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Description
'DELICIOUS' STYLIST'
'BINGEWORTHY' NITA PROSE
'FANTASTIC' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
'RAZOR-SHARP' ABIGAIL DEAN
You know who.
You don't know why.
Alice only meant to stop the intruder.
She didn't mean to hit him so hard.
She didn't mean to kill him.
The police conclude that she acted in self-defence, but wracked with guilt, Alice sets out to apologise to Linda, the mother of the young man she killed - only to find she is unable to come clean about who she really is.
Without meaning to, Alice finds herself drawn more and more into Linda's world, struggling to balance her growing obsession with starting a prestigious new job, caring for her daughter and being there for her husband.
But as Alice learns more about Ezra - and finds herself uncomfortably enmeshed with his family - she begins to wonder whether she really has the full picture about why he came to her house that day.
This latest simmering suspense novel from the internationally bestselling Katherine Faulkner is an unputdownable must-read that will have you hooked from the first twist to the last.
Product details

Published | 19 Jun 2025 |
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Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 400 |
ISBN | 9781526675422 |
Imprint | Raven Books |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Katherine Faulkner is the master of throwing ordinary women into extraordinary, what-would-you-do situations. With her razor-sharp takes on middle class motherhood, this is an up-all-night thriller packed with style, acuity and intrigue
Abigail Dean, author of Sunday Times bestselling Girl A
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Twisty and compulsively readable. A binge-worthy page turner. I devoured it in a sitting and I have zero regrets
Nita Prose, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Maid and The Maid's Secret
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Katherine Faulkner goes from strength to strength with her third novel, The Break In - a truly unnerving tale of violence and deceit. I totally believed in these characters and felt every second of their nightmare. Propulsive and immersive - a definite one-sitting read!
Caz Frear
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With an exquisite, perfectly-timed drip-feed of reveals, hiding-in-plain-sight clues, delicious unravelling of secrets, and nail-biting tension, The Break In is an absolute triumph. One of the best books I've read this year
Andrea Mara, Sunday Times Number One, Irish Times bestseller
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The Break In opens with a reader's worst nightmare scenario, and continues to twist the knife as the truth is gradually revealed. A tense and clever thriller - highly recommended
Nikki Smith, bestselling author of The Beach Party and All In Her Head
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Katherine Faulkner is the mistress of elevated thrillers, and The Break In is her most sophisticated yet. Taut, elegant and perfectly observed, she will have your nerves jangling and your sense of self shattered. Her depiction of North London middle class motherhood is sharply accurate - a morality tale of the most terrifying order. Fabulous
Lizzy Barber, author of Out Of Her Depth and My Name Is Anna