Behind Her Eyes

by Sarah Pinborough

Overview

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The instant New York Times and #1 international bestseller. “You should read Behind Her Eyes…It’s bloody brilliant.” —Stephen King

Behind Her Eyes is the masterful psychological thriller from Sarah Pinborough with the ending everyone is talking about - the story of a marriage like you've never imagined.

Meet Louise. She is a hard-working single mom, stuck in a rut. One rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and the sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, Louise is thrilled to have finally connected with someone.

“An eerie thriller…A terrifying mind game.” —The New York Times Book Review

When she arrives at the office on Monday, Louise meets David, her new boss. It’s the man from the bar. The very married man from the bar who now says that their kiss was a terrible mistake…even if he still can’t keep his eyes off his new secretary.

“Brings to mind Hitchcock...masterfully engineered…the kind of novel that takes over your life.” —Joe Hill

Then Louise meets Adele, who’s new in town and in need of a friend. She seems to be deathly scared of her husband. ..who happens to be David. How did Louise end up drawn into this couple’s orbit—and how will she ever find her way out? The only thing that Louise knows for sure is that something in David and Adele’s marriage is very, very wrong. But how could she have ever imagined just how far a husband and wife might go to protect their secrets?

“Deserves its own warning label...for [the] ingenious, to-die-for twist.” —BookPage

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250184917
Publisher:	Flatiron Books
Publication date:	07/31/2018
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	666,342
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Sarah Pinborough is the award-winning, New York Times and internationally bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes and 13 Minutes. She lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

By injecting a spritz of supernatural fizz into Behind Her Eyes, Sarah Pinborough shrewdly transforms a romantic suspense novel into an eerie thriller calculated to creep you out…In brief chapters with alternating narrators, Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who's manipulating whom—until the ending reveals that we've been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.

The New York Times Book Review - Marilyn Stasio

11/28/2016
British author Pinborough (Murder) effectively shifts perspectives between two complex characters in this twisty psychological thriller set in North London. Louise Barnsley is chagrined to learn that the hunky man who kissed her in a bar turns out to be her new, married boss, therapist David Martin. Louise and David agree that the flirtation would be just a onetime thing, but their interactions become more complicated when David’s gorgeous wife, Adele, bumps into Louise and cultivates her friendship. Sections set in different time frames provide an ominous backdrop for the triangle, with references to dirt under fingernails and things having been done “that could not be undone.” Despite her deepening bond with Adele, Louise is unable to successfully repress her attraction to David, even as he shows sides of his personality that disturb her. Pinborough will keep even veteran genre readers guessing about which members of the trio, if any, are providing trustworthy accounts of their pasts and presents. Agent: Veronique Baxter, David Higham Associates (U.K.). (Jan.)

Publishers Weekly

"... the skilled cast puts listeners inside the characters’ heads in this menacing tale of obsession and deceit." -Booklist, starred review

“Pinborough shrewdly transforms a romantic suspense novel into an eerie thriller calculated to creep you out…Pinborough keeps us guessing about just who’s manipulating whom – until the ending reveals that we’ve been wholly complicit in this terrifying mind game.”
—The New York Times Book Review

“The season’s twistiest thriller…Like all powerful over-the-counter drugs, Behind Her Eyes deserves its own warning label... mindblowing, genre-bending, breakthrough psychological thriller…avoid any contact with the growing buzz concerning the novel’s ingenious, to-die-for twist.”
—BookPage

"A masterpiece of suspense...A rare joy...Creates a sense of disorientation and dread that is highly satisfying. But it is with the plot, so tight and yet also intricate, that Pinborough shines. No detail or character is extraneous."
—Booklist (starred review)

"Behind Her Eyes is a cunning puzzle-box of a novel, a masterfully engineered thriller that brings to mind Hitchcock at his most uncanny, and Rendell at her most relentless. Lean and mean, dark and disturbing, this is the kind of novel that takes over your life. Sarah Pinborough slays."
—Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2

“Behind Her Eyes is a dark, electrifying page-turner with a corker of an ending. Sarah Pinborough is about to become your new obsession.”
—Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fool Me Once

“The strongest, most unsettling thriller of the year, with a final twist destined to provoke arguments for years to come. Read it now before someone spoils the ending for you.”
—John Connolly, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Charlie Parker novels

“Behind Her Eyes is as twisty as a steep mountain road, and just as nerve-wracking. The shocks just keep coming around those blind curves.”
—Charlaine Harris, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series

“First you’ll want to know the ending. Then you’ll HAVE to know the ending. And when you close the book with paper cuts from turning pages so fast you'll want everyone you know to read it too so you can talk about it. You know the rules to Fight Club. Well the rules to Behind Her Eyes are simple. Get a copy by any means you can. And do not tell ANYONE how it ends.”
—Simon Toyne, author of The Searcher

“A modern love triangle with so many mind-screws you start questioning if maybe this particular triangle has more than three points. It's funny, it's cold, it's modern. A master-class in juggling moods and the two sides to every story. And, wow, that ending. Pinborough's latest had me questioning everything. And the answers that eventually came frightened me more than the unknown preceding them. I loved Behind Her Eyes. It's a modern love triangle thriller and it would make one helluva movie.”
—Josh Malerman, bestselling author of Bird Box

“Twisty psychological thriller…Pinborough will keep even veteran genre readers guessing.”
—Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

08/01/2016
Positioned as a blockbuster and given a shout-out on Day of Dialog's Editors' Picks panel, this new work features psychologist David and wife Adele. They seem like the perfect couple, but David's new secretary thinks that something is creepily off. Pinborough's The Language of Dying won the British Fantasy Award for Best Novella.

Library Journal

The four narrators tell the story of Louise, a divorced mom and part-time secretary who finally connects with someone—who turns out to be her new married boss. This twist is just the first in surprise revelations, one after another. The narrators use consistent pacing and build on the puzzling questions and tense atmosphere surrounding the marriage of Louise's boss, David, and his wife, Adele. All four narrators smoothly transition between the complex characters and the dark side of this contemporary love triangle. As Louise's sense of disorientation and dread build, listeners will be hooked on both plot and performance. S.C.A. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine

JANUARY 2017 - AudioFile