The Sequel

A bookworms treat.Sunday Times
Unforgettable.Wall Street Journal
An entertaining cat-and-mouse thriller. Daily Telegraph
Smart, funny and deliciously dark.Guardian
DeliciousNew York Times

** One of the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2024 **
** A New Yorker Book of the Year **
**Winner of the 2025 CrimeFest eDunnit Award**

The wildly twisty and devilishly clever new thriller from the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plot.

Not many first-time novelists get a profile in the New York Times. Then again, few first-time novelists come with the backstory of Anna Williams-Bonner: recent bride of a wildly successful writer who took his own life even as his fame seemed on the ascent. Annas book is climbing the bestseller lists. But when someone leaves a cryptic note for her at a book signing, she realises that not all the attention is positive. For years, Annas been keeping secrets about her past: what if someone knows the truth? She will do anything to keep what she values most: the right to her own story.

If you liked The Plot . . .
Insanely readable.Stephen King
Breathtakingly suspenseful. Megan Abbott
Smart, surprising and stealthily unsettling.The Times
So clever, so taut, so dazzling.Lisa Jewell
Youll love The Sequel.

Readers are loving The Sequel:
The most delicious binge ever.
This is the kind of book Patricia Highsmith would have written.
Dark, brilliant . . . [with] several twists which I never saw coming.
Intriguing . . . I guarantee youll have a book hangover after this one!
Kept me guessing the entire time, I would definitely recommend it.