Under Your Skin

A Novel

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Pub Date Feb 04 2014 | Archive Date Feb 28 2014
Atria Books | Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Description

In this page-turning debut from talented crime writer Sabine Durrant, a woman makes a chilling discovery in the woods that changes her life forever.

When clever, pretty, successful Gaby Mortimer discovers the dead body of a young woman near her house, she has no idea that her apparently happy, secure, charmed life is about to go into sickening freefall—and that soon she will be living by the mantra of the police detective investigating the murder case: ABC: Assume Nothing, Believe No One, Check Everything…

In this page-turning debut from talented crime writer Sabine Durrant, a woman makes a chilling discovery in the woods that changes her life forever.

When clever, pretty, successful Gaby Mortimer...


Advance Praise

From the UK:
LOOK - If you like Gone Girl, you’ll love…. UNDER YOUR SKIN – Warning: you won’t want to put this down. A TV presenter finds a woman’s body, after which a series of clever twists lead to a stunning ending.

COSMOPOLITAN – The Gone Girl effect – Bookshelves are now bulging with psychological female-driven thrills – Under Your Skin is twisty and unputdownable.

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING – Sabine Durrant offers more twists than a rollercoaster in her thriller UNDER YOUR SKIN, which proves you can trust no one.

A thrilling whodunnit...will keep you gripped and guessing till the very end. Is it - dare we say - the new Gone Girl? (Grazia)

Warning: you won't want to put this down...a series of clever twists lead to a stunning ending. (Look)

Under Your Skin rapidly unravels into a maelstrom of tension and paranoia, as Durrant draws a disturbing picture of how easy it is for even the most perfect life to implode... if the mark of a good thriller is the compulsion to reread it immediately on finishing, to see if the clues can be spotted second time round, then Under Your Skin has it, in spades. (Guardian - Alison Flood)

You'll be glued to every page of this pacy, clever and gripping novel (Closer)

This has all the authority of the best novels by Nicci French...We need thriller writers who can reinvigorate the genre and [Durrant] may be able to do just that. (Daily Express - Barry Forshaw)

An emotionally tense sprint of a read...I was left breathless at the end (Penny Hancock, Author Of tideline)

Sabine Durrant offers more twists than a rollercoaster in her thriller UNDER YOUR SKIN, which proves you can trust no one (Good Housekeeping)

Twisty and unputdownable (Cosmopolitan)

Durrant's fluid, easy style and deliciously detailed characterisations keep you glued to the page. A twisty, clever murder story, peppered with suspicious characters and topped with a satisfyingly unexpected ending. (Alex Marwood, Author Of the Wicked Girls)

Sabine Durrant writes beautifully and with such a light touch that the twists were truly shocking (Jane Casey, Author Of the Missing)

Reminiscent of Nicci French and Rosamund Lupton, Sabine Durrant'sUnder Your Skin is utterly gripping. I devoured it in one weekend, ignoring the phone, the door, even my husband and kids. (Hannah Richell, Author Of Secrets Of The Tides)

I was hooked from the gruesome discovery to the last page with its unpredictable but brilliantly satisfying conclusion... I don't often say this about a book, but I thought it was perfect in every way. (Bookbag)

Twists and turns through a beautifully controlled plot, hiding nothing yet constantly springing surprises (The Times)

From the UK:
LOOK - If you like Gone Girl, you’ll love…. UNDER YOUR SKIN – Warning: you won’t want to put this down. A TV presenter finds a woman’s body, after which a series of clever twists lead to...


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