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C.L. Taylor

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The United Kingdom

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http://cltaylorauthor.com

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Genre

Suspense, Crime, Thriller

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Margaret Atwood, Roald Dahl, Maggie O'Farrell ...more

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January 2014

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C.L. Taylor is an award winning Sunday Times bestselling author of ten gripping psychological thrillers including THE GUILTY COUPLE, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick for summer 2023 and SLEEP, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick for autumn 2019. Her books are not a series and can be read in any order:

2014 - THE ACCIDENT / Before I Wake (U.S.)
2015 - THE LIE
2016 - THE MISSING
2017 - THE ESCAPE
2018 - THE FEAR
2019 - SLEEP
2020 - STRANGERS
2021 - HER LAST HOLIDAY
2022 - THE GUILTY COUPLE
2024 - EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE
2025 - IT'S ALWAYS THE HUSBAND

She has also written two Young Adult thrillers, THE TREATMENT and THE ISLAND.

C.L. Taylor's books have sold in excess of two million copies, been number one on Amazon Kindle, Kobo, iBooks and Google Play and have ...more

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Average rating: 3.81 · 125,613 ratings · 12,635 reviews · 24 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Guilty Couple 3.85 avg rating — 16,929 ratings — published 2022 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lie 3.77 avg rating — 15,929 ratings — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleep 3.83 avg rating — 15,204 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Accident 3.80 avg rating — 15,110 ratings — published 2014 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Missing 3.80 avg rating — 11,745 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Last Holiday 3.63 avg rating — 10,058 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fear really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,088 ratings — published 2018 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strangers 3.90 avg rating — 8,894 ratings — published 2020 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Move You Make 3.85 avg rating — 7,425 ratings — published 2024 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Escape 3.85 avg rating — 6,780 ratings — published 2017 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Cover reveal for my new book, and the Nielsen Book Awards

From left to right: Me, Adele Parks, Richard Osman, Liz Pichon, David Nicholls, Bonnie Garmus and two Masters Degree students (whose names I have forgotten, sorry) who won awards for their dissertations

I had the most wonderful time at the Nielsen Book awards in London on Monday. I was awarded two silver awards, for sales of over 250,000 copies, for The Missing and The Guilty Couple.

It was

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How much do I love the audio books of Andrea Mara's novels? THIS MUCH. Not only are the stories utterly compelling, the characters well rounded and relatable and the twists plentiful but Jessica Regan, the Irish actress who narrates them, has the lov ...more
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The Family Experiment by John Marrs is speculative fiction at its very best - original, dark and wickedly clever. I was utterly captivated by the way Marrs melded reality TV, AI and a terrifyingly plausible future. 11 contestants enter a reality TV s ...more
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“We all have secrets. Most are guilty, a few are wretched and some are too precious to share.”
― C.L. Taylor, The Missing

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“Good. I don’t like people.”
― C.L. Taylor, Sleep

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“Hate is like a poison you make for your enemy that you end up swallowing yourself. Hating him gives him too much power, too much control over the way I live my life.”
― C.L. Taylor, The Fear

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Polls

Time to vote on the August Member's Choice selection, Ladies. Pick your favorite...

Poll will stay open until end of day July 17th

The Push

by Ashley Audrain

12 votes, 28.6%

If I Disappear

by Eliza Jane Brazier

11 votes, 26.2%

Fifty in Reverse

by Bill Flanagan

4 votes, 9.5%

God Help the Child

by Toni Morrison

4 votes, 9.5%

A Week to Remember

by Esther Campion

3 votes, 7.1%

Lie Down in Darkness

by William Styron

3 votes, 7.1%

A Few Right Thinking Men

by Sulari Gentill

2 votes, 4.8%

Sleep

by C.L. Taylor

2 votes, 4.8%

My Soul to Keep

by Tananarive Due

1 vote, 2.4%

42 total votes

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