A gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Follow You Home and The Magpies. It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather forget, she wonders if she has made a mistake. A fatal mistake. What is her ambitious young assistant really up to? And what exactly happened to Sophie's predecessor? When her husband and daughter are pulled into the nightmare, Sophie is forced to confront the darkest secrets she has carried for years. As her life begins to fall apart at work and at home, Sophie must race to uncover the truth about her new job...before it kills her.
About the Author :
Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people. His first solo novel, The Magpies (2013), reached the #1 spot on Amazon UK. This was followed by What You Wish For (2014), Because She Loves Me (2014; also a #1 bestseller in the UK) and Follow You Home (2015). He also co-writes with Louise Voss. Their novels are Killing Cupid (2011), Catch Your Death (2011), All Fall Down (2012), Forward Slash and a series featuring Detective Inspector Patrick Lennon, starting with From the Cradle (2014) and The Blissfully Dead (2015). Mark grew up on the south coast of England and started writing in his twenties while working in a number of dead-end jobs. He lived in Tokyo for a year before returning to the UK and starting a career in marketing. He now writes full-time and lives in the West Midlands, England, with his wife, their three children and a ginger cat. When he's not writing or looking after children, Mark reads a lot, devours TV box sets and spends far too much time on Twitter and Facebook, where he loves chatting with his readers.
Review :
“Edwards doesn’t need fancy flourishes or clever gimmicks to write the hell out of a story...A white-knuckle, one-sitting read.” —Red Magazine
“The Devil’s Work is an assured and effective psychological thriller, from a writer who knows how to tell a compelling and thrilling story.” —My Weekly
“[The Devil’s Work] has all the hallmarks of a psychological thriller: fear, paranoia, people who are not what they seem, high-wire tension and a shoal of red herrings.” —Daily Mail
“The Devil’s Work is clever, contemporary, and chillingly plausible. Mark Edwards just gets better and better.” —Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go
“A thrill-ride of a book, relishing the unexpected and unsettling the reader at every turn. It’s deliciously terrifying.” —Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner
“Mark Edwards has done it again—another heart-stopping, utterly gripping psychological thriller that had me frantically turning the pages. My favourite book this year.” —CL Taylor, author of The Missing
“A twisted and thrilling tale that I couldn’t put down until I’d finished. Another surefire best seller.” —Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You
“You think you had a bad day at the office! Another belter from Mark Edwards.” —Helen Fitzgerald, author of Viral
“Brilliant all the way through. I couldn’t put it down.” —Sarah Lotz, author of The Three
“Creepy, chilling and utterly compelling.” —Angela Clarke, author of Follow Me
“Deliciously dark and beautifully written.” —Robert Bryndza, author of Girl in the Ice
