It's Not What You Think

Nadeeka knows the signs of an affair, because she has seen them before. So when Jamie says he is working late, she is certain he is lying, certain there is another woman, and determined to catch him out. She comes home ready for a confrontation and finds something else entirely: the house is a crime scene, and Jamie is dead.

Clare Mackintosh, a Sunday Times bestselling author, builds this thriller on the gap between what we are sure of and what is actually true, and the title is a fair warning. Suspicion, betrayal and the stories we tell ourselves about the people closest to us drive the plot, and its twists have won over a long line of fellow novelists. For anyone who likes to guess the ending early and secretly enjoys being proved wrong.