It Should Have Been You: The 2025 Crime Novel of the Year from the million-copy bestselling author of All Her Fault, now a hit TV series starring Sarah Snook

Andrea Mara

May 2025 · Random House

About this eBook

Discover the No. 1 bestselling psychological thriller that will keep you hooked to the very end. From the million-copy bestselling author of ALL HER FAULT, now a hit TV show, starring Sarah Snook.

*AN INSTANT NO.1 BESTSELLER*
*WINNER Crime Novel of the Year 2025*
*A READER FAVOURITE in Good Housekeeping's Good Books Spring Collection*

'Andrea Mara's best book yet. Absolutely outstanding!' Claire Douglas
'Tense, thrilling and relatable.' Sun

Your neighbours have secrets. How far will they go to keep them?

Susan sends her sister a gossipy message about their neighbour. But she accidentally posts it on the neighbourhood WhatsApp group instead.

It’s an innocent mistake that could happen to anyone, but rumours quickly spread and the backlash spirals. Soon that one wrong message leads to murder.

A local woman is found dead, but when Susan listens to the news report, she realises that the victim had the same address as her but in a different part of town. The killer may have got the wrong victim - they may be coming for her next.

*** Readers love It Should Have Been You! ***

'OMG what a book! I love Andrea Mara books but this one is the best I've read!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'Tense, gripping, everything you expect from Andrea. Loved it!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'The queen of the hook and twist so be prepared....and enjoy!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'Absolutely amazing! I loved, loved, loved every second!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'Wow! This book is superb!! I...inhaled it in record time!!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'The twists and turns in this story are unreal...buckle up and enjoy the ride!!!!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'This was an absolutely phenomenal read.' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'Another 5 star book from Andrea Mara! I couldn’t turn the pages quick enough!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'So many twists and turns and shocks, it was brilliant!' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

'I’m officially an Andrea Mara fan and addict. For any suspense thriller fan this needs to be on your tbr.' FIVE-STAR Reader Review

Winner of the 2025 Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards

Ratings and reviews

SPOILERS It drags a lot, the characters are unlikeable (the only one that was actually a good person dies), they behave like they are completely mental and not consistently, you have to suspend disbelief A LOT bc the coincidences are extremely unlikely, the language is repetitive (sounds a bit AI tbh), the men are for the most part a stereotypical bunch of lying, cheating waste of space. I honestly do not understand how people could rave about it.

enjoyable story, the only part I'm unsure about unless I completely missed it was if Amies and Rory's deaths were a double murder and Rory killed his wife,who killed Rory ?

WOW!... This book was one i couldn't put down... What a brilliant author... It was really good how it was told each chapter with a different characters perspective... There was lots of things going on in the side lines aswell but all came together brilliantly... Was easy enough to follow even though quite a few characters and things going on the whole story came together well and I would recommend this to any thriller fan it's a 5 star read 📚🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤗👍

About the author

Andrea Mara is a number one Sunday Times, Irish Times and Kindle bestselling author, whose books have sold more than one million copies across all formats. The TV adaptation of her 2021 book, All Her Fault, aired in November 2025 to huge critical and audience acclaim, with Sarah Snook (Succession) playing the lead. It became the most-streamed TV show in America during the first week of its release. Her most recent novel, It Should Have Been You, won Irish Crime Novel of the Year at the 2025 An Post Book Awards. It was a No.1 bestseller in Ireland for six weeks, and a Top Ten Sunday Times bestseller in the UK. Her book No One Saw a Thing was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and has sold over half a million copies. Andrea lives in Dublin with her husband and three children. You can find Andrea on Instagram @andreamaraauthor