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“Wowzers―I’ve just finished reading a proof of Susi Holliday’s twisty-turny thriller Substitute and it’s epic! Mind-bending, pulse-pounding, techno-thriller brilliance!”
— Steph Broadribb, author of Deep Down Dead
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“Deliciously disturbing, thought-provoking, and unforgettable. Everything I want in a thriller.”
— Jo Jakeman, author of Safe House
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“A clever slice of dystopian darkness.
— Heat Magazine
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Loved it. Could you sentence someone to death to save a loved one? A thrilling speculative thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and John Marrs.
— Mark Edwards, author of The Hollows
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A future-possible plot and richly drawn characters kept me hooked from start to finish. Easy to devour and hard to forget.
— John Marrs, author of What Lies Between Us
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Wowzers—I’ve just finished reading a proof of Susi Holliday’s twisty-turny thriller Substitute and it’s epic!! Mind-bending, pulse-pounding, techno-thriller brilliance! Perfect for fans of John Marrs’s The One, JP Delaney, Blake Crouch.
— Steph Broadribb, author of Deep Down Dead
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Susi Holliday knocks it out of the park with this book. It’s everything you want in a thriller—imaginative, credible, and engaging; rocketing relentlessly towards a gut-wrenching conclusion as the stakes grow higher and higher…Brilliant.
— Louise Voss, author of The Last Stage
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Absolutely loved it! Original and compelling, with a killer premise and gut-wrenching dilemmas. And I do love a rogue scientist.
— Roz Watkins, author of the DI Meg Dalton thriller series
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A twisty, super creepy tale that kept me turning the pages well into the night—be careful what you wish for!
— Emma Haughton, author of The Dark
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I always get excited when a new Susi Holliday book comes out and Substitute didn’t disappoint. A wild ride and a highly original story you won’t want to miss.
— C S Green, author of Sleep Tight
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Deliciously disturbing, thought-provoking, and unforgettable. Everything I want in a thriller.
— Jo Jakeman, author of Safe House
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If you’re looking for a pacy, smart, and twisty plot, Substitute is an absolute must read. This is a book that feels terrifyingly real.
— Lisa Cutts, author of Don’t Trust Him
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You’d be mad to substitute Susi Holliday’s clever, complex & compelling thriller for anyone else’s: who lives and who dies?
— Claire Seeber, author of The Street Party
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A chilling and addictive tale of the price of good intentions, devastating choices, and science gone wrong. Frankenstein meets The Chain in Susi’s most powerful thriller yet.
— Heleen Kist, author of Stay Mad, Sweetheart
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Absolutely loved Substitute. It poses a fascinating question I can’t stop thinking about: if you could save the lives of three loved ones by choosing three others to die in their place, who would they be? Not a wasted word and so compelling.
— Fiona Cummins, author of When I Was Ten
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Dark, clever, and thought-provoking, just as you’d expect from Holliday. She puts everyday people through not-at-all everyday situations, and you, the reader, have to watch it all fall apart with your heart in your throat.
— Louise Beech, author of This Is How We Are Human
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A cracking premise. If you want something a little different then I suggest you check this out. Read the blurb. Go on. You won’t be able to look away!
— Rebecca Bradley, author of the DI Hannah Robbins series
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Wow! Creepy, compelling, and so thought-provoking! Who would be your three?!
— Karen Cole, author of Deliver Me
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If you like chills and thrills with a dark science twist and a big hook, it’ll be right up your street. There is no substitute for Holliday…
— Mason Cross, author of the Carter Blake series
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Tense, gripping, and terrifyingly plausible, Substitute marries an intriguing high-concept premise with warm storytelling and the most accurate parent-child relationship since The Whisper Man.
— Ed James, author of the Cullen and Bain Scottish Crime Thrillers series
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A razor-sharp story that refuses to let you go.
— Quentin Bates, author of the Officer Gunnhilder series
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When faced with an impossible choice of who lives and who dies, a mother is caught in a twisty science of the future. I could barely breathe when reading this. Gripping!
— Rachael Blok, author of Into the Fire