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The Girl on the Train :The multi-million-copy global phenomenon
The Girl on the Train :The multi-million-copy global phenomenon
paperback
Published:
5 May, 2016
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THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER
'Really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect' STEPHEN KING
Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy.
And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough.
Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar.
Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train. . .
'A long, long time since a book gripped me like this' MARIAN KEYES
******
'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read' S J WATSON
'A cleverly crafted piece of modern suburban noir' Independent on Sunday
'It sucked up my entire afternoon. I simply could not put it down' TESS GERRITSEN
'My vote for unreliable narrator of the year' The Times
***PAULA HAWKINS' ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER, THE BLUE HOUR IS AVAILABLE NOW***
Prizes
Winner of WH Smith Book of the Year 2015,Winner of Dead Good Recommends Award for Most Recommended Book 2015,Short-listed for British Book Industry Awards Fiction Book of the Year 2016,Short-listed for Waterstones Book of the Year 2015
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780552779777 |
| ISBN10 | 0552779776 |
| Number Of Pages | 432 |
| Item Weight | 299 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 199 x 27 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Really great suspense novel. Kept me up most of the night. The alcoholic narrator is dead perfect. * STEPHEN KING *
The thriller scene will have to up its game if it's to match Hawkins this year * Observer *
A complex and increasingly chilling tale courtesy of a number of first-person narratives that will wrong-foot even the most experienced of crime fiction readers * Irish Times *
achieves a sinister poetry . . . Hawkins keeps the nastiest twist for last * Financial Times *
Hawkins' masterful deployment of unwittingly unreliable narration to evoke the aftershocks of abuse and trauma is a powerful way of exploring women's marginalization * Huffington Post *
Springs new surprises on us . . .Pulses will be quickened * The Good Book Guide *
The Girl on the Train has more fun with unreliable narration than any chiller since Gone Girl * New York Times *
Halfway through and I can't stop reading it. My kinda thriller! * Tweet from Armistead Maupin *
it's BLIDDY FABLISS, isn't it! A long long time since a book gripped me like this * Tweet from Marian Keyes *
The Girl on the Train is one of those delicious thrillers that can be devoured in four sittings, that's two return journeys on a typical train trip! There's a whiff of Agatha Christie and a dollop of Gone Girl with plenty of blind alleys that we happily wander up and get lost in. Pick it up, solve the crime and pass it on . . . * Ryan Tubridy *
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Author's Bio
PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her first thriller, The Girl on the Train, has been a global phenomenon, selling 23 million copies worldwide. Published in over forty languages, it has been a No.1 bestseller around the world and was a No.1 box office hit film starring Emily Blunt.
Into the Water, her second stand-alone thriller, has also been a global No.1 bestseller, spending twenty weeks in the Sunday Times hardback fiction Top 10 bestseller list, and six weeks at No.1.