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The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney is the debut psychological thriller from the author behind the incredibly successful Carnivia trilogy. In this tense and twisting story, we meet Jane as she agrees to live in a beautiful, minimalistic and futuristic house designed by the mysterious architect Edward Monkford, who enforces hundreds of strict rules on his tenants. But as Jane finds out more about the house and its previous tenant Emma, she begins to notice some frightening similarities between herself and the girl before. Could the beautiful house she's found herself in be more dangerous than she thought?
We caught up with author J.P. Delaney to find out more about this twisting psychological thriller!
Your characters are very well-written. Did you find it challenging to write from a female point of view?
My two lead characters are women, but they're middle-class, educated women in other words, pretty similar to me in almost every way except for their gender. I'd say it was probably harder to think myself into the mind of someone in their twenties, as Emma is, than it is to think as a female narrator. One of my favourite writers, Daphne du Maurier, wrote several books from a male perspective and back then no one blinked an eye we've become much more conscious of gender today, I think.
Do you have a favourite character from the book?
It was strange, writing the book, how my affection veered between Emma and Jane. Emma's a bit chaotic, a bit impulsive, quite dramatic in her approach to life. Jane's more thoughtful, calmer, but more determined. Edward, of course, is a real alpha male he knows he's obsessive and unyielding and doesn't care. Simon, Emma's boyfriend, seems a bit feeble and wet compared to him ? but he tries to make up for it by being a nice guy. I can relate to all of them in different ways. But what's great about writing psychological suspense (or domestic noir as I've heard this genre called) is that you're allowed to make characters complex and a little bit dark. No one reveals the truth about themselves straight away which makes writing the book a fascinating process for the author, too.
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- Contributor: J. P. Delaney
- Imprint: Quercus Publishing
- ISBN13: 9781786480262
- Number of Pages: 432
- Packaged Dimensions: 128x196x30mm
- Packaged Weight: 305
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Quercus Publishing
- Release Date: 2018-01-25
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: JP Delaney's first psychological thriller, The Girl Before, was an instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. His subsequent books Believe Me, The Perfect Wife, and Playing Nice were also top ten bestsellers, while Playing Nice was a Richard and Judy Book Club selection. Recently, JP Delaney has been heavily involved in the television adaptation of The Girl Before, as lead writer and co-executive producer.www.jpdelaney.co.uk
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