Credit: Jennie Miles
MARY TORJUSSEN
Agent: Kate Burke
Assistant: Sian Ellis-Martin
Biography: Mary has an MA in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moores University and worked for several years as a teacher. She is the author of three novels, GONE WITHOUT A TRACE, THE GIRL I USED TO BE and THE CLOSER YOU GET. She writes dark, gripping thrillers and her debut novel was published in several international territories.
‘THE CLOSER YOU GET is a compulsive, addictive read with twists around every corner. I loved it and would highly recommend.’ — Jenny Blackhurst, author of BEFORE I LET YOU IN
‘If you haven’t read Mary Torjussen, what are you waiting for? Her latest, THE CLOSER YOU GET, is domestic noir at its very best… Thoroughly engrossing and real. Fans of BA Paris are sure to love THE CLOSER YOU GET!’ — Wendy Walker, national bestselling author of THE NIGHT BEFORE and ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN
‘Heart-pounding and intense! It grabbed me from the first page! The author has captured the emotional turmoil of an unhappy marriage, of hope and of love, trust and betrayal, and packed it in with so much tension and suspicion that I was constantly holding my breath. Absolutely superb!’ — Lauren North, author of THE PERFECT SON (in US); THE PERFECT BETRAYAL (in UK)
'Plays with all of your expectations. Not to be missed!' — Shari Lapena, THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR
'This fast-paced story kept me guessing - great twist at the end' — K.L. Slater, LIAR and BLINK
THE CLOSER YOU GET
Thriller, Canelo, 368 pages, April 2020
Coworkers Ruby and Harry are in love--but they're married to other people. They decide to tell their spouses that their marriages are over and to start a new life together. Ruby has wanted to leave her controlling husband for a while, so she tells him she's leaving and waits at the hotel where she and Harry are to meet. But Harry never shows up.
Suddenly, Ruby has lost everything. Harry won't answer her calls, and she's fired from her job. She finds a cheap apartment in a run-down part of town, all the while wondering what happened to Harry.
Just as Ruby thinks she's hit rock bottom, strange and menacing things start to happen--someone is sneaking into her apartment, and someone is following her home late at night--and she is going to have to fight for her survival.
THE GIRL I USED TO BE
Thriller, Headline, 352 pages, 2018
Gemma Brogan needs a break from her life.
A work event looks the ideal chance to get away. And a friendly new client seems like the perfect gentleman when he joins Gemma for an innocent dinner . . .
But the next morning she has no memory of how the night ended and he has vanished into thin air.
Suddenly, Gemma is plunged into a twisted nightmare she can't control. To protect her future, and her family, she will have to confront shocking secrets from her past - and the truth about the girl she used to be.
GONE WITHOUT A TRACE
Thriller, Headline, 352 pages, 2017
You come home from work and your boyfriend has vanished. It's as if he never existed.
Every one of his belongings has gone. He hasn't been at work. His phone number is dead.
It's like you never even knew him.
But that's not possible, is it?
And there is worse still to come.
Because just as you are searching for him someone is also watching you.