An Evening with Shari Lapena
She didn’t see it coming. Will you?
Join Shari Lapena, the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Couple Next Door, for an evening of chilling suspense as she discusses her brand-new thriller, She Didn’t See It Coming. Joined by Gillian McAllister (Wrong Place, Wrong Time), Shari will be in conversation with BBC's Kay Crewdson. They'll delve into the behind-the-scenes secrets of their new novels and bestselling backlists. As well as answer your questions about their writing process.
Hosted in the open-air garden room of The Crown and Conspirator, this will be a night to remember.
📚 Every ticket includes a hardback copy of She Didn’t See It Coming which Shari will sign on the night.
About The Book
Bryden and Sam have it all: thriving careers, a smart apartment in a luxury condominium, supportive friends and a cherished daughter. The perfect life for the perfect couple.
Then Sam receives a call at his office. Bryden – working from home that day - has failed to collect their daughter from daycare.
Arriving home with their little girl, he finds his wife’s car in the underground garage. Upstairs in their apartment, her laptop is open on the table, her cell phone nearby, her keys in their usual place in the hall.
Except Bryden is nowhere to be seen. It’s as if she just walked out.
How can she have disappeared from her own home? And did she even leave the building at all?
With every minute that passes – and as questions swirl around their community – Bryden and Sam’s past seems a little less perfect, their condominium less safe, their friends, neighbours and relatives no longer quite so reliable . . .
About Shari Lapena
SHARI LAPENA is the internationally bestselling author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, The End of Her, Not a Happy Family and Everyone Here is Lying which have all been Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her books have been sold in forty territories around the world. She lives in Toronto.
About Famous Last Words
The man you love just took three people hostage...
The edge-of-your-seat thriller from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. It’s Camilla’s first day back at work, her daughter’s first day at nursery. But husband Luke is nowhere to be seen. The only trace of him is an unfinished note. Camilla tries to put it out of her mind; there must be a rational explanation. Then it starts. Breaking news: there’s a hostage situation developing in London. The police arrive: Luke is caught up in it. But he isn’t a hostage. Luke - doting father, successful writer, enthusiastic runner and eternal optimist - is the gunman. What Camilla does next is crucial. Because only she knows what the note he left behind says, and the clues it might hold...
About Gillian McAllister
Gillian McAllister is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of nine stand-alone novels. Her books have been selected for the Radio 2 Book Club, Reese’s Book Club and the Richard & Judy Book Club. Her novel Wrong Place, Wrong Time was the Sunday Times Thriller of the Year.
Gillian’s most recent novel Just Another Missing Person is being adapted for TV by Georgia Pritchett (Succession, Veep). Gillian trained in law and worked as a solicitor before becoming an author. She now lives in Worcestershire with her family.