THE SAFE HOUSE

She told you the house would keep you safe.

She lied.

“The house keeps us safe,” she says. “There’s nothing left for us outside.”

Esther is safe in the house. For sixteen years, she and her mother have lived off the grid, protected from the dangers of the outside world. For sixteen years, Esther has never seen another soul. 

Until today.

Today there’s a man outside the house. A man who knows Esther’s name, and who proves that her mother’s claims about the outside world are false. A man who is telling Esther that she’s been living a lie. 

Is her mother keeping Esther safe – or keeping her prisoner?

“Misery meets A Blast from the Past with a little of Room thrown in for good measure. The Safe House is such a great idea that I really wish I’d thought of it first! Not only a great idea but perfectly realised too as the tension is ratcheted up.”

Trevor Wood, Crime Writers’ Association Dagger award winning author of The Man on the Street.

“The Safe House unearths the depths of a mother's love in a compelling thriller that illustrates how even the horrific can be made to feel normal.”

Eve Smith, author of The Waiting Rooms and Off-Target

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