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The Therapist

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What to expect

Pre-order B A Paris’s brand new thriller WHEN I KILL YOU publishing Spring 2026!

‘Tense and compulsive’ Louise Candlish

‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound’ T. M. Logan

TELL ME YOUR SECRETS…

When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, an exclusive gated community, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…

As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with the therapist who lived there before.

Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened. But no one wants to talk about it. And her neighbours are hiding something…

The million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.

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Praise for The Therapist:

‘Alice’s smart new home in The Circle comes with a nightmarish secret in B A Paris’s tense and compulsive new thriller – I gobbled it up in two sittings’ Louise Candlish

‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound in this tense story – all hidden just beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect suburban life’ T. M. Logan

‘A delicious web of lies. Be prepared for your head to spin and your fingers to fly!’ Jane Corry

‘B A Paris is the queen of psychological thrillers and her latest does not disappoint’ My Weekly

‘This spooky thriller with excellent twists and a really fast-paced shock finale’ Heat

‘Totally hooked. Completely gripping’ Mel McGrath

‘A propulsive and deliciously dark page-turner. Perfectly paced and tightly plotted’ Lucy Clarke

‘Domestic suspense at its very best. An aspirational setting, an unsolved crime, a plethora of suspects and twisted allegiances at every turn … I loved it’ Caz Frear

‘Tense and suspenseful … a delicious slice of suburban noir shot through with secrets, lies, paranoia and the unsettling claustrophobia of a staunchly closed community’ Kia Abdullah

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‘Alice’s smart new home in The Circle comes with a nightmarish secret in B A Paris’s tense and compulsive new thriller – I gobbled it up in two sittings’ Louise Candlish

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‘Suspicion, betrayal and dark secrets abound in this tense story – all hidden just beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect suburban life’ T. M. Logan

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‘A delicious web of lies. Be prepared for your head to spin and your fingers to fly!’ Jane Corry

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‘B A Paris is the queen of psychological thrillers and her latest does not disappoint’ My Weekly

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‘This spooky thriller with excellent twists and a really fast-paced shock finale’ Heat

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‘Totally hooked. Completely gripping’ Mel McGrath

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The Therapist is a propulsive and deliciously dark page-turner. Perfectly paced and tightly plotted, B A Paris remains at the top of her game’ Lucy Clarke

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‘A dark family drama’ The Sun

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‘A truly emotive read’ PA Media

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The Therapist is domestic suspense at its very best. An aspirational setting, an unsolved crime, a plethora of suspects and twisted allegiances at every turn … I loved it’ Caz Frear

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‘Tense and suspenseful, The Therapist is a delicious slice of suburban noir shot through with secrets, lies, paranoia and the unsettling claustrophobia of a staunchly closed community’ Kia Abdullah

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‘A switchback ride of plot, character and revelation’ Felicity Everett

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‘I absolutely devoured this twisty web of secrets and lies in a sinister gated community’ Roz Watkins

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User Reviews

Book 3.5
Narration 4.0
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4.5 ⭐ So Close To A 5 - and trust me I reserve a 5* only for a very good book!

This was engaging from the start - a real page turner.
I was wrong predicting the ending that I did. This made me smile 😁. A good twist.
This is an easy book to follow and please don't expect a complicated plot. This is one that just keeps your attention by flitting from suspect to suspect.
It appears, by looking at the reviews on here, that you like or loathe BA Paris. I have enjoyed both the books that I have read.

Found it quite irritating that the narrator didn't sound her t's! It was really noticeable.
Julie7 14/01/2024
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Listened to this in 2 sittings on a very long car journey.

It's a good thriller with a nice twist. It romps along well and was nicely delivered by Olivia Dowd (Thomas Judd gets only a few lines in case you wondered!)
mark (xigxag staff) 08/12/2025

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