The Favor: A Novel
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In this twisty new stand-alone novel from internationally bestselling author Nicci French, a young woman agrees to do a favor for her first love—but when things go horribly wrong, one small task turns into a murder investigation that completely upends her life, ensnaring her in a deadly web of secrets and lies.
It's a simple enough favor.
Jude hasn't seen Liam in years, but when he shows up at her work asking for a favor, she finds she can't refuse. All Jude has to do is pick Liam up at a country train station—without telling anyone. So what if she has to lie to her fiancé? Jude is still committed to him and their imminent wedding, even if she and Liam were in love once.
She owes him.
After the car crash that changed everything years ago, bright, ambitious Jude went to medical school, back on the path she had planned before meeting moody, artistic Liam. Meanwhile, he never fully recovered from the dark stain the accident left on his record.
Now he's gone.
When the police show up at the station instead of Liam, Jude realizes that she knows nothing about the man he's become. Now she's tangled up in his life, the last person to have seen him, and maybe the only one who can uncover the truth about what went wrong—even if she destroys her own life in the process.
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Nicci French. (2022). The Favor: A Novel. HarperCollins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Nicci French. 2022. The Favor: A Novel. HarperCollins.
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Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than sixteen million copies around the world.
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It's a simple enough favor.
Jude hasn't seen Liam in years, but when he shows up at her work asking for a favor, she finds she can't refuse. All Jude has to do is pick Liam up at a country train station—without telling anyone. So what if she has to lie to her fiancé? Jude is still committed to him and their imminent wedding, even if she and Liam were in love once.
She owes him.
After the car crash that changed everything years ago, bright, ambitious Jude went to medical school, back on the path she had planned before meeting moody, artistic Liam. Meanwhile, he never fully recovered from the dark stain the accident left on his record.
Now he's gone.
When the police show up at the station instead of Liam, Jude realizes that she knows nothing about the man he's become. Now she's tangled up in his life, the last person to have seen him, and maybe the only one who can uncover the truth about what went wrong—even if she destroys her own life in the process.
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"Another riveting tale from the husband-and-wife team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French... that's full of surprises, leading up to an ending that delivers a final, jaw-dropping revelation?. Fans will love it." — Booklist on The Favor
"Fantastic - a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense . . . no one does it better than Nicci French." — Lee Child
"Excellent—a breathless read brimming with misdirection and fear." — Guardian on The Unheard
"The English writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French delivers another well-plotted winner... fans will devour it." — Booklist on The Unheard
"Full of unexpected turns . . . . Immensely satisfying." — New York Times Book Review on House of Correction
"Ingenious . . . French's best book yet . . . This house of correction is booby-trapped with twists, the floors paved with trapdoors, quicksand churning in the garden. Enter if you dare." — A.J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window, on House of Correction
"Razor-sharp writing by French expertly amps the tension." — People on The Lying Room
"Nicci French will leave readers questioning everything they think they know." — Popsugar on House of Correction
"Seamlessly shifts from prison drama to procedural to legal thriller—and finally to an ingenious twist on the locked-room mystery. French continues to impress." — Publishers Weekly on House of Correction
"This stand-alone from the team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, authors of the Frieda Klein series, delivers engaging characters, a complex story, and steadily increasing suspense. International best-seller French belongs on every thriller fan's TBR list." — Booklist on The Lying Room
"An enthralling and addicting novel.... Longtime fans of French will find their high expectations rewarded, while newcomers will be motivated to explore the author's backlist. I envy their discovery." — Bookreporter.com on The Lying Room
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August 1, 2022
London physician Jude Winter, the protagonist of this slow-moving suspense novel from the pseudonymous French (The Unheard), is planning her wedding when, after 11 years of no contact, her first love, Liam Birch, comes to see her and asks for a favor. All she has to do is drive his car to an Airbnb in Norfolk, where he has already left his luggage and will join her. “I wouldn’t ask you to do anything wrong,” he assures her. While she waits for him to arrive, the phone in Liam’s bag rings. It’s the police, who have bad news about Liam. At this point, Jude’s life begins to unravel. The police believe that she was involved in some scheme with Liam and was establishing an alibi for him. This version of the story is leaked to the media. Hounded by the press, shunned by her colleagues, berated by her angry fiancé, and constantly scrutinized by the police, Jude decides to find out who her teenage sweetheart really was. Illogical plot points, such as an educated woman like Jude agreeing to Liam’s request, make suspending disbelief difficult. Dyed-in-the-wool French fans will stay the course, others will not. Agent: Joy Harris, Joy Harris Literary.
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When DI Leila Fox finally asks Judith Winter, "But what were you thinking?"", most readers will have already pondered that same question. Jude, a successful geriatrician, has not seen ex-boyfriend Liam in 11 years, and when he suddenly shows up and asks for a rather peculiar favor, she agrees. He wants her to pick him up at a train station in the countryside and wait for his call at an isolated cottage. He doesn't show, but the police do, and Jude finds out that Liam has been murdered, and she is a suspect, thanks to the bizarre circumstances. Why does she have his wallet and phone? Her life spins out of control, and instead of backing away, she plunges headfirst into Liam's unsettling world. Another riveting tale from the husband-and-wife team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French (after The Unheard, 2021) that's full of surprises, leading up to an ending that delivers a final, jaw-dropping revelation. Fans will love it, but others might find Jude's reckless and irresponsible behavior a bit difficult to fathom.COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Jude hasn't seen Liam in years, but when he shows up at her work asking for a favor, she finds she can't refuse. All Jude has to do is pick Liam up at a country train station—without telling anyone. So what if she has to lie to her fiancé? Jude is still committed to him and their imminent wedding, even if she and Liam were in love once.
She owes him.
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