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The Stranger Diaries

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781786487421

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 1st November 2018

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Crime & Mystery

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A TIMES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR. THE RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK.

‘Goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting’ LOUISE PENNY

A dark story has been brought to terrifying life. Can the ending be rewritten in time?


This is what the police know:
English teacher Clare Cassidy’s friend Ella has just been murdered. Clare and Ella had recently fallen out. Found beside the body was a line from The Stranger, a story by the Gothic writer Clare teaches, and the murder scene is identical to one of the deaths in the story.

This is what Clare knows: No one else was aware of her fight with Ella. Few others have even read The Stranger. Someone has wormed their way into her life and her work. They know her darkest secrets. And they don’t mean well.

This is what the killer knows: Who will be next to die.

‘Compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising’ PETER JAMES

‘Utterly bewitching . . . a pitch-perfect modern Gothic’ AJ FINN, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW



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Reviews

Great on character and suspense
Val McDermid
My heart is still pounding after finishing Elly Griffiths' The Stranger Diaries. As with her other books, this is fiercely intelligent, warm, human and at times, funny. The Stranger Diaries picks up where the great Gothic thrillers of the past leave off. At once a homage to that great literary form, and a re-imagining, it is goose-bump spooky, smart, and haunting, in every sense. I loved this book! And you will too
Louise Penny
Utterly bewitching. This atmospheric, intricate thriller, a pitch-perfect modern Gothic, chilled my blood and warmed my heart. As unforgettable as it is original
AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
A deviously plotted modern-day tale that's rooted in a flesh-creeping Victorian past. Elly Griffiths' clever and original murder mystery plays deliciously on the nerves and kept me guessing until the end
Lesley Thomson, author of The Detective's Daughter series
Elly Griffiths writes with a sharp, smart eye and great elegance. This novel is compelling, intelligent and increasingly mesmerising
Peter James
The perfect page-turner for foggy, wintry evenings
Fabulous magazine
This clever and entertaining novel has much to say about female rivalry, mothers and daughters, and the creation of fiction itself
Literary Review