Clare Mackintosh Popular Books
Clare Mackintosh Biography & Facts
Clare Mackintosh is a British author and former police officer. Her novels are published in more than 40 languages and have sold more than two million copies worldwide. Novels Mackintosh's debut novel I Let You Go was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. It won Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in 2016, beating J K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. In October 2016, the French translation of I Let You Go (Te Laisser Partir) won "best international novel" at the Cognac Festival Prix du Polar awards. In March 2017 publisher Little, Brown announced that I Let You Go has sold over one million copies worldwide. Her second novel, I See You, was also a Richard & Judy Book Club pick, winning the readers' vote. It charted at number 1 in The Sunday Times original fiction list and was shortlisted for Crime & Thriller Book of the Year in the British Book Awards.In March 2018 Mackintosh published her third novel, Let Me Lie, which charted at number 1 in The Sunday Times original fiction list. It was also chosen as a Richard & Judy Book Club pick.Mackintosh's fourth novel, After the End, was published in hardback in June 2019 and became an instant Sunday Times bestseller. She has since published three more Sunday Times bestsellers: Hostage, The Last Party and A Game of Lies. Mackintosh was a judge of the First Novel category of the Costa Book Awards 2019. In March 2024, Mackintosh will publish a memoir, I Promise it Won't Always Hurt Like This, inspired by her son's death in 2006. Education and police career Mackintosh went to Royal Holloway University in Surrey, taking a degree in French and Management, and spent a year in Paris as part of the course, working as a bilingual secretary. Mackintosh joined the police force upon graduation. She was posted on promotion to Chipping Norton as town sergeant before becoming Thames Valley Police’s operations inspector for Oxfordshire. Mackintosh spent 12 years in the police force before leaving in 2011 to become a full-time writer. Personal life Mackintosh lives in Bala, in north Wales. She credits the rural community in which she lives with the inspiration for her detective series, which features the Welsh-speaking DC Ffion Morgan.In 2006, Mackintosh delivered twin boys prematurely. Her son Alex contracted meningitis and suffered significant brain damage. Mackintosh and her husband made the decision to remove him from intensive care and allow him to die. When her surviving son was 15 months old, Mackintosh gave birth to a second set of twins. Charity work Mackintosh is a founder and former trustee of the Chipping Norton Literary Festival. She is patron of the Silver Star Society, a charity supporting the John Radcliffe Hospital's work with families facing difficult pregnancies.In January 2019 Mackintosh donated her advance for her book A Cotswold Family Life to the Silver Star Society, who used the donation to buy foetal monitoring equipment for the maternity unit. List of works I Let You Go (Sphere, 2014) I See You (Sphere, 2016) Let Me Lie (Sphere, 2018) A Cotswold Family Life (Sphere, 2019) After the End (Sphere, 2019) The Understudy (Hodder, 2019) (with Holly Brown, Sophie Hannah and B.A. Paris) The Donor (Sphere, 2020) Hostage (Sphere, 2021) The Last Party (Sphere, 2022) A Game of Lies (Sphere, 2023)References External links Official website. Discover the Clare Mackintosh popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Clare Mackintosh books.
Best Seller Clare Mackintosh Books of 2024
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Flood Tide
Clive CusslerA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe fourteenth incredible Dirk Pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.Tracking a...
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The First Lie
A. J. ParkThe most gripping psychological thriller you'll read this year perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan, TM Logan and KL Slater...'This is a real page turner....
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For the Missing
Lina Bengtsdotter'A thriller that lingers in the memory' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB'Dark Nordic noir' THE i 'A global bestseller' SUNDAY TIMES The awardwinning, international bestselling Swedish crime...
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The Unforgotten
Laura Powell“A smart and gripping debut that saves its best for last.” Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Little Bee “[A] thoroughly satisfying and suspenseful debut…the fin...
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Found Her
NJ MackayThe most gripping, emotional and redemptive psychological thriller of 2021 for fans of Erin Kinsley, Lisa Jewell, Louise Jensen, Phoebe Morgan, CL Taylor, Cara Hunter and KL Slate...
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The Woman on the Bridge
Holly Seddon'Strangers On A Train meets The Pact in this high concept thriller: daring, dramatic and totally original, I loved it.' Gillian McAllisterHow far would you go to save a perfect str...
