The Fear: The sensational new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller that you need to read in 2018

The Fear: The sensational new thriller from the Sunday Times bestseller that you need to read in 2018
C.L. Taylor

‘Claustrophobic and compelling’ KARIN SLAUGHTER‘A rollercoaster with multiple twists’ DAILY MAIL’A million dollar new story from a million selling author' SARAH PINBOROUGHSometimes your first love won’t let you go…When Lou Wandsworth ran away to France with her teacher Mike Hughes, she thought he was the love of her life. But Mike wasn’t what he seemed and he left her life in pieces.Now 32, Lou discovers that he is involved with teenager Chloe Meadows. Determined to make sure history doesn’t repeat itself, she returns home to confront him for the damage he’s caused.But Mike is a predator of the worst kind, and as Lou tries to bring him to justice, it’s clear that she could once again become his prey…The million copy Sunday Times bestseller returns with a gripping psychological thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat.Praise for The Fear:‘A skewering portrait of obsessive love and psychological manipulation, this book gets under the skin from the outset and won’t let you go until you’ve gasped at THAT ending. This is Taylor’s best book yet.’CJ Cooke (author of I Know My Name)‘Wow! Such a fast-paced, gripping, tense thriller. My heart was in my mouth at the end. Her best yet!’Claire Douglas (author of Local Girl Missing)

C.L. TAYLOR

The Fear

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2018

Copyright © C.L. Taylor 2018

Cover photographs © Henry Steadman

Cover design © Henry Steadman 2018

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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008118099

Ebook Edition © March 2018 ISBN: 9780008118105

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Praise for C.L. Taylor (#u51faef6b-96d2-57e5-bd02-1c18727370ad)

‘Fans of C.L. Taylor are in for a treat. The Fear is her best yet.’

Clare Mackintosh

‘Claustrophobic and compelling.’

Karin Slaughter

‘A skewering portrait of obsessive love and psychological manipulation, this book gets under the skin from the outset and won’t let you go until you’ve gasped at THAT ending. With characters so real you feel you ought to text them and a plot that keeps you tearing through the pages, this is Taylor’s best book yet.’

C.J. Cooke

‘A thoroughly enjoyable read, a highly original and timely tale that kept me utterly enthralled and entertained from beginning to end.’

Liz Nugent

‘I loved The Fear! It’s my favourite of C.L. Taylor’s novels now. I couldn’t put it down. Tense, twisty, terrifying – with one of the best premises I’ve read in ages.’

Julie Cohen

‘Many thrillers claim to be compelling: The Fear absolutely is. Breathtakingly bold, shockingly tense, you won’t be able to tear yourself away from this book. It’s dark, emotionally-charged and filled with characters who will make you question everything you think you know about them. The Fear will delight C.L. Taylor’s fans and win her an army of new ones. What a book!’

Miranda Dickinson

‘What an absolutely cracking read! Pacy, well-written,

and anxiety inducing.’

Lisa Hall

‘The Fear is a compulsive read, that forces the reader to consider just how far they would go to protect themselves and those around them. I could not put this book down!’

Emma Kavanagh

‘Dark and disturbing: this is a book I will remember

for a long time.’

Rachel Abbott

‘A terrifying glimpse into a dark subject. This brilliant book stayed with me long after I finished the last page.’

Cass Green

‘It’s a close call as the bar’s set so high but this has to be C.L. Taylor’s best yet. SO entertaining, high on the shock-factor and yet totally ‘real’.’

Caz Frear

‘The Missing has a delicious sense of foreboding from the first page, luring us into the heart of a family with terrible secrets and making us wait, with pounding hearts for the final, agonizing twist. Loved it.’

Fiona Barton

‘Black Narcissus for the Facebook generation, a clever exploration of how petty jealousies and misunderstandings can unravel even the tightest of friendships. Claustrophobic, tense and thrilling, a thrill-ride of a novel that keeps you guessing.’

Elizabeth Haynes