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Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction

The Snakes

Sadie Jones (author)

Paperback Published on: 20/02/2020

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Deep, complicated and multilayered family drama....

The first contemporary novel from award winning Sadie Jones, tells us the story of a young married couple Bea and Dan. They traveled to France to visit Bea... READ MORE

Emine at Bromley

A thriller with depth

There is a lot to like about this book. I’d class it as a thriller but with a deeper stream of topics running through it- wealth, family, expectation, addi... READ MORE

Emily Fordham

Synopsis

READ THE TENSE TWIST-FILLED RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK FROM THE #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OUTCAST.

Family secrets can be deadly...

Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives.

But their idyll cannot last. Stopping off to see Bea's brother at his crumbling hotel, the trio are joined unexpectedly by Bea's ultra-wealthy parents. Dan has never understood Bea's deep discomfort around them but living together in such close proximity he begins to sense something is very wrong.

Just as tensions reach breaking point, brutal tragedy strikes, exposing decades of secrets and silence that threaten to destroy them all.

'A suspenseful, beautifully written thriller about the corruption of money and abuse within a dysfunctional family' Guardian

Richard and Judy Book Club Pick, Spring 2020

Publisher information

Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9781784708825
Number of pages: 448
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
Weight: 309g
Languages: English

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Sadie Jones – The Snakes

Bea and Dan are frustrated with their London life and jobs and therefore decide to take a couple of months off. They start their tour across Europe in Fran... READ MORE

miss.mesmerized

So bleak

found this a really bleak story with little optimism or possibility of redemption for any of the characters .The people in the book seemed fairly standard ... READ MORE

jean

Unsettling and superbly written

If you like your fictional families complicated and dysfunctional, then ‘The Snakes’ is a read for you! Bea doesn’t have anything to do with her family, h... READ MORE

Emma Smith at Bedford

Wow!!

This is an amazing, unforgettable novel. Everything about this was unexpected, and I genuinely couldn't put it down. Sadie Jones is a phenomenal writer, a... READ MORE

Helen at Scarborough

Dark and atmospheric. An edge of your seat read. The tension is superb. Loved it!

An utterly absorbing read about the dark side of wealth within a dysfunctional and abusive family. Sadie Jones has superbly written a novel that's wonderf... READ MORE

@SezzThomas

The Snakes

The Snakes is a departure from Sadie Jones's usual excellent period novels, being set in the present day. It is a brilliant study of how power and money co... READ MORE

Sam Williams

A talented writer, an unsettling story

I'd heard quite a bit about The Snakes before I decided to read it, so much so that I was really intrigued to see what I thought of it myself. It's a fair... READ MORE

Nicola

One of those books that you have to read and decided for yourself

A novel that shed’s it’s skin taking it from 3 star to 4 star read that has readers as divided over its controversial ending as they are over their love of... READ MORE

Inked Book Reviews

Family Drama rather than a Thriller

Honestly, it was a slow moving read. With over 400 pages, it was a real struggle to get into, there were times I didn’t really fancy picking up the book. H... READ MORE

a_girl_turning_pages

five stars

This is a dark and powerful book which deals with race, class, greed and power. Bea and Dan, a married couple on long holiday, arrive to France to stay in ... READ MORE

Dabarai

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