Never Look Back

Aflame with tension. This intricate, powerful thriller - the best novel yet from one of the most ingenious suspense writers at work today - rips a tunnel into a past as deep and dark as the midnight sky. For sheer excitement, Alison Gaylin rivals the very best of Harlan Coben and Lisa Gardner. * AJ Finn *Completely absorbing with a knock-out twist. * Harlen Coben *Gaylin is an expert at acute emotional observation combined with seamless plotting. * Alex Marwood *Right now, A L Gaylin is at the very top of her game, crafting exhilarating and audacious crime novels that are both rich in character and rivetingly told. Her books are, quite simply, not to be missed. * Megan Abbott *A L Gaylin is a storyteller guaranteed to keep you up all night. * Laura Lippman *AL Gaylin is a great storyteller. * Mark Billingham *Combining up-to-the-minute true-crime media with the cool mood of old noir, Alison Gaylin warns that the most dangerous investigations are the ones we make into our own family histories. Never Look Back is a fiendishly well-plotted thriller that deepens its grip the faster you read - I loved it. * Louise Candlish *A superbly crafted novel with overtones of Serial and Making a Murderer that kept me guessing till the very last twist. * Victoria Slotover, author of Blood for Blood *NEVER LOOK BACK is a superb novel, propulsively plotted, beautifully told, and packing a thrilling twist. I was enthralled. * Gilly Macmillan *What a brilliant book! I was obviously hooked as soon as I started reading it, thanks to the true crime angle, but I was also totally drawn in by the incredible characters and the clever plot. I loved it. * Elle Croft *Loved this compelling tale of dark family secrets and a past that can’t be escaped or ignored. Couldn’t put this one down until the final awesome twist. Highly recommended! * Luca Veste *A thoroughly modern thriller for the podcast generation. * The Sun *

Alison Gaylin is the award-winning author of Hide Your Eyes and its sequel, You Kill Me; the standalones Trashed, Heartless, What Remains Of Me and If I Die Tonight; and the Brenna Spector series: And She Was, Into the Dark, and Stay with Me. A graduate of Northwestern University and of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she lives with her husband and daughter in Woodstock, New York.