The Bodies
$23.08
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
18 August 2026
Summary
When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you’ve always rolled your eyes at- you’d do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.
So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn’t mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.
Joseph thinks t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529177411 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529177413 |
| Author: | Sam Lloyd |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 18 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 274g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 25mm |
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The Bodies by Sam Lloyd has possibly the best hook of any thriller/psychological suspense in the last few years…it’s a blood-chilling, mind-bending, stress-inducing nightmare…I loved it, raced through it, can’t praise it highly enough.’ * Helen Fields, million-copy bestselling author of The Institution and the DI Callanach Thrillers *Brilliantly written and genuinely terrifying. * that’s life (Crime Scene) *A twisty, relatable and relentlessly gripping thriller that plays on every parent’s darkest fear. The tension never lets up for a moment. * TM Logan, author of The Daughter and The Dream Home *A suburban Breaking Bad. Expertly plotted. The definition of unputdownable. A fantastic thriller. * Lisa Ballantyne, bestselling author of The Guilty One *A nightmare scenario - and just when you think the nightmare is over, it gets worse. I was so tense I could barely breathe! * Jackie Kabler, author of The Life Sentence *Praise for Sam Lloyd * : *Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent. * Daily Mail *Remarkable. Stunning prose and compulsive reading. It’s undoubtedly the best thriller I’ve read in a long, long time. * Lesley Kara *An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller. * Shari Lapena *Propulsive, sinister, gripping. * Alex Michaelides, international bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fear *
About The Author
Sam Lloyd
Sam Lloyd grew up in Hampshire, where he learned his love of storytelling. These days he lives in Surrey with his wife, three young sons and a dog that likes to howl. His first three thrillers, The Memory Wood, The Rising Tide, and The People Watcher, were published to great critical acclaim.
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