Product Description
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Author(s): Gillian McAllister
Format: Paperback
How do you stop a murder when it’s already happened?
The Sunday Times Thriller of the Year
'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' — Lisa Jewell
'wow Five Stars!' — Freida Mcfadden
'Wow. Amazing! Loved every page . . . If you are looking for a summer read, I've found it!' — Holly Willoughby
'Page-turning time-loop thriller . . . An intelligent puzzle full of heart and good sense' — Guardian
'A mind-bending page-turning thriller. Non-stop thrills right from the start. A rare gem' — Steve Wright, Radio 2 Book Club
'A spellbinding "whydunnit". A novel with a difference' — Sunday Times
'Skilful, satisfying. Couldn't put it down. Don't miss it!' OBSERVER, 'THRILLER OF THE MONTH'
Can You Stop a Murder After It's Already Happened? . . . Discover the Most Talked About Thriller of the Year
It's late. You're waiting up for your son.
Then you spot him: he's with someone. And - you can't believe what you see - your funny, happy teenage boy stabs this stranger.
You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your son is charged with murder. His future is lost.
That night you fall asleep in despair. But when you wake . . . it is yesterday. The day before the murder.
Somewhere in the past lie the answers - a reason for this crime.
And your only chance to stop it . . .
'Masterfully plotted and ingenious. One of the best books I've read this year' — Sunday Express
'A genre-defining masterpiece. An instant classic' — Holly Seddon
'I was gripped' — Jane Corry
'Brilliantly original, so tense and so moving' — Lucy Clarke
'So riveting you'll pull a sickie and ignore all family and friends until the breath-taking final page' — Celia Walden
'Mindblowingly good. I'm in awe' — Jane Fallon
'Fiendishly clever and flawlessly executed' — Rosie Walsh
Praise for Gillian Mcallister:
'Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' — Claire Mackintosh
'Like watching a gripping, claustrophobic box set' — Claire Douglas
'The queen of the moral dilemma' — Holly Seddon
'If Jodi Picoult wrote thrillers, they would look like this' — Rosmund Lupton
'Any writer can keep you turning the pages - few can make you care this much' — Erin Kelly
A Sunday Times Thriller of the Year, 2022
Sunday Times bestseller, April 2023 (UK)
New York Times bestseller, September 2022 (USA)
Over 1 million copies sold since first publication in May 2022 [Nielsen Bookscan]
About the Author
Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese's Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her previous novel, Wrong Place Wrong Time, was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month and was shortlisted for The British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. Gillian's books are published in thirty-eight languages.
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