The Boy at the Door

What would you do for the perfect life? Would you lie? Would you cheat? Would you kill? When Cecilia ends up looking after a boy with no home, dark secrets from her past force their way to surface...

Dark, twisty psychological thriller set in Sandefjord - the Hamptons of Norway.

Alex Dahl is a half-American, half-Norwegian author. Born in Oslo, she studied Russian and German linguistics with international studies, then went on to complete an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University and an MSc in business management at Bath University. A committed Francophile, Alex loves to travel, and has so far lived in Moscow, Paris, Stuttgart, Sandefjord, Switzerland, Bath and London. Her second thriller, The Heart Keeper will be published later this year.

Stunning... an extraordinary plot; intricate and twisted with dark secrets emerging at every turn. An engaging mystery with an ending you won't see coming'
Atmospheric and beautifully written... combines complex and believable characters with a heart-breaking and head-spinning plot'
Dahl savagely delineates the price of living in a society that insists women must try to be perfect wives and mothers and have successful careers, too, or they'll be inevitably made to feel they're never good enough
Unsettling, layered, bold, unpredictable, dark. EXCELLENT
A novel of remarkable accomplishment that sets its nuanced and intriguing characters in the context of a plot that grips like a vice
A riveting psychological thriller
Alex Dahl's sharp characterisations make her story feel fresh
[Dahl] adds some twisted black humour and creates a tense narration that will keep readers intrigued and wondering how to approach the main character
A rollicking great read... [Cecilia] is a fascinating character who lies relentlessly, with reckless abandon, in a desperate bid to protect the big secret she's hiding'