisa Jewell is like putting yourself inside a pressure cooker – one that you don’t really want to get out of. Nobody creates characters like she does – and in Nick she has created one of her darkest, twistiest yet’ JOJO MOYES

'I inhaled it within 24 hours. Stunning, shocking, superb.' LIZ NUGENT

'Utterly brilliant' MARK EDWARDS

'A clever, multi-layered narrative full of unforgettable characters. You'll be on the edge of your seat from the start and the story only gets more compelling as it goes on. Don't bother making any plans until you've finished it!' JANE CASEY

'What a tour de force of plotting and tension-building . . . She is a genius' SABINE DURRANT

'Nobody - nobody - does this better than Jewell. She peoples her ingenious plots with true-to-life characters. Don’t Let Him In is the best book of Lisa Jewell’s career' A.J. FINN

'I devoured it in one breathless sitting. Utterly captivating, ingeniously plotted, unsettling, a tense jaw-dropping, rollercoaster ride that will keep you on your toes until the very last brilliant line. So bloody brilliant! A master of her craft' Michelle McDonagh

  • Published: 1 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529196023
  • Imprint: Century
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $38.00

About the author

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell was born in London. Her first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has published another sixteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks) as well as I Found You and Watching You. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world.

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