The Bodies

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2026 CWA TWISTER DAGGER AWARD<BR><BR>From the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Memory Wood...The edge-of-your-seat, chilling thriller you won't forget - the perfect holiday read for fans of Alex Michaelides and Lucy Foley.<BR>'Blood-chilling...The best hook of any thriller in the last few years' - Helen Fields, bestselling author of The Profiler <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>You'd do anything for your child - even cover up a murder. But would you do it twice?<BR>Readers can't get enough of The Bodies:<BR>'A twisty, relatable, endlessly gripping thriller' - TM LOGAN, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Daughter<BR><BR>'Brilliantly written and genuinely terrifying' - that's life (Crime Scene)<BR><BR>'The definition of unputdownable. A fantastic thriller.' - LISA BALLANTYNE, bestselling author of The Guilty One<BR><BR>'So tense I could barely breathe!' - JACKIE KABLER, bestselling author of The Revenge Plot<BR><BR>'A razor-sharp thriller, atmospheric, intense, unnerving and addictive, I devoured every inch of this book!' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿<BR><BR>'I was hooked after the first chapter....unputdownable!' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿<BR><BR>'Never lets up with thrills...deserves 5 stars and more' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿<BR><BR>'A fabulous thriller of a book...truly nail-biting' ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿<BR>Praise for Sam Lloyd:<BR>'Propulsive, sinister, gripping.' - ALEX MICHAELIDES<BR><BR>'An intense, atmospheric, and truly original thriller.' - SHARI LAPENA <BR><BR>'Original, creepy, utterly addictive.' - ANDREA MARA<BR><BR>'Remarkable. Undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long, long time.' - LESLEY KARA<BR><BR>'Fiendishly clever.' - Sunday Times<BR><BR>'A rare new thriller talent.' - Daily Mail<BR>