In a Cottage In a Wood: The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Woman Next Door

In a Cottage In a Wood: The gripping new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Woman Next Door
Cass Green

Her dream home will become her worst nightmare…A USA Today and Sunday Times top ten bestseller. This is the dark and twisty psychological thriller from the No.1 ebook bestselling author of The Woman Next Door.A strange encounterNeve comes across a troubled woman called Isabelle on Waterloo Bridge late one night. Isabelle forces a parcel into Neve’s hands and jumps to her death in the icy Thames below.An unexpected giftTwo weeks later, as Neve’s wreck of a life in London collapses, an unexpected lifeline falls into her lap – a charming cottage in Cornwall left to her by Isabelle, the woman on the bridge. The solution to all her problems.A twisted secretBut when Neve arrives, alone in the dark woods late one night, she finds a sinister-looking bungalow with bars across its windows. And her dream home quickly becomes her worst nightmare – a house hiding a twisted secret that will change her life forever…

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Source ISBN: 9780008248956

Ebook Edition © September 2017 ISBN: 9780008248963

Version: 2018-07-04

Dedication (#ulink_46117fdf-6e6a-5bc0-af34-198edde7cbdf)

For all the orphans I know,

and the ones I’ve never met.

Contents

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Title Page (#u7cc06332-c86f-5095-9123-7153434d8e10)

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