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The Classroom: A gripping and terrifying thriller which asks who you can trust in 2018
A. L. Bird
Don’t miss the chilling new psychological thriller from A.L. Bird, author of The Good Mother and Don’t Say a Word, perfect for fans of C L Taylor, Sherryl Brown and Lisa Hall.Letting go of your daughter for the first time isn’t easy…After years of IVF, Kirsten White is a devoted mum to Harriet – and she can’t believe the time has come to send her little girl off to school. But Harriet has now turned five, and she can’t stay Kirsten’s baby forever. It might be hard, but it’s time to entrust her daughter’s care to her new teacher.… the classroom is the one place she should be safe.Miriam Robertson has been waiting for the perfect little girl to walk into her class. She’s very picky… but when Harriet walks in, Miriam knows: this is the child she’s been waiting for.Harriet knows not to speak to strangers. But her lovely new teacher isn’t a stranger at all. In fact, she’s her new best friend. And you can always trust your friends… can’t you?Praise for A.L. Bird:‘A fast-paced, gripping thriller.’ B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown'Intense and brilliantly uncomfortable reading' Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me‘An absolutely jaw dropper and a must read for all.’ – Karen Whittard, Netgalley reviewer‘Readers hear claim that, “This book will leaving you guessing until the end.�? I am glad to say that, for once, the claim is true.’ – M Scott, Netgalley reviewer‘Kept me up all night.‘ – Kathleen Johnson, Netgalley reviewer‘The psychological tension ramps up to a plot twist that took me completely by surprise.’ – Avonna Kershey, Netgalley reviewer‘Wow! A well deserved 5 stars, one of the best pyschological fiction books of this year so far!’ – Julia Beales, Netgalley reviewer‘One you get towards the end you better hope you’re not needed for anything because you will find yourself glued until the last word.’ – Tara Sheehan, Netgalley reviewer‘Impossible to put down.’ – Linda Strong, Netgalley reviewer‘A pacy, action-packed, brilliantly plotted psychological thriller with one hell of a showdown. I absolutely loved it!’ – Diane Jeffrey, author of Those Who Lie
About the Author (#u2c8a308c-2346-50ec-9ed2-9ff1659a5ecc)
A.L. BIRD lives in London, where she divides her time between writing, working as a lawyer, and running around after her young family. She loves writing dark, twisty thrillers. Bestselling The Good Mother was her first major psychological thriller for HQ Digital, and Don’t Say a Word was her chilling standalone next book. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London, and is also an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. Amy is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association. For updates on her writing follow her on Twitter, @ALBirdWriter.
PRAISE FOR A.L. BIRD (#u2c8a308c-2346-50ec-9ed2-9ff1659a5ecc)
‘A fast-paced, gripping thriller.’ – B A Paris, bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors
‘Intense and brilliantly uncomfortable reading.’ – Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me
‘A pacy, action-packed, brilliantly plotted psychological thriller with one hell of a showdown. I absolutely loved it!’ – Diane Jeffrey, author of Those Who Lie
‘An absolutely jaw dropper and a must read for all.’ – Karen Whittard, NetGalley reviewer
‘Readers hear claim that, “This book will leaving you guessing until the end”. I am glad to say that, for once, the claim is true.’ – M Scott, NetGalley reviewer
‘Kept me up all night.’ – Kathleen Johnson, NetGalley reviewer
‘The psychological tension ramps up to a plot twist that took me completely by surprise.’ – Avonna Kershey, NetGalley reviewer
‘Wow! A well deserved 5 stars, one of the best pyschological fiction books of this year so far!’ – Julia Beales, NetGalley reviewer
‘Once you get towards the end you better hope you’re not needed for anything because you will find yourself glued until the last word.’ – Tara Sheehan, NetGalley reviewer
