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The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

3.5
(1,798 ratings)
336 pages83 editions2016Anchor CanadaISBN 9780385689502

About this book

Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Unable to keep it to herself, Rachel offers what she knows to the police, and becomes inextricably entwined in what happens next, as well as in the lives of everyone involved. Has she done more harm than good? A compulsively readable, emotionally immersive, Hitchcockian thriller that draws comparisons to Gone Girl, The Silent Wife, or Before I Go to Sleep, this is an electrifying debut embraced by readers across markets and categories (Goodreads).

Publication Details

Publisher
Anchor Canada
Published
2016
Pages
336
ISBN
9780385689502
Editions
83

About Paula Hawkins

Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. She lives in London. The Girl on the Train is her first thriller. It is being published all over the world and has been optioned by Dreamworks. [Source: paulahawkinsbooks.com][1] [Photo credit: Anna Huix for The New York Times ][2] [1]: http://paulahawkinsbooks.com/bio-paula-hawkins/ [2]: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/31/books/paula-hawkinss-journey-to-the-girl-on-the-train.html

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