He Started It
The gripping Sunday Times Top 10 bestselling psychological thriller
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3.8 • 5 Ratings
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Publisher Description
NO-ONE IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE ONES WHO KNOW YOU BEST . . .
The gripping Sunday Times bestselling psychological thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author of MY LOVELY WIFE
'So addictive it should come with a warning' Alice Feeney
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Beth has never forgotten what happened to her and her siblings when they were children.
The others never talk about it. But she knows they remember it too.
It began with a secret. It ended with murder.
But that's all in the past now.
Right?
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'My Lovely Wife was one of my top books of 2019. He Started It is even better!' C.J. Tudor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man
'Whip-smart, lean, deliciously dark and addictive. One of the best thrillers I've read in a long time' Ali Land
'Wow! It's dark, it's twisted and it's going to be your new favourite book! 5***** Reader Review
'Chilling, thrilling, twisty, fast paced, riveting, tense, dark & scary . . . My favourite book this year' 5***** Reader Review
PRAISE FOR MY LOVELY WIFE
'The most gripping psychological thriller of 2019' Stylist
'Wow! My Lovely Wife is a stunner - full of twists, well-drawn characters, and riveting suspense' Harlan Coben, bestselling author of Don't Let Go
'An assured and deliciously engrossing debut. It will linger long after you've reached the last page' Sarah Pinborough, bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
What’s the best way to stir up trouble for an already dysfunctional family? Throw a lucrative, contentious will into the equation. Samantha Downing—whose staggeringly addictive thriller My Lovely Wife had so many people reeling—uses this delicious set-up for this beautifully unsettling novel. We join Beth Morgan, older brother Eddie and younger sister Portia on a hellacious US road trip, as per the instructions left in their grandfather’s will. The estranged siblings must mirror a doomed trip taken by their parents and grandfather some 20 years prior to claim their juicy slice of inheritance pie, but naturally: it’’ll be no simple drive down memory lane. Downing takes great pleasure in presenting her evocative, ghoulish Americana and the devilish characters her backstabbing leads must negotiate. Her wonderfully plotted book throws up questions around family bonds and pressures, and allows us to draw our own conclusions.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Beth Morgan's wryly humorous narration belies the high-stakes skullduggery that awaits her and her two estranged adult siblings on the cross-country road trip they're forced into taking with their grandfather's ashes in order to claim slices of his fortune, in this deliciously devious psycho thriller from Downing (My Lovely Wife). According to the terms of the will, Beth, overbearing big brother Eddie, and frosty baby sister Portia must retrace the oddball odyssey westward from Atlanta they took 20 years earlier with gramps, a traumatic trip that was intended to give their parents some alone time to save their marriage but would tear their family apart. The reboot starts inauspiciously with a truck running the travelers off the road in rural Alabama and subsequently tailing them. As backstabbing, bizarre occurrences (including the disappearance of the ashes) and betrayals pile up, Downing discloses the clan's deeply buried secrets. The journey ends in a shocking, if head-spinning, showdown in the Nevada desert. Those with a taste for suspense with a wicked kick will be rewarded. Author tour.
