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Just Like the Other Girls
May 11, 2025 2:48 AM

Author:Claire Douglas

Just Like the Other Girls

THE NAIL-BITING THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9

SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE. SO DID THE OTHERS . . .

'Douglas's best yet - an ingenious concept with a corker of a twist' GILLIAN MCALLISTER, bestselling author of THAT NIGHT

'An immersive page-turner with a twist I didn't see coming' SARAH VAUGHAN, bestselling author of LITTLE DISASTERS

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*CARER/COMPANION WANTED FOR ELDERLY LADY*

*YOUNG FEMALE PREFERRED * COMPETITIVE SALARY*

*ROOM AND BOARD INCLUDED*

Una Richardson is devastated after the death of her mother. Hoping for a fresh start, she responds to an advertisement and steps into the rich, comforting world of elderly Mrs Elspeth McKenzie.

But Elspeth's home is not as safe as it seems.

Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una's presence. More disturbing is the evidence suggesting two girls lived here before.

What happened to the girls?

Why will the McKenzies not talk about them?

As the walls close in around her, Una fears she'll end up just like the other girls . . .

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'A thriller that will leave you in a spin' Sun

'A chilling novel. Very hard to put down' Gilly MacMillan

'A wickedly clever page-turner of a psychothriller' Emma Curtis

'If you like thrillers with plenty of killer twists and turns, then Just Like The Other Girls should definitely be high on your reading list' My Weekly

Praise for Claire Douglas:

'Few people do psychological thrillers as claustrophobic and as creepy as Claire Douglas' TIM WEAVER, bestselling author of No One Home

'Tense, claustrophobic and gripping' Paula Daly

'Absorbing and chilling' Karen Perry

'Thrillingly tense and twisty' B A Paris

'Kept me up last night - scary, twisty, all too believable' Jane Corry

Reviews

Just Like the Other Girls is a chilling novel showcasing Claire Douglas's trademark brilliantly claustrophobic settings and tightly plotted twists. Impossible to know which of the well-drawn characters to trust and very hard to put down

—— Gilly Macmillan , bestselling author of What She Knew

Douglas's best yet - an ingenious concept with a corker of a twist halfway through. Just Like The Other Girls grips and thrills

—— Gillian McAllister , bestselling author of The Evidence Against You

Just Like the Other Girls is just the sort of distraction I need at the moment: an immersive page-turner with numerous red herrings and a twist I didn't see coming

—— Sarah Vaughan , bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal

A thriller that will leave you in a spin

—— Sun

I absolutely couldn't put this book down. A wickedly clever page-turner of a psychothriller

—— Emma Curtis , bestselling author of One Little Mistake

Deliciously spooky. You simply have to discover what happens

—— Jane Corry , bestselling author of I Made a Mistake

Tense and totally compelling

—— Sun

Praise for Claire Douglas

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Thrillingly tense and twisty

—— B. A. Paris , bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors

Stunning . . . with a killer twist

—— Closer

Twisty, exciting yet so very real

—— Gillian McAllister , bestselling author of Anything You Do Say

Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train

—— Marie Claire

If you like thrillers with plenty of killer twists and turns, then Just Like The Other Girls should definitely be high on your reading list

—— My Weekly

Second World War buffs will enjoy Robert Harris's V2.

—— Best September Books , Independent

No novelist is better at evoking the gray resilience of wartime Britain, the moral confusion as the Third Reich staggered toward collapse, and the aroma of a bacon sandwich served in a steamy army canteen. The research, as with all of Harris's books, is impeccable, but worn lightly... In the hands of a lesser writer, this damp squib of history might be an impediment, but in the course of this gripping novel Harris captures something of the real nature of war: good ideas that fail, perverted science, grandiosity, lies and unintended consequences.

—— Ben MacIntyre , New York Times

The descriptions of rocket production and painstaking photographic interpretation are fascinating in their own right, but Harris takes both historical fact and technical detail to new heights through the daily lives and emotions of the central characters

—— i Paper

Once again the richly talented Harris returns to his favourite period of history - before, during and after World War II . . . Told with Harris's meticulous eye for detail, and his appetite for the human story at the heart of any drama, it is as compelling as one of the great British black-and-white war films, with a sprinkling of contemporary detail to add colour.'

—— Daily Mail

You know you're in safe hands when you pick up a Robert Harris novel, and V2 is no exception . . . Harris takes both historical fact and technical detail to new heights.

—— Edinburgh Evening News

As addictively readable as all his other thrillers. Think Foyle's War rewritten by Simenon.

—— Tom Holland

As with all Harris's historical adventures, the material of a thriller is slickly woven into the matter of history . . . He feelingly describes a landscape of bombed buildings, grim knickers, grey skies, mud-blue cars and fish-paste sandwiches.

—— Catholic Herald

There are very few others . . . that everyone is gagging to see what they publish next but . . . Robert Harris is [one]

—— Iain Dale

His triumph, as in his previous wartime novel Enigma, is to make very complex technical material easy to digest . . . Harris fans are likely to devour it at an equally dramatic pace.

—— Tablet

Praise for Fredrik Backman

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I utterly believed in the residents of Beartown, and felt ripped apart by the events in the book

—— Jojo Moyes , bestselling author of Me Before You

Surrounded by impenetrable forests, [Beartown] recreates the stifling atmosphere of a dying community. This is a mature, compassionate novel

—— The Sunday Times

Gripping, utterly convincing and deeply unsettling

—— Katherine Webb

Never has a book about a heatwave been so chilling. You won't want to miss this

—— Julie Cohen

It's just SO GOOD on every level and ticks every box. Atmospheric, lush writing that will appeal to fans of literary fiction, but a story that draws you in instantly and really doesn't loosen its grip, right up until the last little twist on the final page

—— Iona Grey

Beautifully written with exquisite prose that pulses with heat, scented air and an underlying unease that builds with every page. A book to escape in

—— Amanda Jennings

So tense and atmospheric; chilling, despite the heat. An exciting, satisfying read. Superb

—— Tracy Rees

Engrossing, heady, thrumming with heat and tension - I absolutely loved it

—— Jenny Ashcroft

A seductive summer read, dripping with suspense and intrigue. Utterly unputdownable

—— Lucy Clarke

Escape from lockdown to the scorching French sun [with] The Heatwave

—— Surrey Life

Compelling . . . An addictive page-turner

—— The Lady

The perfect poolside or garden read. Set under the warm Provence sun, The Heatwave is unnerving and engrossing psychological suspense

—— Culture Fly

As beautifully written as it is engrossing

—— PopSugar

Gripping, clever and full of surprises, this is a deliciously tense thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat

—— WI Life

A compelling, beautifully written psychological thriller

—— Katie Fforde , Daily Express

Praise for Kate Riordan -

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Had me absolutely gripped

—— Louise Candlish

The perfect summer read

—— Rachel Rhys

Held me rapt until the very end

—— Lucy Diamond

I didn't want to put it down

—— Katherine Webb

A beautiful and intriguing page-turner

—— Dinah Jefferies

Rich and atmospheric

—— Rachel Hore
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