The Therapist

B A Paris

Apr 2021 · HarperCollins UK

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‘Tense and compulsive’ Louise Candlish, bestselling author of Our House

‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound’ T M Logan, bestselling author of The Mother

‘A delicious web of lies’ Jane Corry, bestselling author of Coming to FInd You

When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive...

As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating, grisly secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before.

Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbours are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem...

The million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.

Praise for The Therapist:

‘Alice’s smart new home in The Circle comes with a nightmarish secret in B A Paris’s tense and compulsive new thriller – I gobbled it up in two sittings’ Louise Candlish

‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound in this tense story – all hidden just beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect suburban life’ TM Logan

‘A delicious web of lies. Be prepared for your head to spin and your fingers to fly!’ Jane Corry

‘B A Paris is the queen of psychological thrillers and her latest does not disappoint’ My Weekly

‘This spooky thriller with excellent twists and a really fast-paced shock finale’ Heat

‘Totally hooked. Completely gripping’ Mel McGrath

‘A propulsive and deliciously dark page-turner. Perfectly paced and tightly plotted’ Lucy Clarke

‘Domestic suspense at its very best. An aspirational setting, an unsolved crime, a plethora of suspects and twisted allegiances at every turn ... I loved it’ Caz Frear

‘Tense and suspenseful ... a delicious slice of suburban noir shot through with secrets, lies, paranoia and the unsettling claustrophobia of a staunchly closed community’ Kia Abdullah

Ratings and reviews

There's one thing I'm always sure of when I read a B. A. Paris novel - I'm going to be kept right on the edge of my seat! Alice and Leo are finally moving in together; not just in any old house, but a gated community of exclusive homes in London. It's everything they could want but as Alice gets to know her new neighbours she discovers that a grisly crime took place there, and she can't leave it alone. She needs to know more and begins to feel a connection to Nina, the murdered woman who lived in her home before her. But no-one will tell her what she wants to know and she's quite sure that they know more than they're letting on. This one kept me reading not only into the night, but well into the early hours of the morning - I just couldn't put it down. I HAD to know what was going on and it was like reading a riddle; each time I thought I had worked out who was guilty I was proved wrong but NEVER did I suspect the actual culprit! I felt as if I had gone through the wars with this one and was quite worn out by the final page - mind you, it was almost 3 a.m. A thoroughly satisfying read and one which, I suspect, will cement this author's place at the top of the tree. A heart-pounding novel which had me quite scared at time and made me very glad to have my sleeping husband withing touching distance. Definitely worth all five sparkling stars and the very highest recommendation.

I did enjoy this book and read it quickly. But, I think there was a focus on too many characters and it at times became confusing to distinguish who was married to who. The choices the main protagonist made were sometimes a little far fetched and didn't quite ring true. While the twist was clever, the explanation behind it wasn't strong enough to truly blow my mind and feel satisfied with the conclusion.

just difficult to read. the main character spends chapters and chapters whining on about the same trivial issue.

About the author

B.A. Paris is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of seven novels including the word-of-mouth hit, Behind Closed Doors.

Over 7 million editions of her work have been sold worldwide and her books have been translated into 41 languages. Three of her novels have been optioned for major screen adaptations.

Before becoming an author, B.A. Paris, who spent most of her adult life living in France, worked in finance as a trader before retraining as an English teacher. She and her husband then ran a language school together whilst bringing up their five daughters. Today, she writes from her cottage in Hampshire, England. She has a newsletter and is on social media @baparisauthor.