‘The Other Passenger is just brilliant; gripping from the first page… Louise Candlish just gets better and better, I love her’ Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs
It all happens so quickly. One day you're living the dream, commuting to work by riverbus with your charismatic neighbour Kit in the seat beside you. The next, Kit hasn't turned up for the boat and his wife Melia has reported him missing.
When you get off at your stop, the police are waiting. Another passenger saw you and Kit arguing on the boat home the night before and the police say that you had a reason to want him dead. You protest. You and Kit are friends - ask Melia, she'll vouch for you. And who exactly is this other passenger pointing the finger? What do they know about your lives?
No, whatever danger followed you home last night, you are innocent, totally innocent.
Aren't you?
Title: The Other Passenger
Author: Louise Candlish
Published By: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date:25th June 2020
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Our Review
Oh my, what an absolute whirlwind The Other Passenger is. Just when you think you’ve sussed everything out Louise Candlish grabs the rug beneath your feet with both hands and yanks it from under you.
I’m grateful that I was able to read this book in one sitting as it pulled me in and gripped tight hold of me until I’d read every last twist and turn. Then the ending made me want to punch the air with a resounding YES!!!
The story focuses on the relationship between two couples Jamie and Clare who are the haves and Kit and Melia are the have nots. The story is told from Jamie’s point of view and highlights the generational differences between the couples with Kit and Melia expecting everything on a plate and Jamie and Clare being well off. The book also focuses on the disparity between Jamie and Clare’s marriage too and throws up some interesting problems for them because her family are rich and whilst she works hard she could be seen as having a privileged life handed to her on a plate. Each of these points is entwined together to produce a compelling plot with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat.
Deliciously wicked, intelligently written and bloody brilliant.
Sincerely
Book Angel x
Hello and welcome! I am the author of 14 novels, a fact I can't quite believe myself. THE OTHER PASSENGER is my newest - I'm so excited about this one! It's a very modern thriller set on the Thames in 2019, but with a mood of Hitchcock and noir classics like 'Double Indemnity'. It is also my first ever Richard & Judy Book Club pick, which makes me very happy. I really hope you enjoy it.
My thriller OUR HOUSE is the book that turned my career around - right when I was about to give up. It won the 2019 British Book Awards Book of the Year - Crime & Thriller and was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Best Crime Novel of the Year Award, and the Audible Sounds of Crime Award. It was also longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the Specsavers National Book Awards. A #1 bestseller in paperback, ebook and audiobook, it has sold 250,000 copies in the UK and is soon to be a major four-part drama for ITV. I couldn't have asked for more, really, and feel so proud that you are continuing to discover it and recommend it far and wide.
A bit about me: I live in a South London neighbourhood not unlike the one in my books, with my husband, teenage daughter, and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is almost eighteen months and the apple of my eye. Books, TV and long walks have been my top sanity savers during lockdown. Oh, and wine.
For more book news (and doting pictures of Bertie), catch me on Twitter @louise_candlish, on Instagram @louisecandlish or find out more at louisecandlish.com and facebook.com/LouiseCandlishAuthor. I'd love to hear from you.
Author photos ©Jonny Ring; ©Joe Lord/Archant
About the Author
My thriller OUR HOUSE is the book that turned my career around - right when I was about to give up. It won the 2019 British Book Awards Book of the Year - Crime & Thriller and was shortlisted for the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Best Crime Novel of the Year Award, and the Audible Sounds of Crime Award. It was also longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year and the Specsavers National Book Awards. A #1 bestseller in paperback, ebook and audiobook, it has sold 250,000 copies in the UK and is soon to be a major four-part drama for ITV. I couldn't have asked for more, really, and feel so proud that you are continuing to discover it and recommend it far and wide.
A bit about me: I live in a South London neighbourhood not unlike the one in my books, with my husband, teenage daughter, and a fox-red Labrador called Bertie who is almost eighteen months and the apple of my eye. Books, TV and long walks have been my top sanity savers during lockdown. Oh, and wine.
For more book news (and doting pictures of Bertie), catch me on Twitter @louise_candlish, on Instagram @louisecandlish or find out more at louisecandlish.com and facebook.com/LouiseCandlishAuthor. I'd love to hear from you.
Author photos ©Jonny Ring; ©Joe Lord/Archant
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