The Girl in the Castle

Apr 26, 2025 7:22 AM

Author:James Patterson,Barrie Kreinik

Brought to you by Penguin.

'Thrill seekers will be absorbed by this exciting story' Kirkus

'Nobody does it better.' Jeffery Deaver

'James Patterson is The Boss. End of.' Ian Rankin

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My Name is Hannah Dory and I need you to believe me

Now: Hannah is brought to Belman Psych, told she is suffering from hallucinations and delusions. Hannah knows the truth: she must return to the past and save her sister.

1347: Hannah and her village are starving to death in a brutal winter. Hannah seeks out food and salvation in the baron's castle. If she is caught stealing, she will surely hang. But if she and her friends succeed, she'll save everyone she holds dear.

Now: Psych student Jordan is the only person who seems to care, but he isn't sure what to believe. And Hannah has even bigger problems: if she doesn't make it back, her sister will die, but if she keeps going back, she might never escape.

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Praise for James Patterson

'James Patterson is the gold standard by which all others are judged.' Steve Berry

'The master storyteller of our times.' Hillary Rodham Clinton

'One of the greatest storytellers of all time.' Patricia Cornwell

'A writer with an unusual skill at thriller plotting.' Mark Lawson

Reviews

A master of the intelligent thriller... The Ghost is Harris back on sparkling form

—— The Times

Truly thrilling

—— Sunday Times

Robert Harris's latest thriller is more than a fun read: it is a super-duper, double fun bag-sized read thanks to his masterful plotting

—— Daily Telegraph

A cracking good yarn... His writing is taut with wit and cleverness

—— Financial Times

The Ghost is arguably the finest novel yet to have emerged from the so-called Age of Terror... This is an important book about the major issues of our time

—— Mail on Sunday

A masterpiece of observation, interpretation and analysis

—— Independent on Sunday

An unputdownable thriller about corrupt power and sex, written with an insider's mischievous intimacy

—— Simon Sebag Montefiore , Books of the Year, Sunday Telegraph

Brilliantly persuasive, right up to the last page of its astonishing and unpredictable conclusion

—— Books of the Year, Economist

Absorbing... Compelling reading

—— Observer

Harris has written a remarkable thriller... He knows how to tell a story

—— Sunday Telegraph

Robert Harris's bullet-paced thriller... [It's] impossible to put this book down

—— Literary Review

An elegant and highly readable thriller

—— Douglas Hurd , Spectator

Harris's feel for political manoeuvring is buttressed by a strong sense of place and good fast pacing which the craftsman sustains to the final page

—— Times Literary Supplement

Intelligent, perceptive and enormous fun

—— Guardian

The most fun I've had with a novel in ages

—— Nicholas Blincoe , Books of the Year, New Statesman

Knee-deep in intrigue and bristling with incident... An edgy journey through the dark corridors of power, a witty portrait of political and literary falsehoods, and a masterclass in gripping storytelling, Harris's dynamic novel is a page-turner of the old school.

—— Sunday Times Culture

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