Samantha Hayes – författare

A chilling psychological thriller with a shocking twist from Samantha Hayes, the bestselling author of THE LIAR'S WIFE and BLOOD TIES'An emotional thriller that'll keep you on the edge of your seat' LookMary Marshall would do anything for her daughter Julia. A devoted grandmother to Julia's children, she's always been the rock her family can rely on. Until now. Mary has a past Julia knows nothing about, and it's come back to haunt her. Julia's husband Murray French is walking a tightrope. A solicitor struggling with an alcohol problem, he's about to lose his wife and his children to another man: someone successful, someone they deserve. Someone who's everything he's not. Can he ever get his family back? Just when Julia thinks life is starting to turn around, she stumbles upon the brutalised body of a girl she teaches. And as the terrible present starts to shed light on her mother's past, Julia realises her family's nightmare is only just beginning...

A woman stands on a bridge, the water rushing below. In a few seconds she will jump, plunging more than two hundred feet to her death. Who is she? And why is she desperate to take her own life? Nina Kennedy, a wife and mother, is afraid. A man is following her, threatening her family, toying with her sanity. What does he want? And how long will it be before he strikes? Eight-year-old Ava sits waiting for her daddy. But, like the others in the children's home, she knows her father will never come. The home is a place of whispers and shadows. But no one dare tell the truth. Until now...

A tense and powerful emotional thriller that asks: Do we ever really know our children?There must have been some mistake... TV presenter Carrie Kent can't believe the voice on the end of the phone. Surely it didn't just say that her son - her beloved son Max - has been stabbed within his school gates? This sort of thing happens only to the guests on her daily morning chat show. Not to someone like her boy. But when Carrie arrives at the hospital and learns that Max is dead, she is thrown into a nightmare. No one will reveal what really happened and the only witness, a schoolgirl, is refusing to talk. Carrie must enter an unknown world of fear and violence if she wants to find the truth. But can she live with what she discovers?

'There's someone I want you to meet,' Belle says, as a man draws up to her side. He's tall with dark stubble on his square jaw. The corner of his mouth curls upwards in a smile as he slides his hand around my daughter's waist. I grab my husband's arm to steady myself, as the room spins around me. I stare into the man's eyes - jet black. Nothing and everything hidden behind them. Fear prickles my skin as I remember what he did. How I only just escaped. All the lies I've had to tell since.'I want you to meet Jack,' Belle says, brimming with excitement. 'He's my fiancé.'Fear hammers in my chest. I have to stop this. My daughter's life is in danger, and it's all because of me...A totally gripping psychological thriller from an Amazon No1. bestseller that will take you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and have you gasping at the twists. Fans of The Housemaid, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will be flipping pages all night long!Readers love The Engagement:'Wow!!!!! Loved!!!!! Unforgettable!!!!!... A jaw-dropping ending that I never saw coming, not in a million years.' Blue Moon Blogger, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'THIS. WAS. INCREDIBLE... Nail-biting... Kept me up way past my bedtime. I was sucked into the drama and couldn't put it down. I cannot find a single flaw... Every plot twist had me gasping... A wild ride... Gosh this was incredible.' @mariaareadss, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Omg... still sitting here in shock with my mouth open at the last chapter of this book! I thought I had it figured but I literally had no idea... Amazing... I could not put this down... Cannot recommend it enough!' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'PAGE TURNER... WOW... you will never see THAT HUGE BANG of an end coming... Nothing short of phenomenal... Definitely one of my favorite reads this year... Had me completely mind-blown.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Amazing... I was hooked from the start... Your jaw will drop!!!... slaps you in the face and has you rethinking absolutely everything.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Wow! What a great jaw-dropping twist! I was literally in the edge of my seat, biting my nails off! I just kept turning and turning the pages I just needed to know what happened!... A definite must-read.' @geneva.bookdiary, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'My heart is beating straight out of my chest... I don't think I will EVER stop raving about The Engagement.' @thrillbythepage, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I finished in less than 24 hours. I absolutely could not put it down.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!!!!!! YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THE TWISTS AND YOU WILL NOT GUESS THE ENDING! THIS BOOK MUST BE READ BY EVERYONE.' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Returning early from a disastrous date night with my husband, I know something is wrong the moment the wheels crunch the gravel drive of our home. Inside, the TV is on and a half-eaten meal waits on the table. My heart stops when I find our little girl is alone in the house and our babysitter, Sasha, is missing...Days later, when I'm arrested for Sasha's murder and torn away from my perfect little family, I'll wish I had told someone about the threatening note I received that morning.I'll hate myself for not finding out who the gift hidden inside my husband's wardrobe was for.I'll scream from the rooftops that I'm innocent - but no one will listen.I will realise I was completely wrong about everything that happened that night...But will you believe me?Twisted and absolutely unputdownable, Date Night exposes what goes on behind the closed doors of a happy home and the dangerous truths we ignore to protect the ones we love. Perfect reading for anyone totally gripped by The Wife Between Us, Friend Request or Gone Girl.Readers adore Date Night!'Wow!... I stayed up all night to finish this book. I'm all sorts of wound up... phenomenal!... easily one of my favourite books of the year. My jaw is hanging on the floor... I could not put down this book... I'm blown away... I'm going to need a couple days to fully process it.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars'Wow, wow, wow! An ending I did NOT see coming... PHENOMENAL... a fast moving read with an unforgettable ending. FANTASTIC!!' Netgalley reviewer, 5 stars'Wow, this book immediately drew me in and kept me concocting reasons to ignore chores so that I could race back to it... it had me glued to it. I'd even find myself waking up and reading a chapter in the night... Absolutely a winner for me!' Pick a Good Book, 5 stars'Wow, what a jaw-dropping, can't-put-down, wonderful book this was... such an amazing book with a shocking ending... a rollercoaster of emotions. I just couldn't put down this book... I wanted more and more. I just devoured this... I absolutely loved this book.' Blue Moon Blogger, 5 stars'This addictive mystery kept me guessing from the first page until the last... a fantastic, tense thriller full of twists and turns, with a jaw-dropping finale that left me reeling.' Emma's Bibliotreasures, 5 stars'Omg, I honestly didn't see that ending coming, that was one hell of a totally unexpected, jaw-dropping twist. I was so shocked... shocking, chilling and heart-breaking... Exceedingly well written, packed full of unexpected twists and turns, gripping and enthralling... Very, very highly recommended.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars'Believe me when I say that this really WASN'T A TWIST THAT I SAW COMING!... I didn't have a clue until it slapped me in the face!... This book is AWESOME and I was addicted from the very first page!' My Chestnut Reading Tree, 5 stars'One of the BEST thrillers I have read in YEARS! Exceptional and addicting.' Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars