Some friendships – and secrets – should stay buried forever…
Everyone said a change of scenery would help after my divorce. That’s how I found my perfect little cottage on Willow Lane, in the postcard-pretty Norfolk village of Blakeney. Number 21 was meant to be my fresh start.
Then I met Hope Andrews. Hope is Blakeney’s unspoken secret.
Twenty years ago, three teenagers went into the woods. One was found dead. One vanished without a trace. Hope was the only one who came home.
I didn’t plan to get close to her. I was new to Willow Lane.
And we both seemed to need a friend.As Hope begins to confide in me, her fear that her attacker never left the area appears to feel real, and as strange things start happening at Number 21, those fears become my nightmare.
Now I’m looking over my shoulder. Someone here knows the truth about what happened in those woods and I’m starting to realise Willow Lane isn’t the safe haven I was searching for.
21 Willow Lane by Keri Beevis is published by Boldwood Books on 22 May 2026. You can find out more about the book on Amazon, Goodreads and StoryGraph. With thanks to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for providing an advance review copy of this novel.
Keri Beevis
Keri Beevis is the million-copy bestselling author of numerous psychological thrillers including Deep Dark Secrets, Dying To Tell, The Sleepover and the global bestseller The Summer House.
Born in Norfolk, where she still lives today, Keri developed a love of reading and writing from a young age – though she admits her tastes have always leaned towards the darker side of fiction. Alongside writing gripping thrillers packed with twists and suspense, she enjoys horror movies, live music, exploring creepy places and fiercely competitive pub quizzes.
With over a million copies sold worldwide and translations in more than twenty languages, Keri Beevis has become a hugely popular name in psychological suspense fiction, and after reading 21 Willow Lane, I can absolutely see why.
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Review
I loved this book. Like REALLY loved it. In fact, this is the first book in a very long time that I actually couldn’t comfortably read in bed at night because I was too on edge sitting in the darkness. 21 Willow Lane completely got under my skin.
From the very beginning there’s this constant uneasy atmosphere hanging over the story and I was instantly pulled into the mystery surrounding what happened in those woods twenty years earlier.
The cleverness of the writing is that you know the truth is slowly working its way to the surface… but you never truly know which direction the story is about to turn. Every single time I thought I had worked things out, another twist arrived and completely changed everything. One chapter I was convinced I knew exactly who I should suspect. The next? Completely blown away and looking at somebody else entirely.
The pacing was exceptional. There’s this constant feeling of tension building in the background and it genuinely had me reading faster and faster while my brain desperately tried to piece everything together before the next revelation landed. At times it honestly felt like my mind couldn’t keep up with my eyes on the page.
Keri Beevis is fantastic at atmosphere and scene setting. Blakeney felt so vividly real that I could completely immerse myself in the story, and that beautiful village backdrop made the darker moments feel even more unsettling. The characters felt fully formed and believable throughout, and the relationships developed naturally in a way that never felt forced or rushed. Everything about the story felt grounded and real, which only made the suspense even stronger.
And honestly? The paranoia in this book is incredible. This is one of those thrillers where you constantly feel like somebody is watching from the shadows. The tension slowly creeps into every chapter until you start second-guessing absolutely everything and everyone. Bloody Brilliant!!!
The only downside? This may have been my first Keri Beevis novel… but it definitely won’t be my last because I now seem to have acquired a dangerously long wishlist of her books.
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