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The Girl in the Letter
Emily Gunnis'A great book, truly hard to put down. Fast paced, brilliantly plotted and desperately sad at times all hallmarks of a bestseller' Lesley Pearse on The Girl in the Letter 'I was g...
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The Dance of the Serpents
Oscar de Muriel'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries...December, 1889.There have been many bad days in Edinburgh police's secret subdivision 'The Commission f...
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The Darkness Within
Lisa Stone‘The Darkness Within hooked me from the start. Once you start you won't be able to stop!’ Katerina Diamond, No.1 bestselling author of The TeacherA gripping new thriller debut that...
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Cat And Mouse
M. J. ArlidgeIF YOU THINK YOU'RE ALONE:THINK AGAIN A scratching at the window.A tap on the door.What if, this time, someone is out there? A silent killer stalks the city, targeting those home ...
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The Farm at the Edge of the World
Sarah Vaughan'A great read about guilt, atonement and identity' Hello'You won't want this one to end' Marie ClaireFrom the author of NETFLIX SENSATION ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL1939, Will and Alice...
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I Did It for Us
Alison Bruce'Unpredictable, challenging and compelling' Sophie HannahFrom the first time I saw them together I knew it felt wrong. I didn't like the way he touched her or the selfconscious way...
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Lying To You
Amanda Reynolds'THIS DIZZYING NOVEL KEEPS YOU ON YOUR TOES' THE SUNYou think you know the truth about that night, but what if your husband is LYING TO YOU?When Jess Tidy was Mark Winter's studen...
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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Elle Croft'Utterly absorbing and thoughtprovoking' Caz Frear'What a premise, and packed with suspense' Victoria Selman'A dark, delicious triumph' Niki MackayIf what they said was true, then ...
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My Other Husband
Dorothy Koomson'A brilliant rollercoaster of a thriller about obsessive love and hidden secrets. Tense, twisty and unputdownable. I loved it!' CLAIRE DOUGLASCleo Forsum is a bestselling novelist ...
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Tell Me Your Secret
Dorothy Koomson'A gripping and pacy thriller with a clever, twisty plot' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Full of twists and Koomson's trademark heart and compassion' HEATPieta has a secret.Ten years ago, Pieta s...
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A Stranger On Board
Cameron WardThere's a murderer on board. And everyone is a suspect...'Fastpaced, gripping and intense A Stranger on Board is going to make waves this summer' T.M. LOGAN'What a tense, breathta...
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Stalker
Lisa StoneSomeone is always watching… Derek Flint is a loner. He lives with his mother and spends hisevenings watching his clients on the CCTV cameras he has installed inside their home...
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Let Me Lie
Clare MackintoshThe stunning new novel from Clare Mackintosh, the international bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You.The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're bot...
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An Act of Silence
Colette McbethSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2018'Sensational' Clare Mackintosh, No 1 bestselling author of I Let You Go.'The definition of a pageturner' Sun'Truly scary...
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The Hit List
Holly SeddonWhat would you do if you found your own name on a hit list? Seddon addresses this terrifying question in an explosive novel. One of the most exciting, brave and clever books I have...
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Shadow Man
Margaret Kirk'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences.' Val McDermid THE FIRST COMPELLING SCOTTISH CRIME THRILLER IN THE GRIPPING DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESTwo sistersJust befo...
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Last Kiss
Louise PhillipsHe thought he was in control. But he was wrong. And after the final blows of the knife, she stole his last breath with a kiss...Will criminal psychologist Dr Kate Pearson uncover t...
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The Bone Readers
Jacob RossWINNER OF THE JHALAK PRIZE'The Bone Readers is a pageturner, but its insights and language are equally testament to a literary novel of impressive depth and acuity' GuardianSecrets...
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Tell No Tales
Eva DolanTwo men are kicked to death in brutal attacks. Caught on CCTV, the murderer hides his face – but raises a Nazi salute. In a town riddled with racial tension, Detectives Zigic and F...
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Grace Is Gone
Emily ElgarFrom the bestselling author of If You Knew Her comes this harrowing tale of suspensea story ripped from today’s headlinesof a tightknit English community, who’s rocked by the murde...
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No Good Deed
Cass GreenOne stolen baby. Two desperate strangers. One night of terror.The USA Today and Sunday Times top ten bestselling author returns with a dark and twisty psychological thriller.She sa...
