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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781472205995

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 13th August 2015

Genre: Fiction & Related Items / Thriller / Suspense

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You know those books you feel jealous of everyone reading? This is one of those those. Read it. Savour it. Talk about it. Share it.

‘The plot is taut and compelling, the writing excellent, but it’s the exciting narrative structure that sets it apart – a three-strand storyline, one told by a woman who has already been murdered’ (Marian Keyes Guardian)



Everyone tells her she’s a survivor. No-one knows she’s dead inside.

Six years ago Melody was left for dead. When the body of another woman, Eve, is discovered, Melody knows her attacker is still out there. The only way she can survive is to follow the clues of the life that Eve left behind.

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Reviews

Praise for Colette McBeth: 'Colette McBeth delivers twists and shocks with superb timing. An impressive debut'
The Times
'An excellent storyteller... Precious Thing is more than deserving of a place on the modern thriller bookshelf'
Sunday Express
'An interesting and original page-turner'
Literary Review
'A cleverly crafted tale... If you're a fan of Gone Girl, you'll love this'
Sunday Mirror
'Precious Thing is one of my top five books of 2013. Truthfully, I would go on for hours about what I loved about this psychologically disturbing, thoroughly readable, cleverly written book'
Fabulousmag.co.uk
'A great debut, menacing, gripping and full of twists and surprises... This is one of those incredibly compelling stories that simply drags you along, whether you like it or not. Highly recommended'
Lovereading.co.uk
The Life I Left Behind is a rare thing; a well-paced, meticulously-researched thriller which is not just gripping but compassionate, too
Paula Hawkins, author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN
Absolutely amazing. Grip-Lit of the highest order. Brilliant.
Marian Keyes
One of the best books of the year
Sun
This intriguing and twisty thriller kept me reading into the night
Woman & Home
A creepy and clever thriller
Fabulous
McBeth's is a much better realisation of the same theme [as The Lovely Bones] and, psychologically, by far the more interesting accomplishment
Independent
If a more affecting psychological thriller is published this year, it will be a very good book indeed
Irish Times
Dark and clever murder tale with a twist
Heat
McBeth pulls it off with aplomb
Glamour
Completely brilliant
Jill Mansell
Fantastic
Lucy Diamond
Lots of women published great, grippy thrillers this year - Colette McBeth's The Life I Left Behind (Headline Review) is one of the best. The plot is taut and compelling, the writing excellent, but it's the exciting narrative structure that sets it apart - a three-strand storyline, one told by a woman who has already been murdered.
Marian Keyes, Guardian