The Afterparty

From bestselling author Ruth Kelly, The Afterparty is a gripping thriller set during New Year's Eve in Amsterdam. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Clarke and Sarah Pearse.

An addictive page turner with a series of twists that took my breath away. Fantastic

A twisty thriller set in atmospheric Amsterdam - glamorous, dark and page-turning, Ruth Kelly has pulled off another brilliant page-turner. Terrific!

The evocative sights and smells of Amsterdam are brought to life in this fast-paced and tense thriller. The Afterparty is the perfect read for dark nights; you will be second-guessing every character's motives . . . I loved it!

A great thriller writer

Amsterdam, complex female friendship, insecurities, class, twists. I loved it!

A slick, multi-layered thriller with a fabulous Amsterdam setting - a true page-turner

I absolutely cannot get enough of Ruth Kelly's writing, and The Afterparty is no exception. It's a chilly, spine tingling thrillride that had me hooked from the very first page. Every time I thought I knew what to expect, Ruth jerked me in a different direction. With hauntingly realistic characters, a to-die-for setting, and twists you'll never see coming, The Afterparty is THE thriller you need to read this winter!

The Amsterdam backdrop is well drawn and Rebecca is a very relatable central character . . . A writer full of imagination

A brilliant thriller

Thrilling, atmospheric and so twisty

A brilliant thriller!

Kelly keeps the tensions high and the emotions raw in this sleek, modern missing-person thriller

A gripping, real-life-style crime mystery

There's plenty of strands of interest in this novel, which you will sail through, and the writing is sharp and slick

Queen of the chilling thriller

A deliciously addictive thriller

An addictive thriller with a terrifyingly manipulative undercurrent

Ruth Kelly is my go-to for destination thrillers

A beautifully paced and darkly twisted thriller. It’s like being in a deliciously crafted nightmare

A terrific page-turning thriller for dark winter nights

Sinister, atmospheric and deliciously chilling - with a twist that made me gasp

A fun helter-skelter race to the finish line and a great twist

An original and well-told tale

Tantalizing twists will keep you guessing in this gripping thriller

Ruth Kelly is a journalist who has ghosted a string of Sunday Times top ten bestsellers – with The Prison Doctor having sold over 250,000 copies and The Governor going straight to number one on the Amazon charts and number five on the Sunday Times bestseller list.

Holiday destinations feature heavily in her thriller writing, with Ruth having spent most of her life travelling and exploring the world. Her family relocated to Papua New Guinea when she was seven years old and the travel bug hasn’t let up since. The simmering threat of what lies beneath the surface – the dichotomy of how paradise can also be hell – fascinates Ruth. Making a destination a character in its own right - both a friend and an enemy, not someone to be trusted – is a thread explored throughout her writing.