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Safe as Houses
Safe as Houses
Safe as Houses
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Safe as Houses

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“Two women experience near-death waking nightmares in this lean, edgy crime novel . . . a thriller that should not be read alone at night” (Publishers Weekly).
 
Home should be the safest place to be. But when a man forces his way into Lisa’s house, taking her and her young daughter hostage, there is nowhere to hide. Who is this brutal man? And what does he want from an innocent single mother? In hours of torment that turn into days, Lisa desperately tries to stay one step ahead of her captor’s inscrutable mind. And as she does the unimaginable to protect her child, she wonders why the only witness to the attack has not raised the alarm . . .
 
Meanwhile, that witness is lucky to be alive. Having accidentally seen the crime in progress, Senta sped away in search of help—only to awaken in a hospital bed having lost both her memory and her ability to communicate. In Safe as Houses, Simone van der Vlugt delivers “a lean, stripped-down thriller that hits the ground running and sprints full-tilt to its breathless climax” (The Irish Times).

“Van der Vlugt propels her double-pronged story along with a spare conciseness that has you flipping pages manically” —Metro, UK
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 4, 2013
ISBN9781782110743
Safe as Houses
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Simone van der Vlugt

Simone van der Vlugt is an acclaimed Dutch writer. She was born in Hoorn and lives with her husband and two children in Alkmaar, The Netherlands. She has written a number of books for young readers. Her debut novel for adults, The Renunion, has sold over 200,000 copies and has been translated into English, French and German.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This thriller, set in the Netherlands, tells the story of a woman and her child whose home is invaded by an escaped murderer. Although the story is quite short I found it really gripping. It raises some frightening questions about what we would be willing to do to save the lives of ourselves and our children.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Blauw Water is a great thriller. I have noticed before that van der Vlugt knows how to describe human emotions into detail. Anything she writes could be real. She knows how to describe daily actions, ordinary people and common reactions. I admire her writing because of this. I also like the plot of this story. It is beautifully built up and never ceased to interest me.Although I like van der Vlugt's colleagues in the genre as well, she is my favourite Dutch thriller writer.

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