It Could Have Been Her

Author: Lisa Jewell

It Could Have Been Her

A missing teenager, a stray dog and a run-down London house draw Jane Trevally back towards a traumatic past she has never escaped.

Dark secrets, shifting perspectives and an increasingly unsettling mystery come together in this suspenseful thriller from Lisa Jewell.

💬 Why Readers Love It

  • Readers praise the tense atmosphere, carefully timed revelations and multiple storylines that gradually connect.
  • Many appreciate the emotional depth, morally complex characters and exploration of trauma beneath the central mystery.
  • While some readers found the plot occasionally scattered, others enjoyed its surprising turns and found the ending especially satisfying.

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An instant New York Times bestseller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone.

Two women’s lives converge in a house containing devastating secrets that refuse to stay buried in this deliciously dark and addictive thriller from Lisa Jewell.

Jane Trevally is walking her dogs on her country estate when a small white terrier appears, alone and with no sign of the teenage girl he had been staying with nearby. When the teenager is reported missing, Jane offers to return the dog to his registered owner, hours away in London.

Arriving at a run-down house called Thornwood in the deepest backwaters of Hampstead, Jane is immediately on alert. She has a dark history with this house.

The man who answers the door is not the man Jane remembers from her past. He is cagey and claims to know nothing about the missing teenage girl. Then, through the window, Jane catches a glimpse of a haunted-looking woman.

Drawing on memories from twenty-five years ago, Jane becomes convinced that Thornwood holds the key to the missing teenager, her own traumatic story and the dark secrets of the past.

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Hardcover

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