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Dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.
— Lee Child
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The Girl Before generates a fast pace. . . . [J. P.] Delaney intersperses ethics questions on stand-alone pages throughout the book. . . . The single most ingenious touch is that we’re not provided either woman’s answers.
— The New York Times
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J. P. Delaney builds the suspense.
— Vanity Fair
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A masterfully crafted spellbinder . . . guaranteed to astonish.
— Booklist (starred review)
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Superior psychological suspense . . . a cleverly constructed thriller.
— The Bookseller
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Riveting . . . Writing with precision and grace, Delaney strips away the characters’ secrets until the raw truth of each is revealed.
— Publishers Weekly
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Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I’ve read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed!
— Lisa Gardner
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One of the best thrillers you’ll read in 2017. . . . The Girl Before will appeal greatly to fans of psychological suspense.
— New York Journal of Books
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Get hooked on this hair-raiser about a woman who scores what seems like her dream home . . . until she finds out the mysterious fate of the previous tenant.
— Cosmopolitan
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The Girl Before is a cat-and-mouse game that toys with our expectations and twists our sympathies. At times almost unbearably suspenseful, it keeps us guessing from the first page to the very last. Don’t miss it.
— Joseph Finder
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The Girl Before is deservedly anointed the ‘top girl’ of this season’s suspense novels.
— The Washington Post
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The house has a dark past and a landlord that’s anything but welcoming.
— New York Post, one of the must-read books of the week
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Delaney has created a genuinely eerie, fascinating setting in One Folgate Street. . . . The novel’s structure, volleying back and forth as first Emma and then Jane begin to question their improbable luck, is beautifully handled. The pages fly.
— USA Today
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This is going to be the buzziest book of 2017. We may only be a few weeks into 2017, but we’re calling it early: This year, The Girl Before will be that book. The upcoming novel by author J. P. Delaney has all of the makings of a sexy murder mystery that is sure to hit the bestseller chart, and it already has the movie deal to prove it.
— InStyle
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Immediate guarantee: You will not be able to put this book down. . . . Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will realize that there’s not only more where that came from, but it’s also more thrilling.
— American Booksellers Association
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“Dazzling, startling, and above all cunning—a pitch-perfect novel of psychological suspense.”
— Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“Riveting! One of the most compelling page-turners I’ve read in years. Twisty, turny, and with an ending not to be missed!”
— Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“This creepy, clever novel…unfolds at a deliberate pace, and there are many unexpected twists that will keep the reader guessing as to the identity of the villain, or if one even exists at all. Delaney’s book is fast-paced with a compelling, unique plot.”
— RT Book Reviews (4 stars)