FROM FLYNN BERRY, AUTHOR OF REESE WITHERSPOON’S BOOK CLUB PICK NORTHERN SPY
Who is Claire’s father?
A privileged man, surrounded by devoted friends and a family he adores?
Or the deranged killer who attacked Claire’s mother and then vanished in thin air?
For thirty years Claire has been obsessed with uncovering the mystery at the heart of her life, and she knows her father’s friends – wealthy, powerful, ruthless – hold the key to the truth.
They know where Claire’s father is. And it’s time their perfect lives met her fury.
‘A thrilling page-turner’ Paula Hawkins
‘Shocking’ New York Times
‘What a book!’ Clare Mackintosh
‘Satisfyingly ominous’ Observer
‘It left me heartbroken’ Fiona Barton
‘Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen’ New York Journal of Books
Who is Claire’s father?
A privileged man, surrounded by devoted friends and a family he adores?
Or the deranged killer who attacked Claire’s mother and then vanished in thin air?
For thirty years Claire has been obsessed with uncovering the mystery at the heart of her life, and she knows her father’s friends – wealthy, powerful, ruthless – hold the key to the truth.
They know where Claire’s father is. And it’s time their perfect lives met her fury.
‘A thrilling page-turner’ Paula Hawkins
‘Shocking’ New York Times
‘What a book!’ Clare Mackintosh
‘Satisfyingly ominous’ Observer
‘It left me heartbroken’ Fiona Barton
‘Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen’ New York Journal of Books
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Reviews
Flynn Berry vividly re-imagines one of the most notorious crimes of the 20th century. A Double Life is a thrilling page-turner, but it is also a compassionate and angry book: with forensic precision, Berry picks apart lives derailed by violence and the ways in which class privilege protect the guilty.'
A Double Life isn't just a whodunit but a damning dissection on class and privilege too. Fans of Elizabeth Day's The Party will love this.
Berry's sophomore effort is just as smart and haunting as her Edgar-winning debut, Under the Harrow
A stifling air of unease builds with every page
Flynn Berry writes thrillingly about women raging against a world that protects cruel and careless men. She's less preoccupied by scenes of abuse than the psychological toll of its threat. Her protagonists seethe over their knowledge of violence and are fueled by a howling grief for its victims. Berry proved in Under the Harrow that her prose can be as blistering as it is lush. Here, too, the writing is rich and moody, without any unnecessary fuss... The ending is as shocking as it is satisfying.
Thrilling
[An] interesting ... reimagining of the Lord Lucan story... Berry brings the story to a satisfyingly shocking conclusion.
A quietly menacing thriller by up-and-coming talent Flynn Berry.
Psychological suspense has a new reigning queen
A detailed and compelling story of a family's fallout from a brutal crime, and the search for truth and retribution.
Astute... With exquisite pacing, Edgar Award-winner Berry (Under the Harrow) guides us to a stunning conclusion.
What a book! A skilful and compelling exploration of families, crime, and class.
Thrilling
As well as confirming the promise of Berry's debut, Under the Harrow, the book demonstrates that fusing fiction and true crime can be mesmerisingly effective.
A compulsive page-turner
Berry skips between Claire's present-day investigations and her reconstruction of her parents' lives almost three decades earlier in this beautifully paced and satisfyingly ominous story.
Berry gives the well-worn story of Lord Lucan a fresh twist with this clever tale which tells the story of a woman determined to bring her father's high society friends to justice.
Engrossing
There are obvious hints of the Lucan case, but Berry makes the story her own, weaving in details that snag at the mind's edge... The story dances between rage and compassion. This struggle between opposing values propels the book to its startling conclusion
Clever, thrilling writing that wound me in and left me heartbroken when I turned the last page and realised it was over.