The Girl Before

Reviews / Votes

This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017 . . . This year The Girl Before will be that book * InStyle * I was instantly gripped and held captivated by the pace and elegant writing. I devoured it in two straight sittings * Peter James * A remarkably poised (debut) psychological thriller * The Sunday Times * Dazzling - a pitch-perfect thriller * Lee Child * The tension is built up subtly, leading to a devastating climax. A really clever thriller . . . [the film] will no doubt become the third big 'Girl' film * Daily Mail * Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I've read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed! * Lisa Gardner * Slick, sexy, suspenseful and smart * Mail on Sunday * Original and entertaining * The Times * A deeply addictive literary thriller that deserves to be one of this year's biggest successes * Daily Express * Original and brilliantly written * The Sun * Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home . . . until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant * Cosmopolitan * Creepy . . . The buzz around this could not be fizzier * Heat * A compulsive, sexy thriller that's set to soar * Glamour Magazine Online * The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the 'top girl' of this season's suspense novels * The Washington Post * Constantly cranking up the suspense . . . a thoroughly satisfying read * Reader's Digest * Enthralling * Woman and Home * A guaranteed best-seller * Red Magazine * The most intriguing plot idea I've seen in a good while * The Spectator * Genuinely eerie . . . beautifully handled . . . the pages fly * USA Today * Riveting . . . Writing with precision and grace, Delaney strips away the characters' secrets until the raw truth of each is revealed * Publishers Weekly * A guaranteed best-seller * Prima * A masterfully crafted spellbinder . . . guaranteed to astonish * Booklist * Superior psychological suspense . . . a cleverly constructed thriller * The Bookseller * The plotting is exceptionally well thought-through * Irish Independent * A crisp psychological thriller * Sainsbury's Magazine * The Girl Before is more than worthy of the accolades . . . a complex triangle of twisted obsession . . . say goodbye to your nails * Boundless Magazine * A great thriller and one that instantly hooks you in, in the very first line, and never lets you go . . . utterly compelling and very satisfying . . . A wonderful portrayal of psychological obsession at its creepy best * Peter James for Big Issue North * An outstanding debut that is more than a match for Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train * Sunday Times * The Girl Before is a cat-and-mouse game that toys with our expectations and twists our sympathies. At times almost unbearably suspenseful, it keeps us guessing from the first page to the very last. Don't miss it * Joseph Finder * Ingenious * The New York Times * JP Delaney builds the suspense * Vanity Fair * One of the best thrillers you'll read in 2017 * New York Journal of Books * A fast-paced page-turner * The Lady * Horribly compelling * Evening Standard * A tense psychological thriller, replete with twists and turns * Cosmopolitan *