'You start off walking as the story unravels, then you’re jogging along, and by the end you’re hurtling towards the climax ... Spectacular' Kate Mosse

A Richard & Judy Summer Book Club pick A whirlwind romance. A perfect marriage. Hannah Reilly has seized her chance at happiness. Until the day her husband fails to come home . . . And can you ever really know what happened before you met?

"Loved Gone Girl? (Who didn’t?) This is the Brit version; another relationship that’s not as it seems, but with a London flavour. Warning: you won’t want to put it down" - Glamour

"A creepily effective thriller, Whitehouse ramping up the chills with her dark wintry weather and her glimpses into the creation of a disturbed mind ... She marshals her creations to an enjoyably nail-biting, spine-tingling denouement" - Observer Thriller of the Month

"A classic psychological thriller" - Mark Billingham

"Before We Met by Lucie Whitehouse gets down and dirty in Hannah and Mark’s marriage and is as tense a read as Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl ... Read in one sitting" - ASOS Magazine

"A fiendishly spun tissue of lies and charm eventually gives way to a bloody showdown" - Independent

"You start off walking as the story unravels, then you’re jogging along, and by the end you’re hurtling towards the climax; and the ending is spectacular" - Kate Mosse

"Layer upon layer of paranoia and suspicion make this novel a compulsive read. This is a thriller that plays on deep human vulnerabilities and emotions, carrying the reader from chapter to chapter ****" - The Lady

"The tension builds revelation by revelation and barely loosens its grip throughout" - Independent

"The delicate unravelling of relationships in ‘Chick Noir’ is a new guilty pleasure. Enjoy" - Grazia