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The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

Colette McBeth

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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense

Everyone tells her she's a survivor. No-one knows she's dead inside. You know those books you feel jealous of everyone reading? This is one of those those. Read it. Savour it. Talk about it. Share it.

You know those books you feel jealous of everyone reading? This is one of those those. Read it. Savour it. Talk about it. Share it.

'The plot is taut and compelling, the writing excellent, but it's the exciting narrative structure that sets it apart - a three-strand storyline, one told by a woman who has already been murdered' (Marian Keyes Guardian)


Everyone tells her she's a survivor. No-one knows she's dead inside.

Six years ago Melody was left for dead. When the body of another woman, Eve, is discovered, Melody knows her attacker is still out there. The only way she can survive is to follow the clues of the life that Eve left behind.

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Praise for The Life I Left Behind: A must-read taut and twisty psychological thriller

  • One of the best books of the year - Sun

  • This intriguing and twisty thriller kept me reading into the night - Woman & Home

  • A creepy and clever thriller - Fabulous

  • McBeth's is a much better realisation of the same theme [as The Lovely Bones] and, psychologically, by far the more interesting accomplishment. - Independent

  • If a more affecting psychological thriller is published this year, it will be a very good book indeed - Irish Times

  • Praise for Colette McBeth's Precious Thing:

  • 'Colette McBeth delivers twists and shocks with superb timing. An impressive debut' - The Times

  • 'An excellent storyteller... Precious Thing is more than deserving of a place on the modern thriller bookshelf' - Sunday Express

  • 'An interesting and original page-turner' - Literary Review

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Colette McBeth

Colette McBeth is the critically acclaimed author of psychological thrillers Precious Thing, The Life I Left Behind and An Act of Silence.

Colette was a BBC TV News television correspondent for ten years, during which time she covered many major crime stories and worked out of Westminster as a political reporter.

She lives on the South Coast with her husband and three children.

Twitter @colettemcbeth
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