The Bodies

<b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 CWA TWISTER DAGGER AWARD<br><br>From the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, <i>The Memory Wood…</i></b><br><b><b>The edge-of-your-seat, chilling thriller you won't forget – the perfect holiday read for fans of Alex Michaelides and Lucy Foley.</b></b><br><p><br><b>'Blood-chilling…The best hook of any thriller in the last few years' – Helen Fields, bestselling author of <i>The Profiler</i> </b><br><br>WHEN DID YOUR CHILD BECOME A KILLER?<br><br>When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those friends who became parents first: you’d do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, to keep them safe.<br><br>So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max covered in blood – panic flooding his voice, swearing it was a mistake - Joseph does the only thing he can.<br><br>He helps Max bury the body.<br><br>Joseph thinks that’s the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .<br><br><b>You’d do anything for your child – even cover up a murder.</b> <b>But would you do it twice?</b><br></p><br><b><u>Readers can't get enough of <i>The Bodies</i>:</u></b><br><p><br>‘A twisty, relatable, <b>endlessly gripping</b> thriller’ – TM LOGAN, <i>Sunday Times</i> bestselling author of <i>The Daughter</i><br><br>‘<b>Brilliantly written</b> and genuinely terrifying’ – <i>that's life (Crime Scene)</i><br><br>‘The <b>definition of unputdownable</b>. A fantastic thriller.’ – LISA BALLANTYNE, bestselling author of<i> The Guilty One</i><br><br>‘<b>So tense I could barely breathe</b>!’ – JACKIE KABLER, bestselling author of <i>The Revenge Plot</i><br><br>‘A <b>razor-sharp</b> thriller, atmospheric, intense, unnerving and<b> addictive, I devoured every inch of this book!</b>’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br><b>‘I was hooked </b>after the first chapter….<b>unputdownable!’</b> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br>‘<b>Never lets up with thrills</b>…deserves 5 stars and more’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><br>‘A fabulous thriller of a book…<b>truly nail-biting’</b> ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐<br><u>Praise for Sam Lloyd:</u><br>'Propulsive, sinister, gripping.' - <b>ALEX MICHAELIDES</b><br><br>'An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.' – <b>SHARI LAPENA </b><br><br>'Original, creepy, utterly addictive.' - <b>ANDREA MARA</b><br><br>‘Remarkable. Undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time.’ – <b>LESLEY KARA</b><br><br>'Fiendishly clever.' – <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br>‘A rare new thriller talent.’ – <b><i>Daily Mail</i></b><br></p>