Stranger
  • Published: 1 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405945257
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.00

Stranger

The unputdownable psychological thriller with an ending that will blow you away

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Paperback
1 Feb 2022
EBook
4 Jan 2011
Paperback
1 Aug 2011
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The last person you need to protect your daughter from is her closest friend...isn't it? A gripping new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller

Abi Holland considers herself lucky.

She's happily married, and her oldest daughter, Eva, is all set for a place at a top university.

She just can't help but worry about Beth.

So when foreign exchange student Corinne comes to stay, it's a relief her lonely younger daughter finally has someone to talk to.

It's only when Beth starts to misbehave, that Abi begins to wonder how much they really know about their guest.

Because the Holland family have lots of secrets, and Corinne is quietly listening to them all.

And once they come out, there's no going back...
  • Published: 1 February 2022
  • ISBN: 9781405945257
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.00
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About the author

Hwang Sok-Yong

Hwang Sok-yong was born in 1943 and is arguably Korea’s most renowned author. In 1993, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for an unauthorised trip to the North to promote exchange between artists in the two Koreas. Five years later, he was released on a special pardon by the new president. The recipient of Korea’s highest literary prizes, he has been shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger and was awarded the Emile Guimet Prize for Asian Literature for his book At Dusk. His novels and short stories are published in North and South Korea, Japan, China, France, Germany, and the United States. Previous novels include The Ancient Garden, The Story of Mister Han, The Guest, and The Shadow of Arms.

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Praise for Stranger

Praise for Karen Perry

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Slick, engrossing, twisted and addictive. Domestic crime drama at its best. Highly recommended

Jo Spain

Like Gone Girl...it's the most gripping thing I've read for ages

Evening Standard

Truly remarkable...Grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go

Jeffery Deaver

Tense, unpredictable, blending a thriller with an intimate family story to produce a most compelling read

John Boyne

I read Stranger in 24 hours. What a compelling, brilliant and entertaining thriller it is. The twists just kept on coming as skeletons fell one by one out of this family closet. Most enjoyable!

Liz Nugent

A really disturbing tale . . . Assured storytelling and neat twists

Daily Mail

Throughout this well-paced thriller Perry keeps ramping up the tension to almost unbearable heights to an unexpected and utterly devastating denouement

Irish Independent

This well-crafted read goes in unexpected directions, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on your toes

Belfast Telegraph

Perry does justice to every one of her flawed but fully rounded characters as the story accelerates towards an ending that is as bleak, bloody and inevitable as that of any Greek tragedy

Declan Burke, Irish Times

A twisty domestic noir that keeps you guessing right to the end. Fans of Paula Hawkins and Liz Nugent will swallow it whole

Westmeath Examiner