In order to get more accurate results, our search has the following Google-Type search functionality:
If you use '+' in front of a word, then that word will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry +Potter will return results with the word 'Potter'.
If you use '-' in front of a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry -Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
If you use 'AND' between two words, then both of those words will be present in the search results.
ex: Harry AND Potter will return results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'OR' between two words, then bth of those words may or may not be present in the search results.
ex: Harry OR Potter will return results with just 'Harry', results with just 'Potter' and results with both 'Harry' and 'Potter'.
If you use 'NOT' before a word, then that word will be absent in the search results.
ex: Harry NOT Potter will return results without the word 'Potter'.
Placing '""' around words will perform a phrase search. The search results will contain those words in that order.
ex: "Harry Potter" will return any results with 'Harry Potter' in them, but not 'Potter Harry'.
Using '*' in a word will perform a wildcard search. The '*' signifies any number of characters. Searches can not start with a wildcard.
ex: Pot*er will return results with words starting with 'Pot' and ending in 'er'. In this case, 'Potter' will be a match.
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Fiona Cummins is an award-winning former journalist and a graduate of the Faber Academy Writing a Novel course. <i>Rattle</i>, her debut novel, was the subject of a huge international auction and has been translated into several languages. It received widespread critical acclaim from authors and reviewers. She has since written bestsellers <i>The Collector</i>,<i> The Neighbour</i>,<i> When I Was Ten </i>and <i>Into the Dark </i>in which she introduces DC Saul Anguish, a brilliant young detective with a dark past<i>.</i> Fiona lives with her family in Essex. The perfect neighbourhood or the perfect lie? For fans of <i>The Couple Next Door</i>, <i>The Neighbour</i> is a twisting thriller about a leafy suburb with a deadly secret, by rising star of crime fiction Fiona Cummins. <b>For fans of <i>The Family Across the Street </i>by Nicole Trope and <i>The Cottage</i> by Lisa Stone</b><b>, <i>The Neighbour</i> by Fiona Cummins is a twisting thriller about a quiet neighbourhood that's hiding a deadly secret.</b> '<b>Creepy as hell and kept me guessing to the very end' - Ian Rankin</b> A new home. A new start. It’s all the Lockwoods want. And on The Avenue, a leafy street in an Essex town near the sea, it seems possible. But what if what they want isn’t what they get? On their moving-in day they arrive to a media frenzy. A serial killer has struck in the woods behind The Avenue. The police are investigating. And the neighbours quite clearly have secrets. With their dream quickly turning into a nightmare, the Lockwoods are watching everyone. But who’s watching them? <b>Praise for Fiona Cummins:</b> 'Trust me - Cummins is a keeper' - Lee Child 'Head and shoulders above the rest' - Val McDermid 'A crime novel of the very first order' - David Baldacci Dark, intriguing and gripping' - Laura Marshall 'What a storyteller' - Caz Frear 'A nightmarishly addictive read' - CJ Tudor 'Enthralled from beginning to end as each page drips with threat and menace' - Liz Nugent