The Prisoner

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