The Interview

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What to expect

The Interview is a gripping locked-room thriller from C. M. Ewan, the acclaimed author of A Window Breaks and the half-a-million-copy bestseller Safe House.

It’s 5 p.m. on a Friday.

You have been called to an interview for your dream job.

In a stunning office thirteen floors above the city below, you are all alone with the man interviewing you.

Everyone else has gone home for the weekend.

The interview gets more and more disturbing.

You’re feeling scared.

Your only way out is to answer a seemingly impossible question.

If you can’t . . . what happens next?


What authors are saying . . .

‘C.M. Ewan never once drops the pace in this heart-pounding rollercoaster of a thriller that had me up all night’ - Clare Mackintosh, author of Hostage

‘A brilliant hook, a breakneck game of cat and mouse, and twists galore’ - Tim Weaver, author of The Shadow at the Door

‘A fast-paced twisty read that races along like an action movie’ - Sarah Pinborough, author of Insomnia

‘I can’t stop thinking about The Interview. I loved it’ - Sarah Hilary, author of Fragile

‘I couldn’t put The Interview down. Totally brilliant’ - B A Paris, author of The Therapist

A terrifying, heart-stopping ride’ - Sharon Bolton, author of The Split

‘So tense and twisty. An absolute nail-biter of a novel!’ - Gilly Macmillan, author of The Long Weekend

What readers are saying . . .

‘Oh boy did I enjoy this book! The definition of a keep you up all night, read in one sitting thriller

‘I read this beauty in a day, had so much else to do but just couldn't put it down

‘Wow, this book blew me away! I was hooked immediately and found the concept, both exciting and highly original’

‘YOU GUYS! If you haven't read this book, DO IT NOW!’

Critics Review

  • C M Ewan never once drops the pace in this heart-pounding rollercoaster of a thriller that had me up all night.

    Clare Mackintosh, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hostage
  • A brilliant hook, a breakneck game of cat and mouse, and twists galore: Ewan always delivers . . .

    Tim Weaver, author of the David Raker series
  • A terrifying, heart-stopping ride and a highly original and deeply disturbing thriller. I’ve been a Chris Ewan fan for a while, but in this book he soars to another level entirely.

    Sharon Bolton, author of The Split
  • I couldn’t put The Interview down. Totally brilliant

    B A Paris
  • C. M. Ewan has created the most incredible cat and mouse game in his propulsive novel, The Interview. He is an absolute master of the knife-edge thriller.

    Liv Matthews, author of The Prank
  • I can’t stop thinking about The Interview. I loved it

    Sarah Hilary, author of Fragile

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