THE MUST-READ RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK. Chilling moving and unputdownable The Memory
Wood is a thriller like no other. 'Beautifully told with two superbly drawn young protagonists
Lloyd is a rare new thriller talent' Daily Mail 'Superbly creepy with an unexpected twist'
Guardian 'Brilliant writing a terrifying story and characters so real it feels like you know
them. If you enjoy dark twisty thrillers that stay with you read this book' Samantha Downing
author of My Lovely Wife ************* Elijah has lived in the Memory Wood for as long as he
can remember. It's the only home he's ever known. Elissa has only just arrived. And she'll do
everything she can to escape. When Elijah stumbles across thirteen-year-old Elissa in the
woods where her abductor is hiding her he refuses to alert the police. Because in his twelve
years Elijah has never had a proper friend. And he doesn't want Elissa to leave. Not only that
Elijah knows how this can end. After all Elissa isn't the first girl he's found inside the
Memory Wood. As her abductor's behaviour grows more erratic chess prodigy Elissa realises that
outwitting strange lonely Elijah is her only hope of survival. Their cat-and-mouse game of
deception and betrayal will determine both their fates and whether either of them will ever
leave the Memory Wood . . . ************* Praise for Sam Lloyd 'An intense atmospheric and
truly original thriller' Shari Lapena author of The Couple Next Door 'Remarkable. Stunning
prose and compulsive reading. It's undoubtedly the best thriller I've read in a long long
time' Lesley Kara author of The Rumour 'I haven't read anything quite this exciting since
Room. You think all the stories have been told then something like this comes along' Emma
Curtis author of The Night You Left Readers love The Memory Wood 'A very clever psychological
thriller. Dark creepy and intense.' ***** 'Deliciously dark... fresh and imaginative.' *****
'The twists and turns in The Memory Wood will astound. This book is undoubtedly the best I've
read this year.' ***** __________ **** THE RISING TIDE Sam Lloyd's electrifying new thriller
is available to pre-order now****
