{"product_id":"the-first-time-i-saw-him-9781804945988","title":"The First Time I Saw Him","description":"\u003cp\u003eGet ready to be gripped by the edge-of-your seat new mystery thriller and long-awaited follow-up to the bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club pick, The Last Thing He Told Me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB SELECTION!*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES – The Last Thing He Told Me. Season Two, based on The First Time I Saw Him, out now!*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I could not stop flipping the pages' Reese Witherspoon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Out of this world… Five stars' Jennifer Garner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Action-packed and deeply felt… incredible’ Mary Kubica, bestselling author of Local Woman Missing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHE DISAPPEARED. NOW HE’S BACK. AND THEY HAVE TO RUN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years ago, Hannah’s husband Owen vanished without a trace, leaving Hannah and her stepdaughter Bailey to piece together a new life from the wreckage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Hannah spots Owen at her Los Angeles exhibition – silent, watching – she knows immediately that the danger they once escaped has found them again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes the message:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them, pursued by enemies they cannot see and haunted by questions that have never been answered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy has Owen returned? Who is hunting them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd can they finally uncover the truth before it destroys them all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e____________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Laura Dave and The First Time I Saw Him:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Clever, compulsive and twisty as hell. Cancel all your plans before you start this one, I had to remind myself to breathe during the final, devastating pages’ CHRIS WHITAKER, bestselling author of All the Colours of the Dark , on The Last Thing He Told Me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Powerful, intense and beautifully observed' T.M. LOGAN, bestselling author of The Holiday\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘You won’t want to miss this one’ HARLAN COBEN, bestselling author of Nobody's Fool\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘It’s gripping, twisty, exhilarating, and utterly unputdownable. Five blazing stars from me!’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Wow, I couldn't put this book down!’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Oh my word. This much-anticipated book is everything I had hoped for and more’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This book has fantastic pacing and will keep you up all night’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Pure adrenaline’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A truly gripping psychological thriller!’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘One of the best books I have read this year’ 5-star reader review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Laura Dave\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery, Thriller \/ suspense\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 Jul 2026 by Cornerstone.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Laura Dave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319928758650,"sku":"9781804945988","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781804945988.jpg?v=1790638119","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/ga\/products\/the-first-time-i-saw-him-9781804945988","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}