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The Prisoner

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What to expect

**B.A. Paris's stunning thriller THE GUEST is available now**

Secrets. Suspicion. Survival. No one writes relationships better than B.A. PARIS.

✨'Dark, daring and irresistible' CHRIS WHITAKER ✨
✨ 'Claustrophobic and menacing' DAILY MAIL ✨
✨ 'A rollercoaster ride, with plenty of twists' OBSERVER ✨
✨ 'Absolutely impossible to resist' C.M. EWAN ✨

THEN

Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a career for herself in the magazine industry, she meets, and agrees to marry, Ned Hawthorne.

NOW

Amelie wakes up in a pitch-black room, imprisoned and alone.

Why has she been taken? Who are her mysterious captors? And why does she soon feel safer here than she had begun to feel with her husband?

In true B.A. Paris style, The Prisoner is a gripping survival story, a twisted tale of love and at its dark heart a thriller to keep you up all night.

Readers love B.A. Paris



'THE ultimate psychological thriller ... believe all the hype' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Thrilling, endearing and totally, utterly shocking' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An amazing, unforgettable story full of twists and turns' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'B.A. Paris is as good as it gets' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'More exciting than I could have possibly imagined' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Critics Review

With twists and turns aplenty, scandal, mystery and a strong protagonist, this thriller will keep the reader guessing until the very last page!
Candis Magazine
Fans of the author will be enthralled by this. I loved the short chapters in part one, which really added to the rising tension
Prima Magazine
Elegant, taut, ingeniously plotted and extremely addictive. Superb!
Will Dean
Dark and compulsive . . . B.A. Paris again conjures up the tense claustrophobia of Behind Closed Doors and delivers yet another brilliant, unputdownable read
Gilly Macmillan
Wow! What a ride! A tantalising, taut, tense thriller
Jane Corry
Dark, daring and irresistible. B.A. Paris takes a clever, sinister survival story and further elevates it with her trademark style and heart. Truly impossible to put down
Chris Whitaker
Pacy, gripping from the get-go, and with so many twists! I felt so strongly for Amelie and was rooting for her the entire book. The Prisoner is a brilliant addition to B.A. Paris's stella stable of thrillers
L.V. Matthews
Intense and gripping, The Prisoner is suffused with intrigue and menace
Emma Haughton
Clever, twisty and unusual
Louise Beech
Taut, suspenseful, loaded with twists and surprises, and the true definition of a just-one-more-chapter page-turner. It's another B.A. Paris triumph - complex, compelling and absolutely impossible to resist
C.M. Ewan
So utterly gripping I finished it in one heart-racing afternoon. Clobbered me from the first page and kept me hostage until I'd turned the last
Emma Bamford
This web of fear and lies is much more complex, satisfyingly so, than Room, involving many more characters, intricate plotting, and layers of subterfuge. Paris's fans won't be disappointed and readers new to the author will be hooked
First Clue
The explosive start of this book sets up a compelling plot [...] written in well-executed super-edgy, short, sharp chapters and the description of her confinement is full of claustrophobic detail and menace
Daily Mail
It's a rollercoaster ride, with plenty of twists
The Observer
Book of the Month: chilling, intense and frightening in places, you'll be left wondering what is real and what isn't
Woman & Home
Chilling, intense and downright frightening in places
Woman's Weekly
Pulse pounding
Crime Monthly
Another nail-biting thriller. A gripping and twisted love story
Hello!
A dark, gripping story
Bella Magazine
Punchy chapters ramp up the suspense
Peterborough Telegraph
Paris skilfully stitches together domestic noir with a kidnap thriller and the result is a gripping read
Daily Mirror
The tension is electric
The Sun
This has the best opening scene of any thriller this year. Thoughtful and surprising writing
Daily Mail
Author B.A. Paris, B A Paris
Narrator Georgia Maguire
Duration 8 hours and 41 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781399710244
Format x-book®
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Genre Family life fiction, Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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