Copycat: The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of After Anna

Copycat: The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author of After Anna
Alex Lake

The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of After Anna and Killing Kate.Imitation is the most terrifying form of flattery…Which Sarah Havenant is you?When an old friend gets in touch, Sarah Havenant discovers that there are two Facebook profiles in her name. One is hers. The other, she has never seen.But everything in it is accurate. Photos of her friends, her husband, her kids. Photos from the day before. Photos of her new kitchen. Photos taken inside her house.And this is just the beginning. Because whoever has set up the second profile has been waiting for Sarah to find it. And now that she has, her life will no longer be her own…

COPYCAT

Alex Lake

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

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Source ISBN: 9780008199746

Ebook Edition © September 2017 ISBN: 9780008199753

Version: 2018-10-24

Dedication (#u4825c1a4-9d23-5489-b40c-951101f0602b)

To Mum and Dad, who taught me the magic words: ‘Of course you can’.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u02458baf-0724-5486-987d-30b406ffc88d)

Title Page (#u51308bed-c04e-5250-8c43-f2c9ce921c9f)

Copyright (#u9d2fb9ac-d767-5e1a-8208-656f4c8bdebc)

Dedication (#ud7855433-52dc-5f58-b87f-b2fa838d8b6a)

Part One (#u9564c41a-25f2-58bf-9c0d-beb77eacc066)

Ten Years Earlier (#u251d100d-ad6d-5d7d-8035-95d4884ace32)

Chapter 1 (#uc6f0086d-ff36-55e7-a215-49844f78d0f6)

Chapter 2 (#ubc814706-5772-5c28-8f24-9e639a6347ef)

Chapter 3 (#ub63bcc25-cb4b-517b-a2bd-615f22d9ae0d)

Chapter 4 (#u7155a591-6f5f-5ad6-b3bf-ade53af18578)

Chapter 5 (#u29903552-1a12-5b80-b709-52bb0a824477)

Chapter 6 (#u566d2c96-6d47-5cd9-a11a-767721935337)

Chapter 7 (#u2a3a917b-9e1b-56d5-b3bd-4b6ab4c5d9f2)

Chapter 8 (#u5753ba1f-5e03-5154-aff9-665b79b86682)

Chapter 9 (#ue930da6f-8cc4-5e40-9ba5-dd229c94d940)

Chapter 10 (#u267debc3-dc31-5eef-8b66-2f05e4b672dd)

Chapter 11 (#u7ab57787-be6a-58a4-8ad2-8230481fe787)

Chapter 12 (#u469a6e23-5e57-5160-8d19-1ef9f15a2049)

Chapter 13 (#u80c2107c-d5be-5ae2-afbd-ce68e6fd0057)

Chapter 14 (#u1192e844-f342-576f-92d3-ee0ddcf6c350)

Chapter 15 (#u2b54ddab-aee7-51ab-812b-1806f6641b26)

Chapter 16 (#uc92dbae6-f2b5-5a2d-bb80-e596e3a8f8ce)

Chapter 17 (#ua50fc46b-0c99-564d-8fb6-5f5e7b84c126)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)