Burn After Reading

14.99 JOD

Available on: 2025-04-10 at 3:00 am

Description

A ghostwriter is locked in an interview room with a man who might be a murderer, in this gripping new mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of 56 Days and The Trap.’The perfect thriller’ — L. V. Matthews, author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick The TwinsThe night Jack Smyth ran into flames in a desperate attempt to save his wife from their burning home, he was, tragically, too late – but hailed a hero. Until it emerged that Kate was dead long before the fire began.Suspicion has stalked him ever since. After all, there’s no smoke without fire.A year on, he’s signed a book deal. He wants to tell his side of the story, to prove his own innocence in print. He just needs someone to help him write it.Emily has never ghostwritten anything before, but she knows what it’s like to live with a guilty secret. And she’s about to learn that there are some stories that should never be told . . .Rated five stars by readers!’I love novels about authors writing and there’s just the right level of detail . . . A very compelling, original and entertaining thriller”Captivating, original and perfectly plotted. Another brilliant book from this first class author”This story is compelling and haunting in places and kept me gripped to the page’Praise for Catherine Ryan Howard’Dark, creepy and very clever . . . Catherine Ryan Howard is the Queen of the Unguessable Twist!’ – C L TAYLOR, author of The Guilty CoupleWhip smart, utterly absorbing, and unputdownable. – ANDREA MARA, author of Someone in the Attic’Topical, twisty, and with a real heart stopper of a moment halfway in that’ll make you turn the lights back on’ – GILLIAN MCALLISTER, author of Wrong Place, Wrong Time** COMING SOON AND AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW! **

Additional information

Weight 0.7 kg
Dimensions 4 × 15.3 × 23.4 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

400

Publisher

Year Published

2025-4-10

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

1787636631

About The Author

Catherine Ryan Howard is the author of eight novels including the no. 1 bestsellers The Nothing Man, 56 Days and The Trap. Her work has been shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Crime Writers Association New Blood and Steel Daggers, and Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year multiple times. The screen adaptation of her lockdown thriller, 56 Days, is currently in production and will debut on Amazon Prime Video next year. She lives in Dublin.

Review Quote

Catherine Ryan Howard has once again delivered the perfect thriller. Superbly paced, effortlessly elegant writing, and complex characters who keep you on your toes throughout the narrative. I loved it!

Other text

Claustrophobic and menacing, Burn After Reading is a taut thriller that makes for breathless reading as Ryan Howard masterfully takes us from the picture postcard Sanctuary into an ever-tightening knot of scorching hot lies. From the first page to the last satisfying twist, don't pick this book up if you have an early start the next morning!