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What was the last book that really made your hair stand on end? Tell us by Friday 29 September for a chance to win Audible's Thriller of the Year plus a £100 voucher

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SorchaMumsnet · 01/09/2017 10:15

There's nothing like a good thrilling book - to read or to listen to. To celebrate the release of Audible's Thriller of the Year: Silent Child by Sarah A Denzil, we want to know about the last time you were truly gripped by a book.

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In the summer of 2006, Emma Price watched helplessly as her six-year-old son's red coat was fished out of the River Ouse. It was the tragedy of the year - a little boy, Aiden, wandered away from school during a terrible flood, fell into the river, and drowned. His body was never recovered. Ten years later Emma has finally rediscovered the joy in life. She's married, pregnant, and in control again… until Aiden returns.

Too traumatised to speak, he raises endless questions and answers none. Where has he been? What happened to him on that rainy afternoon? And now that he's back, who can he trust?

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To be in with a chance of winning a £100 Love2shop voucher plus a copy of the audiobook Silent Child, we want to know: what was the last book you read that made your hair stand up on edge and/or your skin crawl and/or your heart beat faster? Two runners-up will also win copies of the audiobook.

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What was the last book that really made your hair stand on end? Tell us by Friday 29 September for a chance to win Audible's Thriller of the Year plus a £100 voucher
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JoyceDivision · 03/09/2017 13:20

....i was reading the book thinking "go with the man who's off back to hiscabin!don't stay!!"

hdh747 · 03/09/2017 13:54

The Silence of the Lambs - only read the book quite recently

stefalfie11 · 03/09/2017 14:10

Girl on a train by paula hawkins definitely

CalorieTowers · 03/09/2017 14:11

Any of the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman. Great characters and he is great at setting a sinister scene and playing on psychological fear rather than out and out scares.

Spices001 · 03/09/2017 14:18

Flawed by Cecilia Ahern
Supposed to be a Teen novel, but geez it's a heart racer!

beckyinman · 03/09/2017 14:19

My Cousin Rachel is an excellent but pretty stressful read!

geezerbird44 · 03/09/2017 14:36

I've just read I Am Missing by Tim Weaver - it's a brilliant series with private eye David Raker

compy99 · 03/09/2017 14:50

The Amityville Horror, so much creepier than the film

littlemonkeyz · 03/09/2017 14:51

I loved reading Stephen King when I was a teenager. IT was scary and I am definitely not watching the remake of the film. The last scary book I read was Communion by Whitley Strieber.

mo3733 · 03/09/2017 15:02

i absolutely love the hobbit its bewitching

janeyf1 · 03/09/2017 15:02

Tess Gerritsen - I Know A Secret. Every book I have read of Tess's since The Surgeon has made me jumpy

MSHGW · 03/09/2017 15:04

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier.

Theimpossiblegirl · 03/09/2017 15:08

Mark Edward's Follow You Home scared the hell out of me!
Also agree with posters saying Atwood's Handmaid's Tale was scary but in a chilling, what if kind of way.

maryandbuzz1 · 03/09/2017 15:16

Little Deaths by Emma Flint

lizd31 · 03/09/2017 15:17

Stephen King - It - Not a good book to read when you suffer from Coulrophobia, the fear of clowns

Emmap12 · 03/09/2017 15:18

Behind Closed Doors had me totally gripped last summer on my holidays. I just couldn't put it down.

Juzza12 · 03/09/2017 15:31

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asuwere · 03/09/2017 15:32

Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz

patchysmum · 03/09/2017 16:10

The Caller by Chris Carter he is an amazing writer and cannot wait for his next book

snookhams · 03/09/2017 16:16

Pyscho - gave me the hebby jebbies

Emski33 · 03/09/2017 16:48

The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters - I keep meaning to read more of her books but have a massive pile waiting to be read by my bedside already

pinkjjf27 · 03/09/2017 16:48

Stephen King's Carrie. was a bit scary

gd2011 · 03/09/2017 17:03

Mercy - Jussi Adler-Olsen

IDoDaChaCha · 03/09/2017 17:07

A few years ago: Skull Session by Daniel Hecht. Amazing twist. Anything by Nicci French.

kennythekangaroo · 03/09/2017 17:21

i let you go by Clare Mackintosh.