It Could Have Been Her

Superb storytelling … An emotionally resonant exploration of generational trauma, memory and the search for truth, this novel is as harrowing as it is thought provoking * Sunday Independent *
It’s clever, absorbing and the characters are much richer and weirder than they would be in a by-the-book detective story’ * Sunday Times *
Jewell does it again with an edgy thriller that grabs from the go * Good Housekeeping *
An unsettling pageturner from the queen of thrillers. * Fabulous *
I don’t know how she does it, but again, it’s her best book yet. Absolutely stunning storytelling, with layer after layer deftly and tantalisingly revealed, and a denouement that is so perfect, so devilishly clever, and yet I didn’t see it coming. A true masterpiece * Andrea Mara *
A top-notch thriller, featuring the most endearing protagonist that I can easily identify with - a nosy middle-aged woman who stumbles across the story of a missing girl and decides to investigate it herself. Alternately cosy and harrowing, it investigates the most toxic family I have ever read. Superbly written with wit and class, Lisa Jewell remains at the top of her game with this entertaining and twisty thriller * Liz Nugent *
Nobody does dark, dysfunctional families like Lisa Jewell. A writer at the top of her game who consistently smashes it out of the park. I devoured It Could Have Been Her in a day. A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet. She really is a genius storyteller. * Claire Douglas *
Lisa Jewell books are a must read for me. She creates living, breathing characters you recognise, but also because you can never tell where she is going to go next. I only know that it’s going to be dark! * Jojo Moyes *
Twisty, twisted and oh so dark. Lisa Jewell once again proves herself a master of suspense. * Riley Sager *
Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written. This gripping, twisted tale will keep you guessing until the end. Nobody writes like Lisa Jewell * Alice Feeney *

Lisa Jewell’s first novel, Ralph’s Party, was published in 1999 and was the best-selling debut novel of the year. Since then she has published another twenty-three novels, most lately a number of dark psychological thrillers, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, and None of This is True.

Lisa is a number one New York Times and Sunday Times author who has sold over ten million books worldwide and been published in more than thirty languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, Daisy, a Romanian rescue dog, and a mad orange cat called Ivy.

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