‘Impossible to put down.’ – Linda Strong, NetGalley reviewer
Also by A.L. Bird (#u2c8a308c-2346-50ec-9ed2-9ff1659a5ecc)
The Good Mother
Don’t Say a Word
The Classroom
A.L. BIRD
HQ
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2018
Copyright © Amy Bird 2018
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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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E-book Edition © September 2018 ISBN: 9781474086127
Version: 2018-09-11
Table of Contents
Cover (#u550b63f3-8418-5493-be49-03d2f4e15913)
About the Author (#u9a3719bd-33b3-5bd7-9020-1602448bdab2)
Praise for A.L. Bird (#uadbe3ef2-7eb9-544d-8200-44de560ba5a2)
Also by A.L. Bird (#ub73ff07a-3d8f-577a-9f86-d388cf7cdbeb)
Title Page (#u5f87089c-990f-5b41-9d98-8a4a8fd9ef50)
Copyright (#u75b728da-8aca-5482-b4ed-9e0e37bc4f0c)
Dedication (#ua8b3e12a-21d0-50e3-aff4-2148b3fe4bd3)
Part One (#ubf403f14-cc33-5542-9608-a5dfc83b707c)
Prologue (#u46d7ea5a-3e34-53b5-9aac-0895e2fa5f74)
Chapter 1 (#u576492f6-a8f9-5139-80f8-0b15bb21dbd4)
Chapter 2 (#u9bba3653-c568-5942-af55-2c7ff98ea102)
Chapter 3 (#ud4586fe2-4a08-59ac-98c1-ac3b6e813006)
Chapter 4 (#uea0542ee-25e3-59a7-ae82-f8fc803e8e7f)
Chapter 5 (#udf17219c-da34-5ce3-af60-ff3969526c95)
Chapter 6 (#u177d54b5-ed76-56de-a35d-856afe9d374d)
Chapter 7 (#udceea48d-063c-5408-9f6a-c8da69a92e7c)
Chapter 8 (#u1baac81f-8cb3-586a-8ab5-5c52b07c8533)
Chapter 9 (#u619f6c94-8e6b-53e8-8454-d22f095a09b1)
Chapter 10 (#uc0793f4a-b038-531a-b611-5a65e0d52567)
Chapter 11 (#u8eacb353-b198-587d-a2c3-b94b662e3f9d)
Chapter 12 (#u4f897013-e224-593e-bbc8-faf8acdfde59)
Chapter 13 (#u6902630d-a8e8-55ee-ad4e-3b3cd3e57a96)
Chapter 14 (#u1ed4a852-967b-53ee-88e4-e6b11a29351b)
Chapter 15 (#u330850b6-f38c-57a9-a311-f38346d6770f)
Chapter 16 (#u36015c59-4c91-558c-b9fe-4c6a4b02d637)
Chapter 17 (#u6abe3960-f00c-5ee3-accd-68345ccd3e95)
Chapter 18 (#uaa8aa3cc-c597-58fa-aca3-0c8877747f89)
Chapter 19 (#ud3780719-d904-5ee3-94eb-3dadc99ee967)
Chapter 20 (#u50d67b09-470c-52fc-99dd-683382c3a129)
Chapter 21 (#u4e2cd826-138f-53da-acda-ccd6725c35d7)
Chapter 22 (#u10a999b0-d8c6-5649-a3d7-e3bd2b396a0e)
Part Two (#ua569fe66-f8ce-54e3-9d1a-6bfeff35240f)
Chapter 23 (#u5f4d5a2f-c5f6-5575-b805-f9a03a5125ae)
Chapter 24 (#u81674d01-6cd9-5027-a192-bae760d2b55b)
Chapter 25 (#ud7fde5e6-96d1-529c-90f2-c56bb1b42684)
Chapter 26 (#ub89bdf1b-51a2-5f3d-ba14-83ad936d4b2c)
Chapter 27 (#u3419521f-afa4-510d-9913-f0c893eb2490)
Chapter 28 (#u89f84450-569e-577f-919c-ddbdf2f83f9d)
Chapter 29 (#u1c3e6609-e4be-5f48-8dd5-7e052803d4f9)
Chapter 30 (#ubbf8755d-4c91-56f6-adfe-caf23cfcafb3)
Chapter 31 (#ua00b9a89-beda-56b7-86a9-74cc08fd136f)
Chapter 32 (#u0963bc6c-6782-5658-81b1-de4cc30583f2)
Chapter 33 (#udc4f241b-e79b-54c5-9d6d-5b5c73220483)
Chapter 34 (#u01f2b697-bfc4-5edd-9f41-9074782eee1f)
Chapter 35 (#ued0a4d12-f50d-5779-b403-3fc6750e2039)
Chapter 36 (#uba4a9522-a107-5363-a7d7-2b2012ba1a61)
Chapter 37 (#ufd1f92cf-5012-5656-a59f-1b9cacf7bffd)
Chapter 38 (#u81a7f22d-ded6-592f-9b12-6427939b7934)
Chapter 39 (#ud495ff8e-a965-5243-9a18-55db0940313b)
Chapter 40 (#ube3863d8-b6d3-558c-936b-0fae81341bf3)
Chapter 41 (#ud679b2c9-159c-5adf-b11a-52a9bfff4098)
Chapter 42 (#u0a68bf6e-8cd4-5799-82a0-8bffd147697d)
Chapter 43 (#ud4c34147-a5bf-5da1-a46f-a32903df1201)
Chapter 44 (#u54ee1224-3e76-5096-bc14-fc3c28127f77)
Chapter 45 (#u946f69be-572c-5322-9486-0d7beb0b52a4)
Chapter 46 (#u0be0e088-c4fa-533a-9084-7d91e87cd203)
Chapter 47 (#u3ce9da3d-b522-569d-be46-6de12cc9a7c8)
Chapter 48 (#udff39b3e-5ae2-504e-afc5-4d6a00c3e476)
Chapter 49 (#u19495d12-a485-5c6a-a5e1-8c7fd3eac8c0)
Chapter 50 (#u56e32e8f-bf37-5809-8a50-04b60137f661)
Chapter 51 (#ufee3a2f1-6296-5f17-afa5-e3a71bf7ed53)
Chapter 52 (#u119b67d3-8165-5ac6-8d08-2ffcd4f2411e)
Chapter 53 (#u6a51dfa8-1f29-5d1f-8104-f9128fba6e92)
Chapter 54 (#uf84cca0c-a8d4-585d-840e-54a8f9f57148)
Chapter 55 (#u4396bbce-ac7b-500e-81d8-8bedac7f45cb)
Chapter 56 (#u3c486578-07a7-50ef-8df5-be8bb1b7caa5)
Chapter 57 (#u733aef36-5daf-582f-9d3b-472e5a0cc0d6)
