The House Sitter


 
 
 Contents Cover Title Page Copyright Praise for Debbie Howells Readers gave Debbie Howells five stars … Dedication Epigraph Contents 2018 1: Katharine 2: Jude 3: Katharine 2010: Gemma 4: Jude 5: Katharine 6: Jude 2010: Gemma 7: Katharine 2010: Gemma 8: Jude 2014: Gemma 9: Katharine 10: Katharine 2014: Gemma 11: Jude 12: Katharine 13: Ana 2017: Margot 14: Ana 15: Jude 2017: Margot 16: Ana 17: Katharine 2017: Margot 18: Katharine 19: Jude 2017: Hannah 20: Ana 21: Ana 22: Katharine 2018: Hannah 23: Ana 24: Katharine 25: Jude Hannah 26: Ana 27: Katharine 28: Jude Hannah 29: Ana 30: Jude 31: Katharine 32: Jude 33: Ana 34: Katharine Acknowledgements Keep Reading … About the Author Also by Debbie Howells About the Publisher Guide Cover Contents Title page v vi i ii vii viii ix 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 
 THE HOUSE SITTER
 Debbie Howells
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 First published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2023
 Copyright © Debbie Howells 2023
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 Debbie Howells asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
 A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.
 This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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 Ebook Edition © January 2023 ISBN: 9780008515829
 Version: 2022-10-27
 
 
 Dedication
 For Frances
 
 
 Praise for Debbie Howells
 ‘A terrific talent’ 
 Peter James, author of the Roy Grace series
 ‘I was completely immersed … a superb thriller’
 B P Walter, author of Hold Your Breath
 ‘Dazzling’
 Daily Mail
 ‘Sharply written … holds you tight and then drops you like a stone’
 Liz Nugent, author of Our Little Cruelties
 ‘A sinister, twisty tale you won’t want to put down’
 Sam Carrington, author of The Open House
 ‘Haunting’
 Good Housekeeping
 ‘Brilliantly twisty’
 Tammy Cohen, author of When She Was Bad
 ‘Utterly compelling and addictive’
 Samantha Hayes, author of Until You’re Mine
 
 
 Readers gave Debbie Howells five stars …
 ‘What a rush … I was kept guessing until the end with this’
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 ‘I was gripped from the start and couldn’t put it down!’
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 ‘She has a beautiful way of writing’
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 ‘A truly immersive, one-sit read’
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 ‘The perfect read for a rainy Saturday’
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 ‘More twists than your local theme park rollercoaster!’
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 ‘Mesmerising from the start’
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 ‘I highly recommend this and all of Debbie’s books’
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 Contents
 Cover
 Title Page
 Copyright
 Praise for Debbie Howells
 Readers gave Debbie Howells five stars …
 Dedication 
 Epigraph
 2018
 1: Katharine
 2: Jude
 3: Katharine
 2010: Gemma
 4: Jude
 5: Katharine
 6: Jude
 2010: Gemma
 7: Katharine
 2010: Gemma
 8: Jude
 2014: Gemma
 9: Katharine
 10: Katharine
 2014: Gemma
 11: Jude
 12: Katharine
 13: Ana
 2017: Margot
 14: Ana
 15: Jude
 2017: Margot
 16: Ana
 17: Katharine
 2017: Margot
 18: Katharine
 19: Jude
 2017: Hannah
 20: Ana
 21: Ana
 22: Katharine