C.L. Taylor

Cuando Billy Wilkinson, de 15 años, desaparece en mitad de la noche, su madre, Claire, se culpa a sí misma. No es la única en hacerlo. No hay un solo miembro de su familia que no se sienta culpable, y los Wilkinson están tan acostumbrados a guardar secretos entre ellos que la verdad no empieza a salir a la superficie hasta seis meses después. Claire está segura de que sus amigos y su familia no tienen nada que ver con la desaparición. El instinto de una madre nunca se equivoca... ¿O sí?

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer… Alexandra, Lucy, Bridget, River and Natalie. Five friends who wish they’d never met. Because the one thing they have in common is the worst thing in their lives: they are all being stalked. When one of their group is murdered, days after their stalker is released from prison, time stands still for them all. They know their lives could end just as brutally at any moment—all it takes is for the people they fear the most to catch up with them. When the group receive a threat that one of them will die in ten days’ time, the terror that stalks their daily lives becomes all-consuming. But they know they don’t want to be victims anymore—it’s time to turn the tables and finally get their revenge. Because the only way to stop a stalker is to become one yourself… Your new obsession starts here. Get hooked by C.L. Taylor’s next impossible-to-put-down thriller. The multi-million bestseller returns with her most propulsive and addictive book yet. A chilling and terrifyingly real thriller that will keep you up all night—and looking over your shoulder for days to come…

You come to Soul Shrink to be healed. You don’t expect to die. Two years ago, Fran’s sister Jenna disappeared on a wellness retreat in Gozo that went terribly wrong. Tom Wade, the now infamous man behind Soul Shrink Retreats, has just been released from prison after serving his sentence for the deaths of two people. But he has never let on what happened to the third suspected victim: Jenna. Determined to find out the truth, Fran books herself onto his upcoming retreat – the first since his release – and finds herself face to face with the man who might hold the key to her sister’s disappearance. The only question is, will she escape the retreat alive? Or does someone out there want Jenna’s secrets to stay hidden? The master of suspense is back. Prepare yourself for the latest nail-shredding, heart-in-mouth rollercoaster ride from the Sunday Times bestseller.

One dead wife is tragic. Two looks like murder…**Get hooked on the new, addictive school gate thriller and discover why millions of readers LOVE C.L. Taylor's books. Pre-order your copy now.** Praise for C.L. ‘I absolutely loved it!’ Lisa Jewell ‘Wow this was exceptional! Clever, original and filled with tension, this is a story I won’t ever forget. C.L. Taylor’s best yet.’ Claire Douglas 'Clever, tense and satisfying' Andrea Mara 'I read it with my heart in my mouth.' Louise Candlish ‘Spine-chilling at every turn! One of the best thrillers of the year.’ Jeffery Deaver ‘A tense, twisty thrill-ride of stalking, obsession and revenge.’ TM Logan ‘I absolutely love C.L. Taylor’s writing.’ Liz Nugent ‘I absolutely loved this book and finished it in one sitting…In true C.L. Taylor style, it’s delightfully twisty.’ Katy Brent ________ The school gates have never been so dangerous… When newly divorced Jude arrives in the small town of Lowbridge, she is soon drawn to the enigmatic Will, father to her young daughter's best friend. But Will's devastating past holds questions that nobody knows the answer to – and after two tragedies tore his life apart in just a few short years, gossip and rumours abound about what really happened to the women he loved. Because whilst one dead wife is tragic, two starts to look like murder…

Susan Jackson es una mujer satisfecha: tiene una familia que la hace feliz, un marido con una sólida carrera política, una casa hermosa. Pero cuando su hija Charlotte entra en coma tras un extraño accidente, toda su felicidad se rompe en pedazos, especialmente cuando descubre que el accidente no fue tal: fue, quizá, un intento de suicidio. Susan, desesperada, hará lo posible para comprender el acto de Charlotte. Para ello, revisa sus diarios en busca de algún indicio,un rastro que la ayude a entender lo que su hija estaba viviendo. Pero lo que se encuentra, en lugar de tranquilizarla, la inquieta. «Esconder este secreto me está matando». ¿Averiguará Susan los secretos de su hija? ¿Podrá adivinar a través de sus palabras el rostro de alguien a quien realmente no conoce?

ll Anna wants is to be able to sleep. But with crushing insomnia, terrifying night terrors, and haunting memories of that terrible night, it's impossible. If only she didn’t feel so guilty... To escape her past, Anna accepts a job at a hotel on the remote Scottish island of Rum. What begins as a retreat from the world soon turns into a deadly nightmare when seven guests arrive, each with their own secrets. One of these guests is lying—not only about who they are, but about why they’ve come to the island. Among them is a murderer, and they’ve set their sights on Anna. Seven strangers. Seven secrets. One deadly lie. Someone’s going to sleep—and never wake up...

Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life. Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards. And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when the three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide, there’s only one thing for it: they have to stick together. Otherwise, one of them will die. Three strangers, two secrets, one terrifying evening. The million-copy bestseller returns with a gripping new novel that will keep you guessing until the end.

