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The Breakdown
- Author
- B A Paris
- Narrator
- Georgia Maguire
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 7 May 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
The Breakdown is now released as the major movie, Blackwater Lane
‘Brilliant, chilling, scary and unputdownable’ Lesley Pearse
'Utterly compelling, brilliant and tense’ Lisa Hall
‘You’ll be unable to rest until you’ve followed the twists and turns to an ending you didn’t foresee’ Daily Express
*****
If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?It all started that night in the woods.
Cass Anderson didn’t stop to help the woman in the car, and now she’s dead.
Ever since, silent calls have been plaguing Cass and she’s sure someone is watching her.
Consumed by guilt, she’s also starting to forget things. Whether she took her pills, what her house alarm code is – and if the knife in the kitchen really had blood on it.
From the international, multi-million-copy bestselling author comes another addictive psychological thriller that will leave you questioning everything…
*****
Readers love The Breakdown :'This book grabbed me by the throat and squeezed tighter and tighter… Very highly recommended by me!'
'This book has every necessary ingredient to make one explosive psychological thriller: suspense, misdirection, tension, duplicity and spine tingling twists… I devoured this book, I didn’t want to put it down'
'Another chilling, consuming and addictive thriller by the wonderful B A Paris, yet so completely different from Behind Closed Doors! I would 100% recommend'
'B A Paris has written an absolute belter of a tale that had my heart literally pounding… Read this in almost one sitting; it grips and doesn't let go. Simply brilliant'
'I can't imagine anybody who enjoys a good psychological thriller not enjoying this book'
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Details
- Author
- B A Paris
- Narrator
- Georgia Maguire
- Duration
- 8 hours 37 minutes
- Release Date
- 7 May 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008817640
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Crime and / or mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
The Breakdown is now released as the major movie, Blackwater Lane ‘Brilliant, chilling, scary and unputdownable’ Lesley Pearse 'Utterly compelling, brilliant and tense’ Lisa Hall ‘You’ll be unable to rest until you’ve followed the twists and turns to an ending you didn’t foresee’ Daily Express ***** If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust? It all started that night in the woods. Cass Anderson didn’t stop to help the woman in the car, and now she’s dead. Ever since, silent calls have been plaguing Cass and she’s sure someone is watching her. Consumed by guilt, she’s also starting to forget things. Whether she took her pills, what her house alarm code is – and if the knife in the kitchen really had blood on it. From the international, multi-million-copy bestselling author comes another addictive psychological thriller that will leave you questioning everything… ***** Readers love The Breakdown : 'This book grabbed me by the throat and squeezed tighter and tighter… Very highly recommended by me!' 'This book has every necessary ingredient to make one explosive psychological thriller: suspense, misdirection, tension, duplicity and spine tingling twists… I devoured this book, I didn’t want to put it down' 'Another chilling, consuming and addictive thriller by the wonderful B A Paris, yet so completely different from Behind Closed Doors! I would 100% recommend' 'B A Paris has written an absolute belter of a tale that had my heart literally pounding… Read this in almost one sitting; it grips and doesn't let go. Simply brilliant' 'I can't imagine anybody who enjoys a good psychological thriller not enjoying this book'
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