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Nine Lives

by Catherine Steadman

A neighbor’s secret comes into view

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    By a New York Times bestselling author

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A neighbor’s secret comes into view

After her divorce, Frankie settles into a glamorous London neighborhood with Blue, the Persian cat she took from her marriage. When Blue returns wearing a collar marked “help me,” Frankie’s curiosity about the people around her takes a more troubling turn. An old cat-camera collar gives her a way to watch the neighbors, but what begins as an attempt to understand the message draws her toward secrets with consequences close to home. The setup brings domestic observation and questions of privacy into a suspense plot, with Frankie’s new life—and the safety she hopes it offers—at stake.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in psychological thrillers centered on secrets among neighbors.
  • Readers who enjoy stories involving surveillance, privacy, and a protagonist investigating an unsettling clue.
  • Readers looking for a thriller set in a glamorous London neighborhood.

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Secrets and deceptionPrivacy and surveillanceStarting over after divorceIdentity and safety

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Book overview

When she begins to peer into the lives of her glamorous neighbors, one woman discovers a terrifying secret in this riveting psychological thriller with nine lives worth of twists, from the New York Times bestselling author of Something in the Water, a Reese's Book Club pick.

"Catherine Steadman more than delivers on the brilliant twists and thrills I've come to expect from her writing."--Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Feast


"A sleek, unsettling puzzle of a novel--a gripping and haunting exploration of identity and the heavy cost of survival."--Harlan Coben

"Breathtaking. Beautifully told and insanely gripping, with surprises at every turn. I devoured it."--Clare Leslie Hall, New York Times bestselling author of Broken Country


These are your neighbors. One is a killer.

Reeling from a very recent divorce, Frankie has moved into a glamorous London neighborhood. This is a new chapter in her life. She's decided to put down roots with Blue, the beautiful Persian cat she left her marriage with.

But little doubts about her perfect new life start to grow, and when Blue returns one night from slipping into places he shouldn't, Frankie's concerns solidify. Two words are roughly scratched into his collar: help me. Unsettled and unwilling to ignore the incident, Frankie roots out an old unused "cat cam" collar. What slowly begins as a voyeuristic fascination with her neighbors and the secrets they're hiding soon turns into a perilous quest for the truth that threatens to bring untold terrors to her doorstep.

A riveting thriller about the terrible secrets hidden behind the pastel-colored fa
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