‘Fast-paced and satisfying’ DAILY MAIL ‘I was glued from start to finish!’ SHARI LAPENA Ursula, Gareth and Alice have never met before. Ursula thinks she killed the love of her life. Gareth’s been receiving strange postcards. And Alice is being stalked. None of them are used to relying on others – but when the three strangers’ lives unexpectedly collide, there’s only one thing for they have to stick together. Otherwise, one of them will die.   Three strangers, two secrets, one terrifying evening.   The million-copy bestseller returns with a gripping new novel that will keep you guessing until the end.

The person you trust most may only be telling you half the story … Sue Jackson has the perfect family but when her teenage daughter Charlotte deliberately steps in front of a bus and ends up in a coma she is forced to face a very dark reality. Retracing her daughter’s steps she finds a horrifying entry in Charlotte’s diary and is forced to head deep into Charlotte’s private world. In her hunt for evidence, Sue begins to mistrust everyone close to her daughter and she’s forced to look further, into the depths of her own past. There is a lot that Sue doesn’t know about Charlotte’s life. But then there’s a lot that Charlotte doesn’t know about Sue’s …

The new psychological thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Accident, The Lie and The Missing. "Look after your daughter's things. And your daughter…"When a stranger asks Jo Blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn't.The stranger knows Jo's name, she knows her husband Max and she's got a glove belonging to Jo's two year old daughter Elise.What begins with a subtle threat swiftly turns into a nightmare as the police, social services and even Jo's own husband turn against her.No one believes that Elise is in danger. But Jo knows there's only one way to keep her child safe – RUN.

Lou Smith is used to being headline news as, aged seventeen, she ran away with her 37-year-old teacher, Mike, during a short-lived affair. Now 32, Lou’s life is in tatters – and she resolves to return home to confront Mike for the damage he has caused. But she soon finds that Mike is unchanged, and is now grooming a young 15-year-old girl called Chloe. Determined to make sure that history doesn’t repeat itself, Lou decides to take matters into her own hands. But Mike is a predator of the worst kind, and as she tries to bring him to justice, it’s clear that Lou could once again become his prey… The million copy Sunday Times bestseller returns with a taut, compelling psychological thriller that will have you glued to the edge of your seat.

Five years ago, Olivia Sutherland was wrongfully convicted of plotting to murder her husband. Now she's finally free, Olivia has three goals: repair her relationship with her teenage daughter, clear her name, and bring down her husband – the man who framed her. Just how far is she willing to go to get what she wants? And how far will her husband go to stop her? Because his lies run deeper than Olivia could ever have imagined – and this time it’s not her freedom that’s in jeopardy, but her life…

Lost meets The Hunger Games in the thrilling new young adult novel from C.L. Taylor, the Sunday Times and million-copy bestselling author. Welcome to The Island—where your worst fears are about to come true. It was supposed to be the perfect holiday: a week-long trip for six teenage friends on a remote tropical island. But when their guide dies of a stroke, leaving them stranded, the trip of a lifetime quickly turns into a nightmare. Someone on the island knows each of the group’s worst fears. And one by one, they’re coming true. Seven days in paradise. A deadly secret. Who will make it off the island alive?

I know your name's not really Jane Hughes... Jane Hughes has a loving partner, a job in an animal sanctuary and a tiny cottage in rural Wales. She's happier than she's ever been but her life is a lie. Jane Hughes does not really exist. Five years earlier Jane and her then best friends went on holiday but what should have been the trip of a lifetime rapidly descended into a nightmare that claimed the lives of two of the women. Jane has tried to put her past behind her but someone knows the truth about what happened. Someone who won't stop until they've destroyed Jane and everything she loves.

9,000 word short story (originally a 3 part serial in My Weekly magazine). Available for free to members of the CL Taylor Readers' Club.

You love your family. They make you feel safe. You trust them. Or do you…? When fifteen-year-old Billy Wilkinson goes missing in the middle of the night, his mother, Claire Wilkinson, blames herself. She's not the only one. There isn't a single member of Billy's family that doesn't feel guilty. But the Wilkinson’s are so used to keeping secrets from one another that it isn't until six months later, after an appeal for information goes horribly wrong, that the truth begins to surface. Claire is sure of two things – that Billy is still alive and that her friends and family had nothing to do with his disappearance. A mother's instinct is never wrong. Or is it?

"You have to help me. We’re not being reformed. We’re being brainwashed." Sixteen-year-old Drew Finch just wants to be left alone. She has no desire to spend time with her mum and stepdad. When her disruptive fifteen-year-old brother, Mason, is expelled from school for the third time and sent to a residential reform academy, Drew feels almost relieved. But everything changes when Drew is followed home from school by the mysterious Dr. Cobey, who claims to have a message from Mason. There’s something sinister about the “treatment” Mason is undergoing at the academy. The school is changing people, and not in a good way. Determined to save her brother, Drew realizes she must infiltrate the Academy and uncover its deepest, darkest secrets—before it’s too late.