**HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2021 CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD**
Sheâs a murderer.
Everyone knows she killed Stuart Rees â why else would his dead body be found in her shed?
So now Tabitha is in prison, awaiting trial.
Coming back to the remote coastal village where she grew up was a mistake. She didnât fit in then, and she doesnât fit in now.
That day is such a blur, she canât remember clearly what happened. There is something she is missing, something important⊠She only knows one thing. She is not capable of murder.
And the only one she can trust to help her out of this situation is herself.
So she must fight. Against the odds.
For her life.
Beautifully written about prejudice, loneliness and fighting spirit, this new book by Nicci French is shocking, twisty and utterly compelling.
Praise for House of Correction:
âA novel that blissfully plays with two genres: on the one hand an against-the-odds legal thriller Ă la John Grisham⊠and on the other a Miss Marple whodunnit set in a Devon villageâ Sunday Times
âNicci French husband-and-wife writing team responsible for some of the UKâs best psychological thrillers have created a gem of a protagonist in Tabitha⊠House of Correction allows the readers to puzzle out what happened alongside Tabitha, while cheering her effortâ Observer
âFirst-classâ Independent
âGrippingâ Literary Review
âGritty and moving â the husband-and-wife team have scored another hitâ Best
âA twisty and shocking readâ Bella
âEngrossingâ Good Housekeeping
âI wanted everything to stop so I could read this book⊠Definitely a favourite read of mine for 2020â Womanâs Way (Ireland)
âDescribing it as a suspenseful prison thriller, or riveting courtroom drama doesnât do this meticulously written detective novel justice⊠As well as its finely drawn characters and clever storyline, this is a novel that provokes you into pondering the workings of the wider justice system, police methods and prison lifeâ Bookanista
âGreat writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. I was 100 pages in before I even drew breath, and I defy anyone to see the ending comingâ Cara Hunter
âPart ingenious locked-room mystery. Part youâve-got-thewrong-person nightmare drama. Part intricate memory game. Yet all seamlessly woven together. Frenchâs best book yetâ A J Finn
âClever, compelling, original and twisty. This unputdownable David-and-Goliath story has the flawed, funny, totally unforgettable Tabitha at its heart and I read until the early hours, desperate to know her fateâ Erin Kelly