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About the Author

Gytha Lodge is a writer and multi-award-winning playwright who lives in Cambridge. After studying creative writing at UEA, she was shortlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize and the Arts Council England fiction awards, and developed a large online following for her young adult and children’s writing, with over seven million reads accrued on the platform Wattpad.

Her debut novel, She Lies in Wait, was a Sunday Times bestseller and Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

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PENGUIN BOOKS

Lie Beside Me

‘Supremely readable. Gripped me from the first page and kept me turning the pages long into the night. Gytha Lodge is a consummate storyteller’ Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said/She Said

‘Lie Beside Me is fast-paced but never rushed, with clues and twists to keep you absolutely hooked from the first page to the last. I can’t wait for her next book’ Jane Casey, bestselling author of The Cutting Place

‘A gripping, twisted, edge-of-your-seat thriller’ Sun

‘The latest instalment of the Jonah Sheens series, Lie Beside Me is the best yet. It moves at a cracking pace from the high-concept opening to its tightly plotted finale, while deepening the characterization and the world so well created in the first two of the series. I stayed up till 2 a.m. to finish it – brilliantly done’ Harriet Tyce, bestselling author of Blood Orange

‘A killer premise, razor-sharp writing, and twists to die for, what more could you possibly want? Gytha Lodge is a brilliant storyteller, and Lie Beside Me is easily her best yet. I hope this series never ends’ Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End

‘Full of corkscrew twists and subtle turns, this third novel confirms Lodge as a gifted writer’ Daily Mail

‘Clever, pacy, well-written and utterly gripping, Lie Beside Me is one of my favourite books so far this year’ C.L. Taylor, bestselling author of Strangers

‘Such an ingenious concept and what an opening! I was gripping from that very first shocking page. An intelligent, twisty and compulsive thriller. Absolutely brilliant’ Claire Douglas, bestselling author of Local Girl Missing

‘Secrets and self-sabotage abound in this gripping psychological thriller’ Guardian

Praise for Watching from the Dark

‘An absolute gem – I was hooked from the first page’ Jo Jakeman, author of Sticks and Stones

‘The first scene was brilliantly terrifying and the rest of the novel lived up to the strong opening – I had no idea who the killer was and it was superbly plotted. I can see that this series is going to be a huge hit’ Emily Koch, bestselling author of If I Die Before I Wake

‘A satisfyingly complex whodunit that will keep readers gripped and baffled in equal measure’ Daily Express

‘Lodge writes perceptively about rivalries between young women, showing how even the best-intended relationships can become toxic’ Sunday Times

‘An excellent detective novel. Gripping, multi-layered and fresh. Terrific’ Will Dean, author of The Last Thing To Burn