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It Could Have Been Her

The new No.1 bestselling psychological thriller from the author of Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Family Upstairs

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It Could Have Been Her

Written by: Lisa Jewell
Narrated by: Lesley Sharp, James Norton
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As featured on The One Show.

PREPARE TO BE HOOKED by the brand new thriller from Lisa Jewell, author of the Sunday Times bestselling novels None of This Is True and Don't Let Him In.

This audiobook is read by a full cast including Lesley Sharp, James Norton, Joanna David, Emilia Fox, Freddie Fox, Tim McInnerny, Ella Rae Smith, Harriet Fisher, Elsa Lepecki Bean and Roy McMillan.

It was the night she almost died.

Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs.

Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing.

A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her. . .

'A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet' CLAIRE DOUGLAS
'A true masterpiece' ANDREA MARA
'Superbly written, entertaining and twisty' LIZ NUGENT
'Dark, intense, brilliant' SHARI LAPENA
'In the world of audiobooks, a new twisty multivoiced mystery from Lisa Jewell enjoys the standing of a summer blockbuster from Steven Spielberg or Christopher Nolan.' THE TIMES

© Lisa Jewell 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

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Critic Reviews

Superb storytelling . . . An emotionally resonant exploration of generational trauma, memory and the search for truth, this novel is as harrowing as it is thought provoking
It’s clever, absorbing and the characters are much richer and weirder than they would be in a by-the-book detective story’
Jewell does it again with an edgy thriller that grabs from the go
An unsettling pageturner from the queen of thrillers.
I don’t know how she does it, but again, it’s her best book yet. Absolutely stunning storytelling, with layer after layer deftly and tantalisingly revealed, and a denouement that is so perfect, so devilishly clever, and yet I didn’t see it coming. A true masterpiece
A top-notch thriller, featuring the most endearing protagonist that I can easily identify with - a nosy middle-aged woman who stumbles across the story of a missing girl and decides to investigate it herself. Alternately cosy and harrowing, it investigates the most toxic family I have ever read. Superbly written with wit and class, Lisa Jewell remains at the top of her game with this entertaining and twisty thriller
Nobody does dark, dysfunctional families like Lisa Jewell. A writer at the top of her game who consistently smashes it out of the park. I devoured It Could Have Been Her in a day. A deliciously twisted gem of a thriller and her best yet. She really is a genius storyteller.
Lisa Jewell books are a must read for me. She creates living, breathing characters you recognise, but also because you can never tell where she is going to go next. I only know that it’s going to be dark!
Twisty, twisted and oh so dark. Lisa Jewell once again proves herself a master of suspense.
Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written. This gripping, twisted tale will keep you guessing until the end. Nobody writes like Lisa Jewell
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