The Housewarming

Author: S.E. Lynes

Format: Paperback

Everyone is going to the housewarming party. All the people who lived on the street the day Abi vanished… Will her mother finally learn the truth?

Ava only left her daughter in the pushchair for five minutes. The buckle was fastened, and she was sure it was safe. But when she came downstairs, Abi was gone – she walked past the Lovegoods’ house, and was never seen again.

A year later, the Lovegoods are planning their housewarming party. Ava doesn’t want to go, but her husband insists a night out might do her good.

But as her friends and neighbours chat, Ava learns something new about the day she has re-lived a thousand times. A throwaway comment which could change everything.

Ava thought she knew every last detail of that day.

She’s about to find out she was wrong…

The number one Kindle bestseller! Brilliantly dark and moving suspense fiction for fans of Gillian Flynn, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell, The Housewarming will have your pulse racing and your heart in your mouth from start to finish.

‘My stomach is in knots!… The tension doesn’t let up for a second. If I’d had the time to read it in one sitting, I wouldn’t have put it down until the last word.’ — Motherhood for Slackers, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A gripping thriller which really turns the emotional screws with an incredibly vivid and realistic portrayal of loss and grief.’ — Araminta Hall, author of Imperfect Women

‘Excellent… Captured me right from the start, right up to the climactic ending and with more twists and turns than Spaghetti Junction… It was essential to find out what happened. No way did I see that outcome… Will keep you enthralled.’ — Jenny O’Brien, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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