Julia Crouch – författare

'LOVED it. I read it in 3 hours in one sitting' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐THEIR FIRST MISTAKE WAS INVITING HER IN...Rose has it all - the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay.Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams - her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted - is Polly behind it all?It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again...The original psychological thriller: a dark, deliciously unsettling drama, perfect for fans of I Let You Go, The Couple Next Door and The Girl on the Train.Readers LOVE Cuckoo!'Brilliant... truly chilling' Sophie Hannah'Wow. This book is truly amazing... I devoured it' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Totally compelling' Daily Mail'This is one smart and sharp psychological thriller... a shiveringly good read' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'A read-in-one-sitting book!... Julia Crouch writes with disturbing brilliance' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Completely thrilling, I promise anyone, male, female, young, old, this book won't disappoint!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I was more and more gripped with the more I read... the ending still managed to blow me away. This was a book that stayed with me for days' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

The Wayland family - Lara and Marcus and their three children - leave England to spend a long, hot summer in Trout Island, Upstate New York. Lara, still reeling from an abortion that Marcus insisted on, hopes the summer away from home will give her time to learn to love her husband again. A chance meeting at a party reacquaints the family with Marcus's old actor friend, Stephen, with whom Lara once had an affair. Lara feels herself drawn towards Stephen and they pick up their secret relationship where they left off. Lara knows she's playing a dangerous game; what she doesn't know is that it's also a deadly one.

'Wow, this book was fantastic, it gripped me from start to finish!' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐Some secrets are better left buried...Peg always felt a little blurred, a little lacking in definition. Her mother died when she was six, her father simply disappeared, and she was brought up by her grandparents and her obese, bedridden aunt. But, despite all this, she never developed the habit of asking questions.At least, not until she met Loz, her straight-talking, psychotherapeutically literate girlfriend, who urges her to confront her demons.But as the skeletons come tumbling out of the family closet and the full horror of the past begins to reveal itself, Peg starts to wonder whether her youthful lack of curiosity might not have been a good thing. A very good thing indeed...Why readers love Tarnished: 'You'd be crazy not to read this book... an absolutely brilliant writer' Daily Mail'Will keep you up at night to finish it and the characters will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Truly chilling... you won't want to read it alone in the house' Sunday Mirror''An intense psychological thriller that left me reeling.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I read this one in double quick time... Brilliant storytelling... I had my hand over my mouth at one stage trying to stop myself talking out loud on the bus.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Wow, this book was fantastic, it gripped me from start to finish! I highly recommend it if you like family themed thrillers where you can never work out who to trust!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'Yikes!... A well written, addictive story with a very twisted core... It's a powerful book. A page turner.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I stayed up reading this novel until 11.30pm, woke again at 4.30am and just had to pick the book back up and finish it. It was worth losing sleep for.' Goodreads reviewer ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

A mother with a dark secret...A daughter dying to tell.When 3-month-old Max is abducted, his parents are plunged into their worst nightmare. Devastated mum Sarah only took her eyes off him for a second, but that doesn't stop her guilt. Even husband Jake can't hide his anger that their little boy went missing on her watch.By contrast there are smiles and celebration at a caravan park in Lincolnshire, as baby Blaze is introduced to the Star family. Jenna and Gary are delighted with the new addition to their family. He is their fourth child and a real object of delight to their eldest - fifteen-year-old Willow - who once again will raise the child.But trouble is brewing for the Star family. Willow is concerned by the desperate online appeals from Sarah and Jake, baby Max has neonatal diabetes and without regular treatment will die. As baby "Blaze" becomes seriously ill, Willow makes a shocking discovery. What is the truth about her family? And how far will they go to hide their deadly secret?READERS ARE LOVING THE WRONG CHILD:'This needs to be on your TBR' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I couldn't put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A rollercoaster ride...absolutely full of twists and turns!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Gripping read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Highly recommended and I need more please!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'It had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sophie Hannah says Julia Crouch is 'brilliant' and Erin Kelly calls her 'one of the best writers in a strong field'. A woman has to stop her husband's lover from ruining her life in this stunning psychological thriller, HER HUSBAND'S LOVER, from the acclaimed Julia Crouch.She stole her husband. Now she wants to take her life.After the horrors of the past, Louisa Williams is desperate to make a clean start.Her husband Sam is dead. Her children, too, are gone, victims of the car accident in which he died. Sam said that she would never get away from him. That he would hound her until she died if she tried to leave. Louisa never thought that he would want to harm their children though. But then she never thought that he would betray her with a woman like Sophie.And now Sophie is determined to take all that Louisa has left. She wants to destroy her reputation and to take what she thinks is owed her - the life she would have had if Sam had lived.Her husband's lover wants to take her life. The only question is will Louisa let her?

How far would you go to protect your secrets?Greece, 1980Emma takes part in a shattering, violent event. An event to which she is anything but an innocent bystander.She is only eighteen, but this marks her fall from innocence.It will haunt her for the rest of her life.London, nowKate has the perfect existence: a glossy image, a glamorous home, a perfect family.But there are cracks.All is not what it seems.And now the two worlds are about to collide.Somebody's out for revenge.Someone who has been waiting thirty years...