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The couple at Number 9 : a novel / Claire Douglas.

Douglas, Claire (Journalist), (author.).

Summary:

When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body -- two bodies, in fact. Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner -- her grandmother, Rose. Rose is in a care home and Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police but it is clear she remembers something. As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched. What happened thirty years ago? Why did no one miss the victims? What part did her grandmother play? And is Saffy now in danger?

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063246324 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 385 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Harper, [2022]

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General Note:
Originally published in paperback: London : Penguin Books, 2021.

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Subject: Alzheimer's disease > Patients > Fiction.
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Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.
Novels.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • Baker & Taylor
    When, while renovating her grandmother Rose's cottage, she uncovers the remains of two bodies, pregnant Saffron Cutler must protect Rose who suffers from Alzheimer's from a murder inquiry, plunging her life in danger as she tries to piece together what Rose knows.
  • Baker & Taylor
    When, while renovating her grandmother Rose’s cottage, she uncovers the remains of two bodies, pregnant Saffron Cutler must protect Rose who suffers from Alzheimer’s from a murder inquiry, plunging her life in danger as she tries to piece together what Rose knows. 20,000 first printing.
  • HARPERCOLL

    “Tense, twisty, fraught with emotion and packed with secrets, The Couple at Number 9 is Claire’s best thriller yet.”—Gilly MacMillan, bestselling author of What She Knew

    The internationally bestselling author of Do Not Disturb and Just Like the Other Girls delivers a heart-pounding psychological thriller about a couple who inherit what seems to be their dream home, until they make a horrifying discovery—and the danger begins.

    The Victims . . . 

    When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations, the last thing she expects is builders uncovering human remains. The remains of two bodies, in fact.

    The Investigation . . . 

    Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Saffy has nothing to worry about—until the police launch a murder inquiry and ask to speak to the cottage’s former owner. Her grandmother, Rose.

    The Witness . . . 

    Rose is in a nursing home and Alzheimer’s means her memory is increasingly confused. She can’t help the police, but its’ clear she remembers something. 

    The Killer . . . 

    As Rose’s fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched.

    The Truth . . . 

    What happened thirty years ago? Why did no one miss the victims? What part did her grandmother play? And is Saffy now in danger? 

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