Locked Doors

A brand new addictive, twisty thriller from the author of ARE YOU WATCHING? for fans of Karen McManus, Holly Jackson and Lisa Jewell. LOCK EVERY DOOR Tom's family have moved into their dream home. But pretty soon he starts to notice that something is very wrong - there are strange messages written on the wall and locks on the bedroom doors. On the OUTSIDE. The previous owners have moved just across the road and they seem like the perfect family. Their daughter Amy is beautiful and enigmatic but Tom is sure she's got something to hide. And he isn't going to stop until he finds the truth behind those locked doors. . . Will their dream home become a nightmare?

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Four hundred years ago a plague befell the world. It warped the bodies of all organic things and drove both man and beast rabid during the night. Law and order vanished in a matter of days, along with most of the human race. Years passed and from this madness rose the Tyrants, a brutal god-like sect of individuals who could enforce their will on the surviving dregs of humanity. With their tyranny, they brought order back into the world and established settlements. A convoluted semblance of civilization began aided by the magic of Necromancy, to raise those butchered in the night, and Hemomancy, to heal their injuries. In Umbras, domain of the Tyrant Lock-And-Key, all humans are imprisoned at night where they cannot harm others or the city. Beyond that however, Lock-And-Key does little to interfere with the lives of her subjects. They live and bide with a tentative happiness in the enforced peace her presence brings, until, in the dark of one night, a stranger comes to Umbras.

In hiding for seven years after being framed for a series of horrific murders committed by his psychotic brother, Andrew Thomas must risk discovery when his former girlfriend, Karen Prescott, becomes part of a nightmarish new series of crimes.

In Karas time, death was closermore real than ever. Death was absolutely everywhere, in so many forms: murder, plague, famine. Fear had been spread so far and so wide; there wasnt much hope left. But Karabeing so young and so shelteredwasnt completely aware. She knew only mere outlines and shadows of what was going on. She lived her comfortable, wealthy life with no worries at all. She knew he was dangerous. She knew there was something horribly wrong with him. So Kara ran. Death isnt something you can run from, however, as she soon learns. She cannot escape and is doomed. Except . . . even as she learns his horrid secret and lives with his lies and pain, she lives on. Kara grows comfortable with the life she never wanted and lives for much longer than anyone thought she would. Theodore is Death, nonetheless, and she dies at his mercy. Gone forever, she can only pray that her son doesnt meet the same fate. Her spirit lives, survives the countless ages, and tells her storyall of it. The story of innocence . . . of despair; of loss, love, and finally . . . her death. Skeletons dont stay behind locked doors for long. They come out, and when they do, things never go the way we may want them to. But even as Kara and so many others becomes just another skeleton locked behind Deaths doors, despair may reign but hope lingers still. Theodore never wanted any of it. All he had ever wanted was to grow old and watch his children and grandchildren grow up. He loved his wife and was very happy. That is until a horrible evil wrenches its way into Theodores happiness. Now immortal, his life shattered and torn, Theodore waits, wanting revenge. Time flies by, and he doesnt change. After so many lives hes taken, after so many losses hes suffered, the past still haunts him. The evil still lurks, and the world is powerless. Theodore is powerless. He has no peace, and all that he loves is stolen. Stolen by the ancient evil that he serves. The worst horror of all is yet to happen for him, and when it does, it brings about a powerful change. Whether the change is good or bad, Theodore has no idea. But he will soon find out.