Last Seen Alive: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours

Name: Last Seen Alive: From the author of No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller, The New Neighbours
Rating: 4.08695650100708 (23 reviews)

Claire Douglas

Jul 2017 · Penguin UK

23 reviews

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THE GRIPPING AND TWISTY THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 AND THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED

'Thrillingly tense and twisty, a great read' B.A. PARIS, bestselling author of THE DILEMMA
'If you loved Clare Mackintosh . . . You will love Claire Douglas' WOMAN & HOME
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SHE CAN RUN

Libby Hall needs to escape from everything for a while. which is why the house swap is a godsend. The chance for Libby and her husband Jamie to exchange their tiny Bath flat for a beautiful haven on the wild Cornish coast.

BUT SHE CAN'T HIDE

But before they can begin to heal their fragile marriage, Libby makes some disturbing discoveries about the house. And soon the peace and isolation begin to feel threatening. How alone are they? Why does she feel watched?

BECAUSE SOMEONE KNOWS HER SECRET . . .

What is Jamie hiding? Is Libby being paranoid? And why does the house bring back such terrible memories? Memories of the night she last saw her best friend alive . . . and what she did.
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'Stunning. Packed with a killer twist' Closer

'It's impossible to guess the shocking ending' Saga

'I love stories when you're not quite sure who is telling the truth! Kept me guessing' Jane Corry, bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

'Fast-paced and chock-full of twists' Paula Daly bestselling author of The Mistake I Made

'Thrilling. I could hardly catch my breath between twists!' Jenny Blackhurst, bestselling author of The Foster Child

THE GRIPPING AND TWISTY THRILLER FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9 AND THE GIRLS WHO DISAPPEARED 'Thrillingly tense and twisty, a great read' B.A. PARIS, bestselling author of THE DILEMMA 'If you loved Clare Mackintosh . . . You will love Claire Douglas' WOMAN & HOME ...

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23 reviews

A Google user

March 16, 2026

ad a short mystery book. I mean, I have never heard a mystery that can be so short that it hardly fits 50 pages. And the blurb of it was so exciting! So I picked it up last night, and I did not even know that I finished it. Well, that's not a good thing. The story building was great, lovely, suspenseful. But the ending? Why? It was so stupid. I w

Julie Rowe

October 1, 2018

Great read. Flows really well. Fantastic twist. Bit of a weak ending. It's as if author didn't really know how to end it but a good page turner.

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E. Markwell

February 20, 2023

This book was very entertaining. I hated the ending though. I'm gonna pretend the epilogue never happened. And I hate that an animal died in the book. They could have let him live and it wouldn't effect the plot.

About the author

Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but had dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel, The Sisters.
She is a Sunday Times bestseller and a frequent Richard & Judy Book Club pick. Her books have sold over two million copies in the UK alone.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.

Claire Douglas worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but had dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award with her first novel, The Sisters. She is ...

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