Gillian McAllister

Would you run, or stay and call an ambulance, if it was you that pushed him? 'A terrific premise, delivered with panache' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Dark and intense... an exhilarating, hold-your-breath read!' Prima It's the end of the night. You're walking home on your own. Then you hear the sound every woman dreads. Footsteps. Behind you. Getting faster. You're sure it's him - the man from the bar who wouldn't leave you alone. You make a snap decision. You turn. You push. Your pursuer tumbles down the steps. He lies motionless, face-down on the floor. Now what? Call 999 Wait for the police to arrive. For judgement, for justice, whatever that may be. You just hope your husband, family and friends, everyone you love, will stand by you. OR: Run Stay silent. You didn't mean to do it. You were scared, you panicked. And no one saw. No one will ever know. If you leave now. If you keep quiet. For ever. Which will it be? If you were addicted to Anything You Do Say and want other readers like you to discover this hold-your-breath read then leave a review below... 'A Sliding Doors thriller with a moral dilemma at its heart. Brilliant' Claire Douglas, author of Last Seen Alive 'A smartly conceived psychological thriller' Sunday Times 'Addictive, exciting and devilishly clever' Holly Seddon, author of Try Not To Breathe 'I devoured this book in one sitting' Hollie Overton, author of Baby Doll

The gripping Sunday Times bestseller that will have you on the edge of your seat until the very last page 'A relentless drumroll of suspense... ranks among the best psychological-suspense thrillers of recent years' A. J. Finn 'My heart was in my mouth whilst reading' 5 Reader Review You can run, you can hide, but can you ever really disappear?... Lauren's daughter Zara witnessed a terrible crime. But speaking up comes with a price, and when Zara's identity is revealed online, it puts a target on her back. The only choice is to disappear. From their family, their friends, even from Lauren's husband. No goodbyes. Just new names, new home, new lives. One mistake - a text, an Instagram like - could bring their old lives crashing into the new. As Lauren will learn, disappearing is easy. Staying hidden is much harder... 'Bravo! How to Disappear is undoubtedly her best yet. Gripping and emotional - a cracking read' Clare Mackintosh 'Totally addictive, with twists that repeatedly pulled the rug from under my feet' Erin Kelly 'This book will take you on a whirlwind of emotions' 5 Reader Review 'Tense and unpredictable. I couldn't put it down' Claire Douglas 'I read most of this with an anxious, twisty feeling in my stomach and there was a tear-filled moment' 5 Reader Review 'If Jodi Picoult wrote psychological thrillers, they would look like this. A compulsive read with a jaw-dropping twist, I read it in a day' Rosamund Lupton 'I have never been as emotionally manipulated by a book as much as this one' 5 Reader Review 'An intricate and spellbinding exploration of the devastating ripples that spread from a terrible crime' Holly Seddon

How do you choose between right or wrong, family or justice when the crime is so close to home... 'McAllister stunned me - and she will stun you too' Jodi Picoult OLIVIA: 22 years old. No history of running away. Last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And never emerging. JULIA: Detective Chief Inspector Julia Day ought to be out hunting for Olivia. After all, missing person's cases are a race against the clock. Only this one is different. Because someone just threatened Julia: Find Olivia, and we'll take your daughter... 'A first-class thriller' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Jaw-dropping, stunning' DAILY EXPRESS 'A sure-fire hit' ADELE PARKS 'This is McAllister at the height of her powers' ERIN KELLY PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER 'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL 'I am totally in awe. This is one story I will not forget' HEIDI PERKS 'Genre-bending and totally original. A tour de force!' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'This is bravura novel-writing' IAN RANKIN 'Extraordinary' HARRIET TYCE Gillian McAllister, Sunday Times bestseller, April 2024

"I literally could not put this book down. Razor sharp, brilliantly written, and utterly gripping." -Rosie Walsh, New York Times bestselling author of The Love of my Life From the author of the Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick Wrong Place, Wrong Time and Famous Last Words comes a captivating, Sliding Doors thriller about a woman with a dark secret who must make an impossible decision that threatens to upend her world... It's the end of a night out and Joanna is walking home alone. Then she hears the sound every woman dreads: footsteps behind her, getting faster. She's sure it's him-the man from the bar who wouldn't leave her alone. So Joanna makes a snap decision. She turns, she pushes. Her pursuer tumbles down the steps and lies motionless, facedown on the ground. Now what? Addictive and compelling, The Choice follows the two paths Joanna's future might take, depending on the choice she makes. If she calls the police right away, she can save the man's life. Yet doing so puts her own innocence at risk, as she waits for judgment on a charge of assault and the hope that her husband and everyone she loves will stand by her. But if she runs and goes home as if nothing has happened, no one will ever know. No one saw her do it, and it's only up to Joanna to keep quiet...forever.

'Perfection, every word, every moment. One of the best books I've ever read' LISA JEWELL 'Wow. Amazing! Loved every page... If you are looking for a summer read, I've found it!' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY 'Page-turning time-loop thriller... An intelligent puzzle full of heart and good sense' GUARDIAN 'A mind-bending page-turning thriller. Non-stop thrills right from the start. A rare gem' STEVE WRIGHT, RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB 'A spellbinding "whydunnit". A novel with a difference' SUNDAY TIMES 'Skilful, satisfying. Couldn't put it down. Don't miss it!' OBSERVER, 'THRILLER OF THE MONTH' CAN YOU STOP A MURDER AFTER IT'S ALREADY HAPPENED?... DISCOVER THE MOST TALKED ABOUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR It's late. You're waiting up for your son. Then you spot him: he's with someone. And - you can't believe what you see - your funny, happy teenage boy stabs this stranger. You don't know who. You don't know why. You only know your son is charged with murder. His future is lost. That night you fall asleep in despair. But when you wake... it is yesterday. The day before the murder. Somewhere in the past lie the answers - a reason for this crime. And your only chance to stop it... 'Masterfully plotted and ingenious. One of the best books I've read this year' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'A genre-defining masterpiece. An instant classic' HOLLY SEDDON 'I was gripped' JANE CORRY 'Brilliantly original, so tense and so moving' LUCY CLARKE 'So riveting you'll pull a sickie and ignore all family and friends until the breath-taking final page' CELIA WALDEN 'Mindblowingly good. I'm in awe' JANE FALLON 'Fiendishly clever and flawlessly executed' ROSIE WALSH PRAISE FOR GILLIAN MCALLISTER: 'Gillian McAllister just gets better and better' CLAIRE MACKINTOSH 'Like watching a gripping, claustrophobic box set' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'The queen of the moral dilemma' HOLLY SEDDON 'If Jodi Picoult wrote thrillers, they would look like this' ROSMUND LUPTON 'Any writer can keep you turning the pages - few can make you care this much' ERIN KELLY