Emily Freud
Emily Freud lives in London with her husband and two small children. Her Last Summer is
her third thriller, published by Quercus Books. What She Left Behind was published in 2022,
and her debut, My Best Friends Secret, came out in 2020. Her fourth novel is due out in
2025.
In her other life, she makes TV. She has worked on award-winning television programmes,
including Educating Yorkshire, First Dates, and SAS: Who Dares Wins - as well as developing
original programming for all the main broadcasters. This lifelong fixation with story and
character is the thread that runs through her work and ultimately led to the pursuit of a
writing career.
Latest Book: HER LAST SUMMER (Quercus, UK, eBook, pb April 2024)
No body. No crime?
Twenty years ago, Mari vanished while backpacking through Thailand
with her boyfriend, Luke. He was accused of murder, but has always
insisted he's innocent. Besides, her body was never found.
Now, he's finally ready to talk. And filmmaker Cassidy Chambers wants
to be the one to uncover what really happened, back then, in the dark
of the jungle.
But as she delves deeper into the past, Cassidy begins to fear what lies
ahead, and the secrets buried along the way.
WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND (Quercus, UK, eBook May 2022, pb September 2022)
Lauren can't wait to leave London for a fresh start in the countryside with her new partner Paul and his two young children.
She never thought she'd be so lucky. A dream glass house in the woods, a ready-made family, a second chance. But as dark rumours swirl about their new home, Lauren begins to question their happily-ever-after. When they met, she was at her most vulnerable. She would trust Paul with her life. But should she?
MY BEST FRIEND’S SECRET
How do you escape a past you can't remember?
Kate Sullivan has a beautiful home, a job she loves and a handsome fiancé: all she'd ever dreamed of since getting sober and painstakingly piecing her life back together.
But a chance encounter with her old best friend Becky threatens Kate's newfound and fragile happiness. Kate remembers nothing of their last drunken night out, the night Becky broke off their friendship without warning or explanation.
With Becky back in her life, Kate is desperate to make amends for the past. For the closure she craves, Kate needs to know what she did that ruined everything. But what if the truth is worse than Kate could have imagined?
