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The Nail Salon
- Author
- Natalie Tambini
- Narrator
- Helen Colby
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 6 July 2023
- Run Time
- 6 hours 44 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
In a world where appearances are everything … you can’t trust anything
In a pristine suburb outside of London everything and everyone is perfect … on the surface. But then one of their own – an innocent teenage girl – goes missing, and DCI Sue Fisher and her team start to investigate the secrets and lies of an interconnected web of bored housewives, cheating husbands, and disaffected teens.
Now, as the veneer of perfection starts to chip away, dark secrets rise to fell the mighty and a community is brought to its knees…
Praise for The Nail Salon:‘An explosive thriller not for the faint-hearted' Woman's Own
‘Secrets and lies on every page. Utterly absorbing' Best
‘A brilliant thriller’ Bella
‘We couldn’t put this down’ That’s Life! Crime Scene
‘Creepy, shocking, addictive’ Tammy Cohen
Readers can’t get enough of this dark and disturbing thriller:‘I have never read a thriller like this. Buy or borrow The Nail Salon, turn off your phone…you won’t be able to put this book down’ ★★★★★
‘This book really did far exceed my expectations!…this plot is just so different from any other thriller I've come across…My jaw was on the floor more than once’ ★★★★
‘One of the best crime books I have read in a long time.…with twists and turns you don’t see coming …I couldn’t put it down’ ★★★★
‘Such a twisty book you can't see what's going to happen next…I loved the mix of gossipy scenes and police procedural’ ★★★★★
‘This was a winner! …quick twists and turns make you keep reading and the ending is bizarre and perfect for this story’ ★★★★★
‘Very well written police procedural interlaced with some gossipy tales…So good and suspenseful!’ ★★★★★
‘Definitely one of my favourite books of the year so far, it had everything in it’ ★★★★★
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Details
- Author
- Natalie Tambini
- Narrator
- Helen Colby
- Duration
- 6 hours 44 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 July 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008643645
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Synopsis
‘This disturbingly-brilliant thriller… is chock full of lies secrets, cheating husbands and nosey housewives’ Metro In a world where appearances are everything … you can’t trust anything In a pristine suburb outside of London everything and everyone is perfect … on the surface. But then one of their own – an innocent teenage girl – goes missing, and DCI Sue Fisher and her team start to investigate the secrets and lies of an interconnected web of bored housewives, cheating husbands, and disaffected teens. Now, as the veneer of perfection starts to chip away, dark secrets rise to fell the mighty and a community is brought to its knees… Praise for The Nail Salon: ‘An explosive thriller not for the faint-hearted' Woman's Own ‘Secrets and lies on every page. Utterly absorbing' Best ‘A brilliant thriller’ Bella ‘We couldn’t put this down’ That’s Life! Crime Scene ‘Creepy, shocking, addictive’ Tammy Cohen Readers can’t get enough of this dark and disturbing thriller: ‘I have never read a thriller like this. Buy or borrow The Nail Salon, turn off your phone…you won’t be able to put this book down’ ★★★★★ ‘This book really did far exceed my expectations!…this plot is just so different from any other thriller I've come across…My jaw was on the floor more than once’ ★★★★ ‘One of the best crime books I have read in a long time.…with twists and turns you don’t see coming …I couldn’t put it down’ ★★★★ ‘Such a twisty book you can't see what's going to happen next…I loved the mix of gossipy scenes and police procedural’ ★★★★★ ‘This was a winner! …quick twists and turns make you keep reading and the ending is bizarre and perfect for this story’ ★★★★★ ‘Very well written police procedural interlaced with some gossipy tales…So good and suspenseful!’ ★★★★★ ‘Definitely one of my favourite books of the year so far, it had everything in it’ ★★★★★
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