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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
OP posts:
Cailin7 · 03/09/2017 17:34

The Lie by C.L. Taylor

juju3 · 03/09/2017 18:29

The legend of sleepy hollow

katastrophy13 · 03/09/2017 19:20

World War Z, it really freaked me out, way more than the movie. It was really haunting.

daydreambeliever21 · 03/09/2017 19:24

Definitely Girl on a Train. Unputdownable.

vleigh624 · 03/09/2017 19:50

Cold Granite by Stuart MacBride... chilling....

honeyandginger48 · 03/09/2017 20:04

'Woman in Black' by Susan Hill. Read it for my book group - much creepier than the film.

Minnibix · 03/09/2017 20:09

Salam's Lot, The Stand, Cujo anything by Stephen King for sheer page turning horror really. Love all his books he is an amazing author, however the book Cujo is so disturbing I cried and cried, threw the book in the back of the airing cupboard and vowed never to read another of his books, I did start reading Stephen King again but it did take a few years before I forgave him. The film does not match this book at all, oh and The Mist short story by SK but much better than the film (I cried at The Stand & Salam's Lot just not as much)

charliesantix · 03/09/2017 20:29

I like my thrillers mild - medieval murder mysteries etc. I suppose the last book that made me breathless though was The Phoenix by Leo Hollis - it's actually a book about how Wren built London....

SouthWestmom · 03/09/2017 21:25

Girl on the Landing
Absolutely terrifying middle of the night reading where every sound tells you the character has slid from the page to the other side of your door...

DinosaurSex · 03/09/2017 22:04

Gone Girl, though I can see I'm not exactly original with that one!

socat · 03/09/2017 22:23

American Psycho was an amazing thriller novel. Cool character committed his acts with precision!

pfcpompeysarah · 03/09/2017 22:29

Girl on a train was a good book but I love anything by Karin Slaughter, I just need to find the time to catch up on the latest one. I have heard good things about Ruth Ware so I am going to try and read one of those next.

EasterRobin · 03/09/2017 22:56

The Handmaid's Tale. I read it as a teen 20 years ago and found it far-removed from reality. But reading it now, I understand her meaning and message so much more.

tallandlong · 03/09/2017 23:44

Stephen King's Carrie

Sid98 · 04/09/2017 06:33

Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

meepmoop79 · 04/09/2017 11:22

For me it was "The End of the World Running Club" by Adrian J Walker. I found it very exciting, and it really made me think of what i would i would do if put in those circumstances.

miniBrum · 04/09/2017 11:23

I loved Before I Go To Sleep - something about how trapped the main character was by her situation and not knowing who to trust was really unsettling. Also couldn't put down The Dry - lots of small town claustrophobia in that.

LadyFairfaxSake · 04/09/2017 11:46

Rain, Barney Campbell.

QuimJongUn · 04/09/2017 12:01

I've just read an advance copy of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, which is published on 5 October. It's the creepiest, most atmospheric yet beautifully written book I've read in an age. Think tumbledown country houses, locked rooms, madness, Victorian gothic and an ancient, insatiable evil. If mannequins, the Doctor Who episode Blink or The Woman In Black scare you, this will knock your socks off (and possibly make you sleep with the light on). Perfect autumn reading!

becskiboo · 04/09/2017 12:58

Girl on a train

alabaster002 · 04/09/2017 13:32

Atonement - who knew?

CarmenWedmore · 04/09/2017 14:13

I second Sole Survivor by Dean Koontz.

jodiebeaumont1909 · 04/09/2017 14:30

just finished reading tideline by penny hancock- amazing and very gripping

LoudestRoar · 04/09/2017 16:50

Stephen King - The Raft. That man has a way of writing in such detail! One of the reasons I don't read or watch horrors now, they play on my mind too much...

Clawdy · 04/09/2017 17:22

Has to be The Burning Air by Erin Kelly - I can spot twists a mile off, but not this one!