Claire McGowan Readalong Marathon
Let Me in
Claire McGowan
316 pages
Truth Truth Lie
Claire McGowan
347 pages
What You Did
Claire McGowan
283 pages
For Helen and George, the remote fixer-upper in Cornwall was supposed to be a dream home, and a way to leave behind the problems theyโre both running from. But something about the place feels wrong from day one. And why does Helen have a creeping feeling sheโs seen this house before?
Her unease only deepens after renovations begin, when the builders find sinister dolls hidden in the walls. As Helen digs into the houseโs past, she discovers that the previous owner was not only rumoured to be a witch; she was also imprisoned for a brutal triple murder thirty years earlier.
When a horrific accident almost ends in tragedy, Helen worries that the houseโs secrets are to blame, and as events spiral out of control she discovers George has been lying to her. As the past returns to haunt them, the couple realise they are in terrible danger, and they canโt trust anyoneโnot even each other. Because Helen hasnโt been entirely honest with him eitherโฆ
Start date 21st April
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Question Cards
Everyone here has killed someone.
There is no way off this island.
You will all either kill or be killed here.
One of these statements is a lie. But which one?
Amiraโs less than thrilled to be spending the weekend with her husbandโs university friends. Two of them are hosting a joint fortieth on a private Scottish island, with vintage champagne, expensive gifts, and soaks in the wood-fired hot tub. Despite the luxury, Amira knows sheโs going to feel left out, not to mention freezing cold and cut off.
When they decide to play โtwo truths and a lieโ, anonymously posting three statements about themselves into a box, years of resentment start bubbling to the surface. And then an extra slip of paper emerges, scrawled with three chilling threats. Who wrote it? And are two of the statements really trueโhave they all been responsible for someoneโs death?
With no phone reception and no way off the island, the group are trapped here until the end of the weekend. And as tension rises and secrets are spilled, they canโt shake the feeling that theyโre not the only ones here. Is someone watching them? Someone who wants them dead? Or is it one of them who has murder in mind?
Start Date 21st May
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It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again.
When Karen staggers in from the garden, bleeding and traumatised, she claims that she has been assaultedโby Aliโs husband, Mike. Ali must make a split-second decision: who should she believe? Her horrified husband, or her best friend? With Mike offering a very different version of events, Ali knows one of them is lyingโbut which? And why?
When the ensuing chaos forces her to re-examine the golden era the group shared at university, Ali realises there are darker memories too. Memories that have lain dormant for decades. Memories someone would kill to protect.
Start Date 21st June
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Question Cards
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