Keep Her Safe - by Sophie Hannah (Paperback)

About the Book

Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied--by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake at the front desk but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn't know what to trust--everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes? Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?

Book Synopsis

LIANE MORIARTY says that "No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah." Packed with twists and clues, simmering with tension, this electrifying new thriller shows why.

She's the most famous murder victim in America. What if she's not dead?

Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied -- by a man and a teenage girl.

A simple mistake at the front desk... but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural life sentences for her murder.

Cara doesn't know what to trust -- everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?

From the Back Cover

Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied--by a man and a teenage girl.

A simple mistake at the front desk . . . but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she couldn't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural-life sentences for her murder.

Cara doesn't know what to trust: everything she's read and heard about the case or the evidence she saw with her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly, even if it means risking her own life?

Review Quotes

"No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah. I just love her dry, edgy wit and the way she brings her weirdly wonderful characters to life. " -- Liane Moriarty

"Sophie Hannah puts the 'psycho' in psychological suspense." -- Lisa Gardner

"Sophie Hannah... has clearly mastered the psychological methodology [of] Gillian Flynn or Tana French. Her unreliable narrator commands our attention and even our sympathy." -- NPR

"Her plots are ingenious -- she's a writer in complete command of her material -- and it's O.K. if you haven't quite kept up. She keeps you puzzled and intrigued, right until the end." -- The ew York Times Book Review

"Hannah... excels at creating credible plot twists; the two in "Keep Her Safe" -- one at the climax, one at the denouement -- evoke gasps. Deftly played and instantly addictive, Hannah's latest novel reaffirms her excellence and further elevates her stature."
-- Richmond Times Dispatch