KAREN PERRY

When Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and announces that she is his daughter, he is left reeling. Suddenly his family - imperfect, flawed, but working - is trying to find space for someone new. But Zoe's stories don't quite add up and lies become indistinguishable from truths. The family struggle to make sense of whether she is a sister, a daughter, a friend, an enemy. But no one could have expected where it all might end. Because they have let into their home a girl that they do not know. And now everything they have built has begun to violently, determinedly, break apart.

'I think you might be my father ...' When first-year student Zoe Barry walks into Professor David Connolly's office and tentatively says these words, he is left reeling. But it is the lives of his family - particularly his wife Caroline - which are turned upside down by the arrival of this stranger. A daughter, a sister, a friend ...an enemy? Though no one knows quite who Zoe is, she is soon entangled in their lives. Yet her stories don't ring true and Caroline is determined to learn if the girl is the unlucky innocent she claims to be or someone with a far darker agenda. A deadly cuckoo in the nest ...Because by letting Zoe in, David and Caroline aren't just leaving themselves vulnerable. They're risking the most precious thing in the world - the lives of their children ...Praise for Karen Perry 'Both as a crime novel and as an emotional journey, it's gripping stuff' Tana French 'Taut, smartly written, empathetic, unbearably tense' Irish Independent

'Elegantly written and beautifully paced, Can You Keep ASecret? is a fluent, subtle and chilling novel' Declan Hughes, The Irish TimesTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Karen Perry brings Can You Keep a Secret, a truly dark and compulsive read - perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Ruth Ware . . . It's been twenty years since Lindsey has seen her best friend RachelTwenty years since she has set foot in Thornbury Hall - the now crumbling home of the Bagenal family - where they spent so much time as teenagers. Since Patrick Bagenal's 18th birthday party, the night everything changed . . . for good.It's time for a reunionPatrick has decided on one last hurrah before closing the doors of his family home for good. All of the old crowd, back together for a weekend.For the secrets to come outIt's not long before secrets begin to float to the surface. Everything that Lindsey shared with her best friend at sixteen . . . and everything that she didn't . . . Some secrets should never be told. They need to be taken to the grave. While others require revenge at any cost.Praise for Karen Perry's Girl Unknown'Full of intrigue and incident and keeps us guessing until the very last tragic page' Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Lying in Wait'Karen Perry writes intense psychological thrillers that explore emotional danger with relentless, surgical accuracy' Tana French, bestselling author of The Trespasser'Stunning' Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club'Like Gone Girl . . . It's the most gripping thing I've read for ages' Evening Standard'Beautifully written, tense and twisty tale' Sunday Mirror'The book is beautifully written, with just the right balance of teasing the reader with clues and hitting them with revelations' Best Crime Fiction of 2015, The Telegraph

She saved your life.One hot, humid night in London, Cara is caught up in a wave of terror and chaos. Until a hand reaches out - and a stranger pulls her to safety.She knows your darkest secrets.Taking refuge with her unlikely rescuer, Cara shares more of herself with Amy than she ever has with anyone, including her husband. But after the hours of darkness are over, she can't remember exactly what secrets she revealed.Cara attempts to put it all behind her. But cracks begin to show in her life and marriage, and she starts to receive anonymous threats. She's your closest friend.As Cara's life begins to skid out of control, Amy reappears, offering to help.Amy is only person Cara can turn to, who knows her hidden side. Amy saved her that night.But what if the biggest threat to Cara is the stranger she's invited into her home?She's your worst nightmare. What readers are saying:'Sizzles with tension and menace . . . a stunning read, better than Gone Girl''A riveting plot, entirely believable characters, and suspense of the subtlest kind' 'It held my attention right to the final page and the final twist took my breath away''Probably my favourite book so far of 2018'