No One Saw a Thing: The twisty and unputdownable new crime thriller for 2023 from the bestselling author of All Her Fault

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Your two daughters run ahead on a train in an unfamiliar city and the doors shut before you get on. By the time they get to the next stop, only one of the girls get off.

Me han gustado mucho la construcción de los personajes, tanto de los principales como de los secundarios. Marissa y Peter son la pareja triunfadora. La desaparición de su hijo marca para ellos un antes y un después. Panic ensues and increases dramatically when only one of the girls is found at the next stop. A major investigation is launched but Sive begins to fear that this is more than her child just being briefly lost, and sets off to solve the clues herself.The Irvines, who are quite well off await a ransom demand that never comes and Marissa’s anguish is palpable. Jenny is feeling guilty as it is her nanny who is to blame and the local gossip mongers are vicious in their assessment that Jenny didn’t do her due diligence in choosing this nanny even though she did. Jenny does what she can to help the Irvines to assuage her feelings of guilt but there is no progress. Andrea Mara’s tight plotting and convincing characterisation make her books both compelling and intriguing.’ Liz Nugent Clues are dropped here and there like breadcrumbs by the author as the story unfolds, and I was prepared for red herrings, but still I was kept guessing to the end. The author manages to maintain a level of tension and intrigue throughout. In the book, some of the characters ask Sive what it’s like to be a stay-at-home mum – to not have to worry about work. This too is drawn from real life. I have clear memories of people telling me they envied me having so much free time, when I was working full-time hours with no childcare.”

Andrea Mara has a gift for turning 'what if' into 'uh-oh' - No One Saw a Thing is a fantastic example of her compelling plotting. I was hooked by the end of chapter one." - Jane Casey This is every parent’s nightmare. Sive and her husband, high flying criminal barrister Aaron Sullivan, were in London for a reunion with Aaron’s former flat mates of 20 years ago, but now their whole world has come tumbling down. Andrea Mara has an uncanny ability to unnerve you and prey on your own everyday irrational fears and worries. For me, the anxiety and trepidation involved in choosing the right childcare and entrusting your child in the care of someone else is captured perfectly here. Her thrillers are distinctly Irish and yet universal in theme - I loved the politics at the school gates and the bourgeoise notions of the residents of Kerryglen. While it didn’t quite grip me in the way that The Sleeper Lies did, it’s still a great read. Last year I read Andrea Mara’s book Hide and Seek and it was one of my favourite reads of the year, No One Saw A Thing is now one of my top books of this year! I loved it, it was full of intrigue and kept me glued throughout with all the revelations. If you’re looking for a read that keeps you on the edge of your seat I can’t recommend this enough.Truth is stranger than fiction, or so it’s said, and happily for me, my kids spent most of their early years putting the heart crossways on me by temporarily disappearing and providing inspiration for future books.