The Resident

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'Disturbing, blackly funny and completely compulsive' - ALEX NORTH 'a SERIOUSLY creepy thriller. I may never venture into the loft again' - MARK BILLINGHAM 'A brilliantly chilling story with tension on every page' - T.M. LOGAN THERE'S A SERIAL KILLER ON THE RUN AND HE'S HIDING IN YOUR HOUSE Thomas Brogan is a serial killer. With a trail of bodies in his wake and the police hot on his heels, it seems like Thomas has nowhere left to hide. That is until he breaks into an abandoned house at the end of a terrace on a quiet street. And when he climbs up into the loft, he realises that he can drop down into all the other houses through the shared attic space. That's when the real fun begins. Because the one thing that Thomas enjoys even more than killing is playing games with his victims - the lonely old woman, the bickering couple, the tempting young newlyweds. And his new neighbours have more than enough dark secrets to make this game his best one yet... Do you fear The Resident? Soon you'll be dying to meet him.

David Jackson is the author of nine crime novels, including the bestseller Cry Baby and the DS Nathan Cody series. When not murdering fictional people, David spends his days as a university academic in his birth city of Liverpool. He lives on the Wirral with his wife and two daughters. Find him on Twitter @Author_Dave.

'a SERIOUSLY creepy thriller. I may never venture into the loft again' -- Mark Billingham, bestselling author of Their Little Secret 'Disturbing, blackly funny and completely compulsive, David Jackson wrings every bit of possible tension from his deliciously chilling premise' -- Alex North, bestselling author of The Whisper Man 'A brilliantly chilling story with tension on every page. A razor-sharp thriller' -- T.M. Logan, bestselling author of The Holiday 'Brilliant. So twisted, clever and funny. Highly recommended if you like your crime novels pitch black with a splash of humour' -- Mark Edwards, bestselling author of The House Guest 'A mind-blowing, head-rattling, whirlwind of a thriller' -- Joanna Cannon, bestselling author of The Trouble With Sheep and Goats 'Utterly compelling and impossible to put down. A terrifying glimpse into a fractured mind. Incredible' -- Luca Veste, author of The Six 'Superb. Creepy, pacy, and oh so witty' -- Caz Frear, bestselling author of Sweet Little Lies 'Dark and disturbing yet so absorbing. Jackson knows how to reel you in with emotion and yet shock you with the darkness. Creepy as hell' -- Mel Sherratt, author of Taunting the Dead 'Who's watching you? Who's listening? Who's always close even though you never see them? A chilling psycho thriller with a very novel twist' -- Paul Finch, bestselling author of Strangers 'Clever, addictive and brazenly terrifying, I slept with the lights on after reading this one' -- Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End 'A brilliantly creepy, edge-of-your-seat, tense thriller that will leave you sleeping with the light on' -- Will Carver, bestselling author of Girl 4 'Twisted as hell! I loved it!' -- Mandasue Heller, bestselling author of Brutal 'I highly recommend this book, had me terrified. I'm never going in the attic again. Ever.' -- Lisa Hall, author of The Party 'A dark and deeply unsettling psychological thriller that will creep you out' -- Mari Hannah, author of Lost 'A brilliant book. Tense, thrilling, funny and bloody scary, it ticked all my boxes. Genius' -- Deborah Masson, author of Hold Your Tongue 'a devilishly dark, wickedly funny crime novel' -- Paul Burston, author of The Closer I Get 'An addictive page-turner that will have you both dreading and delighting in every new, dark twist' -- Adam Christopher, author of Empire State 'I devoured this skin-crawling tale of your worst fears come true' -- SJI Holliday, author of Violet 'Dark, thrilling and utterly compulsive. The Resident is a tour de force!' -- Victoria Selman, author of Snakes and Ladders 'The voice in his head tells him to kill, the voice in your head will urge you to read. Menacing, disturbing, compelling and unique.' -- Alex Shaw, author of Cold Blood 'Breathtaking, engrossing and deliciously dark, I dare you to read The Resident and think differently' -- Stephen Edger, author of Little Girl Gone 'David Jackson has taken one of the most primal of all our fears and turned it into a tense and claustrophobic thriller. In Thomas Brogan he has created a protagonist who transcends the familiar cliches about serial killers. In any year this would probably be one of the stand-out novels in the crime genre' * Shots Magazine * 'I adored this and read it in one sitting. A clever plot and addictive, you want to keep reading until the end' * Woman's Way * 'a terrific twist that you won't see coming as this intelligent and enjoyable crime novel rises to its thrilling climax' * Crime Fiction Lover *