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The Girl Before: A Novel

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Emilia Fox, Finty Williams, Lisa Aagaard Knudsen

9 Hours 59 Minutes

Random House (Audio)

January 2017

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THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER • Now a BBC One and HBO Max limited four-part series, starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (The Morning Show; Misbehaviour) and multiple Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Emmy-nominated actor David Oyelowo (Selma; Les Misérables)
 
“A pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense” (Lee Child) that spins one woman’s seemingly good fortune, and another woman’s mysterious fate, through a kaleidoscope of duplicity, death, and deception

Please make a list of every possession you consider essential to your life.

The request seems odd, even intrusive—and for the two women who answer, the consequences are devastating.

EMMA
Reeling from a traumatic break-in, Emma wants a new place to live. But none of the apartments she sees are affordable or feel safe. Until One Folgate Street. The house is an architectural masterpiece: a minimalist design of pale stone, plate glass, and soaring ceilings. But there are rules. The enigmatic architect who designed the house retains full control: no books, no throw pillows, no photos or clutter or personal effects of any kind. The space is intended to transform its occupant—and it does.

JANE
After a personal tragedy, Jane needs a fresh start. When she finds One Folgate Street she is instantly drawn to the space—and to its aloof but seductive creator. Moving in, Jane soon learns about the untimely death of the home’s previous tenant, a woman similar to Jane in age and appearance. As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror, as the girl before.

Praise for The Girl Before

“Dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.”—Lee Child

“The Girl Before generates a fast pace. . . . [J. P.] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that we’re not provided either woman’s answers.”—The New York Times

“J. P. Delaney builds the suspense.”—Vanity Fair

“Immediate guarantee: You will not be able to put this book down. . . . Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will realize that there’s not only more where that came from, but it’s also more thrilling.”—American Booksellers Association

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  • Sylvie Leone

    Preposterous premise, can't believe Ron Howard interested in this !! All hard to believe- and not really interested in believing. Narrator good.

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  • Amy A.

    Too much graphic sexuality for my taste. Had a good story but I didn’t need such detail about the sexual interactions so I didn’t finish the book-found it made it cheap and tasteless.

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  • Julie G

    It was an interesting story, but it took way too long to get there. However, the narrator was amazing. I honestly thought it was two different people!

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  • Rachel J.

    kept you guessing! it's good!

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  • Anonymous

    Book started out with promise; middle dragged; ending was awful; anti-climatic. Narration was excellent.

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  • Christin T.

    The narrator was good. I liked their pronunciations. The story is unique and surprising. After reading, I started to watch the HBO Max show based on the book and the show does no justice for the book.

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  • Anonymous

    Love love love this book! Really helped keep my long road trip interesting! Definitely riveting story.

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  • Kelly F.

    Good book. Didn't love the ending.

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  • Anonymous

    Bad ending! Unclear.

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  • Anonymous

    Read so well and great writing. I really enjoyed this. Stick around for the whole book!

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