The Housewarming: A completely unputdownable psychological thriller with a shocking twist

‘My stomach is in knots!’ Motherhood for Slackers, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Devastating and jaw-dropping’ A Tick to Everywhere, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A heart-stopping thriller’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Fantastic! I absolutely loved every page.’ Books and Candles, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Everyone is going to the housewarming party.
All the same people who lived on the street the day Abi vanished…
Will her mother finally learn the truth?
Ava only left her daughter in the pushchair for five minutes. The buckle was fastened, and she was sure it was safe. But when she came downstairs, the door was open and Abi was gone – she walked down the road, past the Lovegoods’ house, and was never seen again.
A year later, the Lovegoods are planning their long-anticipated housewarming party. Ava doesn’t want to go. She can’t bear to look down that end of the road, to see the place where Abi vanished, and she doesn’t want to spend time with people who don’t share her grief. Her husband Matt persuades her: he’s worried about her. A night out might do her good.
But as her friends and neighbours chat, and the drink and gossip flows, Ava learns something new about the day she has re-lived a thousand times. A throwaway comment which could change everything.
Ava thought she knew every last detail of that day.
She’s about to find out she was wrong…
Brilliantly dark and moving suspense fiction for fans of Gillian Flynn, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell, The Housewarming will have your pulse racing and your heart in your mouth from start to finish.
See what readers are saying about The Housewarming:
‘My stomach is in knots!… great writing, fantastic characters and a compelling and thought-provoking plot… The tension doesn’t let up for a second. If I’d had the time to read it in one sitting, I wouldn’t have put it down until the last word.’ Motherhood for Slackers, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Fast paced all the way through… Keeps the reader hooked from one page to the next. Definitely not one to be missed!’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A new book by S.E. Lynes is always a cue to drop everything else… devastating and jaw-dropping’ A Tick to Everywhere, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Gripping and brilliantly written and captured all the emotions that you expect but never want to experience first hand.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Brilliant… A heart-stopping thriller… Highly recommended.’ Goodreads Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Everything I have come to expect from this author – gripping, shocking, well written and unputdownable. Absolutely brilliant.’ NetGalley Reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘I was on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading it’ Washington Life, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Excellent… Captured me right from the start, right up to the climactic ending and with more twists and turns than Spaghetti Junction… It was essential to find out what happened. No way did I see that outcome… Will keep you enthralled’ Jenny O’Brien, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