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Lying in Wait
Liz NugentFrom the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Unraveling Olivera brilliantly plotted, utterly immersive novel lauded by A.J. Finn#1 New York Times bes...
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Shock Wave
Clive CusslerA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily MailThe thirteenth adrenalinefilled Dirk Pitt classic from multimillioncopy king of the adventure novel, Clive Cussler.A hu...
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Little Cruelties
Liz NugentFrom the #1 internationally bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond and Lying in Wait, a biting and masterful “dark jewel of a novel” (A.J. Finn, #1New York Times bestselling a...
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After the End
Clare MackintoshFrom New York Times bestselling author Clare Mackintosh comes a deeply moving and pageturning novel about an impossible choiceand the two paths fate could take.“A beautifully ...
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All Your Fault
J.C. LewinWinner of the Janklow & Nesbit 2015 Debut Novel Competition Shortlisted for the Luke Bitmead Bursary 2015"A gripping thriller with an authentic voice" Luke Bitmead shortlist...
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The Girls Inside
NJ MackayA gripping, compelling psychological thriller about a cult, a fire, and the dark secrets that four young girls have carried with them but can no longer keep buried...Blue grew up i...
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The Sign of the Devil
Oscar de MurielTHE FINAL FREY & McGRAY MYSTERYAll will be revealed... The Devil Has Come to Edinburgh...An illfated graverobbery unearths a corpse with a most disturbing symbol on it. When...
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The Other Sister
Elle Croft'WOW, just WOW, The Other Sister is a mesmerising, mind blowing psychological thriller that has so many twists and turns.' Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars'It's a great plot line and you a...
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After the Eclipse
Fran DorricottA “suspenseful debut” psychological thriller about loss, sisterhood, and the evil that men dofor readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne (Wall Street Journal). “A debut novel, wri...
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The Other Child
Lucy Atkins'Taut, tense, and beautifully written' Clare Mackintosh'Addictive' Sunday TimesSometimes a lie feels kinder than the truth . . . but what happens when that lie becomes an avalanche...
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Alex
Pierre Lemaitre & Frank WynneEVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT HER IS WRONG In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. Alex Prévost ...
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This Much is True
Jane Sanderson'The best book I have read in a long, long time' Amazon reviewThe twisty, gripping novel about a shocking secret at the heart of a family, and a mother desperate to keep it hidden...
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The Guilty Wife
Elle CroftTHE TOP 10 EBOOK BESTSELLER 'A gripping tale of betrayal, deceit, and duplicity. Fabulous.' Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You 'Relentless and intense...I loved the final ...
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The Unwanted Dead
Chris Lloyd'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.' ANDREW TAYLORWINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN AWARD FOR BEST HISTORICAL FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE ...
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The Inheritance
Howard LinskeyYou will inherit everything. The house. The money.There's just one condition.You have to catch a killer first . . .THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DON'T LET HIM INWhen...
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One Little Mistake
Emma Curtis'A dark pageturning debut of friendship, deceit and lies' Woman & Home'A compelling pageturner which kept me reading well into the night' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wif...
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What She Saw Last Night
Mason CrossNo one will believe ... WHAT SHE SAW LAST NIGHT.Jenny Bowen is going home. Boarding the Caledonian Sleeper, all she wants to do is forget about her upcoming divorce and relax on th...
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The Wrong Child
Barry GornellHow far would you go to protect your child?When tragedy strikes in a small Scottish village, everyone in the community is affected.Most people believe one child is to blame for wha...
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The Final Child
Fran DorricottA stunning psychological thriller from the author of After the Eclipse, for readers of Ruth Ware and S.K. Tremeyne.He won’t forget her... Erin and her brother Alex were the la...
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What Lies Buried
Margaret Kirk'Shadow Man is a harrowing and horrific game of consequences' Val McDermid THE BRILLIANTLY COMPELLING SECOND NOVEL IN THE DI LUKAS MAHLER SERIESA missing child. A seventyyearold mu...
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The Woman Who Ran
Sam Baker‘Clever and gripping with an ending so tense I was holding my breath’ Claire Douglas, author of The SistersShe can’t remember. But someone else can… When Helen Graham arrives in a ...