Her First Mistake

the most terrifying thriller you’ll read this year

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Pub Date Aug 01 2013 | Archive Date Mar 08 2014

Description

Two best friends. One fatal mistake. Can you ever escape the past?

‘Page-turning suspense with classic head-game thrills and chills’, international bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Childhood friends, Sarah and Jennifer, have always been careful.

After Jennifer’s mother was killed in a car accident, the two young women grow up determined to protect themselves from trauma. Together, they draw up a list of actions to avoid in order to keep them out of danger:

Never go out alone after dark.

Never get in the car.

Never take risks.

Never trust anyone.

But one fateful night, Sarah and Jennifer make a mistake; after a party, they accept a cab ride home, with horrifying consequences.

Ten years on, Sarah is still struggling to resume her normal life but the scars remain.

Now Sarah must confront her demons to unravel a case even more terrifying than her own.

‘Absorbing, innovative and thought provoking. Great read too!’ MARTINA COLE

'A stylish and impressive debut thriller’ S.J. BOLTON

‘A read-in-one-go sort of book, and if you’re after a genuinely disturbing thriller… it’ll be hard to beat’ OBSERVER

**Her First Mistake was previously published as The Never List**

Two best friends. One fatal mistake. Can you ever escape the past?

‘Page-turning suspense with classic head-game thrills and chills’, international bestselling author Lisa Gardner

Childhood friends...


A Note From the Publisher

UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada).

UK edition - available for readers in the UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada).


Advance Praise

Absolutely loved The Never List. Absorbing, innovative and thought provoking. Great read too! Fantastic new voice in fiction - Martina Cole

Sent icicles down my spine. One of the scariest thrillers I've ever read. This should be on every mystery reader's must-read list.

Throat-clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up on sleep. It's that kind of book.

Instantly enthralling and relentlessly addictive, The Never List will have your eyes boggling and your jaw dangling from the very start - not least because of an absolutely genius humdinger of a twist... A thrilling, frightening, fast-paced and thought-provoking triumph of a debut. Turn off your phone and disable the doorbell, because you will not want to be disturbed - Heat

A read-in-one-go sort of book, and if you’re after a genuinely disturbing thriller to take on holiday this summer, it’ll be hard to beat - Observer

A hauntingly gothic story of captivity, escape and revenge - Grazia

From the first page of The Never List you have to know how this terrifying book will possibly end...it’s impossible to put down. Even a casual glance will tell you this is no ordinary thriller: you will lose sleep over it. A book to devour in one sitting.

The Never List got its sticky, sharp talons into me on the first paragraph and wouldn’t let go until I’d finished it in less than two days…a stylish and impressive debut thriller.

A nonstop thriller with heart-wrenching twists.

A book never to be missed. Zan's razor-sharp debut combines the very best of page-turning suspense with classic head-game thrills and chills

Cleverly plotted and highly entertaining, The Never List is a haunting psychological thriller that begs to be read in one sitting. Be prepared

The Never List is a perfect entertainment. Thrilling, super smart, witty, and just about the most distracting thing in my recent life. I've stayed up past my bedtime, missed whole subway stops, left children at the playground. First readers will have to know what happens, and then they'll be awed by the flair with which Koethi Zan makes it happen. This novel deserves all the success it is sure to have.

This fast-paced debut turns the traditional crime novel on its head - InStyle

If you like dark and disturbing thrillers, this stylish debut is for you... This will hook you in till the end but should come with a warning – it’s not for the faint-hearted - Sunday Mirror

A perfect page turner for the beach - Now

Full of heartbreaking twists and turns, you'll not be able to put it down - My Weekly

This dark twisting thriller is perfect for those looking to fill the void left by Gone Girl’ - No 1

The Never List is the best kind of entertainment, one that thrills while bringing new awareness of the world in which we live. I predict some earlier bedtimes for Koethi in the future as, no matter how good a lawyer she is, there seems to be a brighter future beckoning as a novelist and screenwriter - The Bookbag

This is an astonishingly assured debut, and a thoroughly absorbing book which will keep you gripped to the very end. Set aside a whole block of time to read it, because you won’t want to put it down - Crime Fiction Lover

Warning: don’t read this psychological thriller late at night - Sun

It’s a gripping page-turner - Press Association Syndication

A huge page-turner. This is the perfect beach read, absolutely gripping and with a pacey storyline that’s guaranteed to see you racing to the final page within days - Argus

This is a rare thriller that manages to be thoughtful and frantically compelling - Mail on Sunday

I found it hard to put down, with several ingenious twists - Sunday Express

This is the perfect beach read, absolutely gripping and with a pacey storyline that’s guaranteed to see you racing to the final page within days - Women's Way

A thoughtful, profoundly unnerving psychological thriller - Guardian

Absolutely loved The Never List. Absorbing, innovative and thought provoking. Great read too! Fantastic new voice in fiction - Martina Cole

Sent icicles down my spine. One of the scariest thrillers...


Marketing Plan

ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING... A shocking, edge-of-your seat thriller from a stunning new voice in crime fiction.

A major international publication: Pre-empted around the world – there will be a major US launch for this title. Film rights are also under negotiation.

Strong female heroines subverting the usual role of victims. Sarah is a fantastic, troubled central character who battles her demons to try to win justice for her friend.

Silence of the Lambs
meets Room

Harvill Secker's lead title for 2013: author publicity visit and major marketing campaign.

A potential reading group book as well as a thriller: raises interesting discussion points about female friendship, psychology and the lengths people will go to in order to survive.

ESCAPE IS JUST THE BEGINNING... A shocking, edge-of-your seat thriller from a stunning new voice in crime fiction.

A major international publication: Pre-empted around the world – there will be a...


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