A Stranger in the Family
- Author Diane Saxon
- Narrator Melanie Crawley, David Thorpe
- Publisher Boldwood Books
- Publish Date 27 February 2026
- Run Time 8 hours and 8 minutes
- Format x-book®
- Genre Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Family life fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Psychological thriller.
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What to expect
The BRAND NEW pulse-pounding thriller from Diane Saxon, BESTSELLING author of The Quiet Wife 🩸📖 Just what is in the attic? 😱
I’ve just made the biggest mistake of my life.
As the last of my children leave home, I’ve persuaded my husband we should move house.
Clearing out thirty-odd years of rubbish is overwhelming, but nothing prepares me for what I find in my attic.
It’s a hint at a hidden horror. A box of secrets I only glimpsed, before I was disturbed.
And now it’s gone.
Someone in my home has removed it. Which means someone I love thinks I know their secret. A secret so dark, I refuse to contemplate it. Until I am forced to.
I need to find that box and take a better look.
I need to protect myself because if I’m right…
My life is in peril.
Praise for Diane Saxon:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'It's the epitome of that great saying, "Just one more chapter!" Then you discover you've read another five. Highly recommend as a great psychological thriller.' Joy Ellis
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An unrelenting thriller that twisted my stomach in knots from cover to cover' Daniel G. Miller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An intensely dark thriller.' Ross Greenwood
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Packed full of secrets and lies... with an unsettling atmosphere, Saxon succeeds in putting the 'creep' in creepy.' Valerie Keogh
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A complex, dark and disturbing thriller, full of intrigue, toxic relationships and jaw dropping twists.' Alex Stone
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I highly recommend this book, you won't want to put it down.' Reader Review
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