It Could Have Been Her

Lisa Jewell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cornerstone

Published:2nd Jul '26

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THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be hooked by the new thriller for 2026 from Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of None of This Is True and Don't Let Him In.

'A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'A true masterpiece' ANDREA MARA
'Superbly written, entertaining and twisty' LIZ NUGENT
'Dark, intense, brilliant' SHARI LAPENA
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It was the night she almost died.

Newly divorced and feeling a little lost, Jane Trevally agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath.

She's offered a drink. She steps inside.

And then she hears a scream.

Jane runs.

Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a dog who's been found near her home. A dog whose owner has just been reported missing.

A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined.

And she can't stop thinking:

It could have been her . . .

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Praise for It Could Have Been Her:

'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' MARIAN KEYES

'Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written' ALICE FEENEY

'A master of suspense' RILEY SAGER

'Lisa Jewell books are a must-read for me' JOJO MOYES

'Utterly brilliant' MARK EDWARDS

‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' RUTH WARE

'Lisa is a rare gem of a writer' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'A master of her craft’ MICHELLE McDONAGH

'Superb storytelling' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

'An absolute page-turner' INDIA KNIGHT

'One of the best and scariest books of the summer' JEREMY VINE

Readers love It Could Have Been Her!

'It’s by far Jewell’s creepiest and most unsettling book' 5-star reader review

'An absolute masterpiece' 5-star reader review

'Such a dark and delicious mystery!' 5-star reader review

'Shook me to my core' 5-star reader review

'I devoured this addictive page turner!' 5-star reader review

Superb storytelling . . . An emotionally resonant exploration of generational trauma, memory and the search for truth, this novel is as harrowing as it is thought provoking * Sunday Independent *
It’s clever, absorbing and the characters are much richer and weirder than they would be in a by-the-book detective story’ * Sunday Times *
Jewell does it again with an edgy thriller that grabs from the go * Good Housekeeping *
An unsettling pageturner from the queen of thrillers. * Fabulous *
I don’t know how she does it, but again, it’s her best book yet. Absolutely stunning storytelling, with layer after layer deftly and tantalisingly revealed, and a denouement that is so perfect, so devilishly clever, and yet I didn’t see it coming. A true masterpiece * Andrea Mara *
A top-notch thriller, featuring the most endearing protagonist that I can easily identify with - a nosy middle-aged woman who stumbles across the story of a missing girl and decides to investigate it herself. Alternately cosy and harrowing, it investigates the most toxic family I have ever read. Superbly written with wit and class, Lisa Jewell remains at the top of her game with this entertaining and twisty thriller * Liz Nugent *
Nobody does dark, dysfunctional families like Lisa Jewell. A writer at the top of her game who consistently smashes it out of the park. I devoured It Could Have Been Her in a day. A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet. She really is a genius storyteller. * Claire Douglas *
Lisa Jewell books are a must read for me. She creates living, breathing characters you recognise, but also because you can never tell where she is going to go next. I only know that it’s going to be dark! * Jojo Moyes *
Twisty, twisted and oh so dark. Lisa Jewell once again proves herself a master of suspense. * Riley Sager *
Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written. This gripping, twisted tale will keep you guessing until the end. Nobody writes like Lisa Jewell * Alice Feeney *

ISBN: 9781529195996

Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 37mm

Weight: 660g

432 pages