Buyer Beware - by Catherine Ryan Howard (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

From the internationally bestselling author of 56 Days, a page-turning thriller about two women whose shattered lives come crashing together around a house whose secrets could bury them both.

If these walls could talk, they'd scream...

When Ellie moves to 1 Delaney Row, she hopes to find a fresh start--a place where no one knows her name, her history, or her secrets. But what she doesn't know is that her new home is already hiding someone else's secrets--and the people determined to keep them are watching her.

As Ellie starts to unravel the house's disturbing backstory, coming closer to the shocking mystery at its center, she unwittingly puts herself on a deadly collision course not just with her new home's history, but with her own as well.

A puzzle box of a thriller full of mind-boggling twists and turns, Buyer Beware is a chilling exploration of the dark secrets that any house can hold--and of the lengths we'll go to start over.

Review Quotes

"Catherine never disappoints and Buyer Beware is no exception. It's the perfect blend of chilling discoveries, red herrings and shocking twists. The payoff was a chef's kiss."--John Marrs, bestselling author of The One

"An intricately plotted, intelligent thriller--every page vibrates with emotion. A masterpiece. Catherine Ryan Howard has done it again--her best novel yet."--Andrea Mara, bestselling author of It Should Have Been You and All Her Fault

"This book was a wild ride...Masterfully told in two timelines, the occupants of this home have so many skeletons in their closets, and some of them are screaming to get out. Beautifully written, brilliantly entertaining, and brutally terrifying, this is Ryan Howard's best book to date and that is saying something. Highly highly recommended."--Liz Nugent, author of Strange Sally Diamond

"Catherine Ryan Howard is an absolute master."--May Cobb, bestselling author of The Hunting Wives

About the Author

Catherine Ryan Howard is an award-winning, #1 bestselling thriller writer from Cork, Ireland. Her work has been shortlisted for the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Novel, the UK Crime Writers Association John Creasey/New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Awards, and the An Post Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year multiple times. Her novels have been included in The New York Times Best Thrillers of the Year, The Washington Post's Best Mysteries and Thrillers of the Year, and The Sunday Times Best Thrillers of the Year. She is published in twenty languages, and a number of her titles have been optioned for the screen. Catherine's fifth novel, 56 Days, won the An Post Irish Crime Fiction Book of the Year and was longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award, the world's most valuable annual literary prize. A screen adaptation starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia will debut exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in early 2026. Prior to writing full-time, Catherine worked for a travel company in the Netherlands and in Walt Disney World, Florida. She lives in Dublin.