About the Author

Clare Mackintosh is a police officer turned crime writer, and the multi-award-winning author of seven Sunday Times bestselling novels. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and have spent a combined total of sixty-eight weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. Clare lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children.

Reviews

Hypnotically good
*LEE CHILD*

Mackintosh builds [the] dilemma into a rip-roaring finale
*GUARDIAN*

Tightly plotted, tense and with an unexpected twist, it's the book of the summer
*SUN*

An utterly riveting read - with so many jaw-dropping twists and turns you won't dare unfasten your seatbelt
*LUCY FOLEY*

A nail-biter of a thriller with an unexpected gut-punch at the end - a fantastic read!
*SHARI LAPENA*

Taking the locked room mystery to a new, white-knuckle extreme, this is electrifying
*HEAT*

Feels like a blockbuster movie; edge of seat, nail biting, propulsive, compulsive, thrilling and just so beautifully done
*LISA JEWELL*

A propulsive read - Hostage will have you questioning 'what would you do?' at every turn
*KARIN SLAUGHTER*

I dare anyone to read this high-octane, tense thriller on a flight
*PRIMA*

When Clare Mackintosh goes high concept, she doesn't mess around . . . A true page-turner that will have producers lining up with movie offers
*LINWOOD BARCLAY*

A thrilling, chilling gut punch of a book
*RED*

A thrilling rollercoaster of a story. It'll leave you breathless
*JANE FALLON*

This is an incredibly tense read that has a satisfyingly clever ending
*GOOD HOUSEKEEPING*

Always a compelling storyteller, ex-cop Clare Mackintosh has devised the year's most intriguing high-concept plot
*DAILY EXPRESS*

A smart pay-off
*THE TIMES, THE BEST THRILLERS FOR JUNE*

The ultimate modern take on the classic locked-room thriller . . . proves why [Mackintosh] is the queen of nail-biting suspense
*IRISH INDEPENDENT*

A tense, convincing, nail-biter of a thriller
*PLATINUM MAGAZINE*

A banger of a book with a truly agonising 'what would you do?'
*RUTH WARE*

We're right there with Mina as she agonizes over what to do. Mackintosh is a pro
*NEW YORK TIMES*

Chilling!
*BELLA*

Why did no one warn me how bloody addictive it is?
*TAMMY COHEN*

Buckle up for some edge-of-your-plane-seat action with this read-in-one-sitting thriller!
*SUN ON SUNDAY, FABULOUS MAGAZINE*

Hostage has everything: fascinating characters, amazing writing, perfect pace, full of mystery, tension and emotion. An incredible thriller
*ALLIE REYNOLDS*

I am still on the floor! I thought I knew where it was going, then I got wrong-footed, then I got whiplash! A mind-blowing read
*SANDIE JONES*

A truly gripping and terrifying story
*WOMAN'S WEEKLY*

Fasten your seatbelts. Hostage is a white-knuckle ride that takes the classic locked-room thriller airborne . . . Gripping
*HERALD*

Surprising twists propel the story to an unexpected finale. Mackintosh has raised her game
*PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW*

A chilling read that you won't want to put down
*CLOSER*

Page after page of unrelenting suspense . . . hard to put down as readers are willingly lured on by one plot twist after another . . . A gifted writer with a captivating voice
*NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS*

Clare Mackintosh has an enviable talent for creating credible families and putting them in enough jeopardy to make the story fly while stirring up emotions of all kinds
*LITERARY REVIEW*

Heart-stopping
*CRIME FICTION MONTHLY*

An impossible situation which Clare Mackintosh tackles masterfully
*WOMAN'S WAY*

The queen of intensely paced thrillers is back with another gripping read
*NEW*

Incredibly gripping, incredibly brilliant and incredibly frightening . . . Definitely one of my reads of the year
*NB MAGAZINE*

The most perfectly fabulous holiday read . . . clever yet entertaining, thoughtful yet provocative
*LOVEREADING*

Fasten seatbelts for a deliciously turbulent ride with an ace story pilot!
*PETERBOROUGH TELEGRAPH*

So tense you'll feel you're on board - get ready for this thrill ride
*REAL PEOPLE*

Keeps the reader guessing until the final chapter
*EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES*

Clare Mackintosh is one of the most reliably excellent authors of domestic thrillers ... I read this book so, so quickly - it was hard to put down and one of those books that made it a real challenge to not flick to the end to see what was going to happen
*BOOKBRUNCH*