I Confess

I Confess
Alex Barclay

‘Gripping, stylish, convincing’ Sunday Times They won’t all live to tell the tale… Seven friends. One killer. No escape… A group of childhood friends are reunited at a luxury inn on a remote west coast peninsula in Ireland. But as a storm builds outside, the dark events that marred their childhoods threaten to resurface. And when a body is discovered, the group faces a shocking realisation: a killer is among them, and not everyone will escape with their lives… ‘Almost unbearably tense and shocking’ IRISH INDEPENDENT ‘Compelling…sharply observed’ IRISH TIMES

I CONFESS

Alex Barclay

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Praise for Alex Barclay: (#u620f6e37-c303-576b-85ea-c5f36ca54a44)

‘Gripping, stylish, convincing’

Sunday Times

‘The rising star of the hard-boiled crime fiction world, combining wild characters, surprising plots and massive backdrops with a touch of dry humour’

Mirror

‘Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair’

Woman and Home

‘Explosive’

Company

‘Compelling’

Glamour

‘Excellent summer reading … Barclay has the confidence to move her story along slowly, and deftly explores the relationships between her characters’

Sunday Telegraph

‘The thriller of the summer’

Irish Independent

‘If you haven’t discovered Alex Barclay, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon’

Image Magazine

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To OMGP This is what it feels like to be seen.

Contents

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Title Page (#u169fc9e3-4e43-53aa-9659-02759f99ff4a)

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Dedication

Pilgrim Point: Beara Peninsula, Cork, Ireland

Chapter 1: Edie (#ud9757456-58e1-5fb8-ae50-2f31505d5750)

Chapter 2 (#u6db5ea31-3837-5518-851f-1302eb351dfc)

Chapter 3: Edie (#ucd53d267-0b60-5094-8e65-143bf37a2f68)

Chapter 4 (#u07c3c6dc-cc94-5583-8422-6fc1f6f2d19e)