The Bodies

Paperback Published on: 09/04/2026
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Synopsis

When you look down at your newborn baby, you realise they were right, those smug parents you’ve always rolled your eyes at: you’d do literally anything for your child. To make them happy, keep them safe.

So when Joseph Carver wakes one night to find his teenage son Max scrubbing the kitchen, hands wet with blood and panic flooding his voice as he promises it was an accident, he didn’t mean to do it, Joseph does the only thing he can. He helps Max bury the body.

Joseph thinks that’s the end of the nightmare. Until he finds Max with stricken eyes and bloody hands once again . . .

You’d do anything for your child – even cover up a murder.

But would you do it twice?

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781529177411
  • Number of pages: 384
  • Dimensions: 198 x 127 x 25 mm
  • Weight: 274g
  • Languages: English

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The Bodies
The Bodies
I am a bit of a fan of this author and, once again, he has not let me down! We start with a father - Joseph/Joe - protecting his son - Max - when he finds... READ MORE
Ashrae
The Bodies
Dark dark read
A tension filled read from the outset that builds and builds throughout. The bodies just keep mounting up, and with that, decisions have to be made to pro... READ MORE
Lovetoread2023
The Bodies
Intense, fast-paced, & twisty - 4.5 stars (rounded up)
In the early hours one morning, Joseph Carver finds his teenage son, Max, in the kitchen frantically trying to clean his bloodied hands. Max says there's b... READ MORE
OutsmartYourShelf
The Bodies
Breath takingly good
4.5 0 to 100mph from the get go and tension at the max with atmosphere you could cut with a knife. Well, if you’ve read Sam Lloyd before you’ll know wha... READ MORE
Celia Short
The Bodies
Fantastic Thriller
Joseph Carver wakes on night and finds his son Max covered in blood saying that he accidentally killed someone. Desperate to protect his son, Joseph decide... READ MORE
Hannah Reviews
The Bodies
An exhilarating read!
Hugely improbable, logistically impossible and morally questionable but wow! A hugely entertaining storyline which literally kept me reading well past my b... READ MORE
A Mother’s Musings
This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.
The Bodies
A dark and very tense psychological drama
This is a dark and very tense psychological drama centered around the Carver family. After the death of his wife Joseph Carver met Erin and they now liv... READ MORE
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