The Quiet Tenant

Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Dedication Epigraph Chapter 1: The Woman in the Shed Chapter 2: Emily Chapter 3: The Woman in the Shed Chapter 4: Emily Chapter 5: The Woman in the Shed Chapter 6: Number One Chapter 7: The Woman in the Shed Chapter 8: Emily Chapter 9: The Woman in the Shed, When She Was Still a Girl Chapter 10: The Woman in Transit Chapter 11: The Woman in the House Chapter 12: Number Two Chapter 13: The Woman in the House Chapter 14: Emily Chapter 15: The Woman in the House Chapter 16: Cecilia Chapter 17: The Woman in the House Chapter 18: The Woman in the House Chapter 19: The Woman in the House Chapter 20: Emily Chapter 21: The Woman in the House Chapter 22: Number Three Chapter 23: Emily Chapter 24: The Woman in the House Chapter 25: The Woman—Before the House, Before the Shed Chapter 26: The Woman in the House Chapter 27: Cecilia Chapter 28: Emily Chapter 29: The Woman in the House Chapter 30: The Woman in the House Chapter 31: Number Four Chapter 32: Emily Chapter 33: The Woman in the House Chapter 34: Emily Chapter 35: The Woman in the House Chapter 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
 Copyright © 2023 by Clémence Michallon
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 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 Names: Michallon, Clémence, author.
 Title: The quiet tenant / Clémence Michallon.
 Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. | “A Borzoi book”—Title page verso.
 Identifiers: LCCN 2022014704 (print) | LCCN 2022014705 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593534649 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593534656 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524712471 (open market)
 Subjects: LCSH: Serial murderers—Fiction. | LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) | Psychological fiction. | Novels.
 Classification: LCC PS3613.I344475 Q54 2023 (print) | LCC PS3613.I344475 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20220629
 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2022014704
 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2022014705
 Ebook ISBN 9780593534656
 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is