It Could Have Been Her

by Jewell, Lisa | Crime & mystery
Published 02/07/2026 by Cornerstone (Century) in the United Kingdom
Hardback | 432 pages
241 x 165 x 41mm | 658g

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.

'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 LAPENAIt 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. . .

Praise for It Could Have Been Her and Lisa Jewell:'Deliciously dark, devilishly addictive and beautifully written' ALICE FEENEY'A master of suspense' RILEY SAGER'Lisa Jewell is a STONE COLD GENIUS!' MARIAN KEYES‘Lisa Jewell is on top-form' RUTH WARE'A master of her craft’ MICHELLE McDONAGH'[Lisa Jewell] is a genius' SABINE DURRANT'I'd literally read the phone book if Lisa Jewell wrote it' ANDREA MARA'Nobody does it better than Lisa Jewell’ A J FINN‘Lisa Jewell, the Queen of sick psychopaths’ TAMMY COHEN'Lisa Jewell books are a must-read for me' JOJO MOYES'Lisa is a rare gem of a writer' GILLIAN McALLISTERReaders love It Could Have Been Her: 'It’s by far Jewell’s creepiest and most unsettling book' 5-star reader review'An absolute masterpiece' 5-star reader review'Such a dark and delicious mystery!' 5-star reader review'Shook me to my core' 5-star reader review'I devoured this addictive page turner!' 5-star reader review