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Tess Stimson

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Born

Caterham, Surry, The United Kingdom

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Suspense, Thriller, Crime

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June 2014

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Tess Stimson is the author of fifteen novels - including international bestseller The New House - which have been translated into dozens of languages, plus two non-fiction books. Her new book, The Perfect Accident, will be published in April 2026.
A former British journalist and reporter, Stimson was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Florida in 2002 and moved to the US. In addition to writing fiction, she continues to work as a journalist and teaches reporting for media and creative writing at a university in the Northeastern US. She now lives in Vermont with her husband, and is visited intermittently by her three grown-up children whenever they need their laundry done.
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Average rating: 3.97 · 39,373 ratings · 3,865 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The New House 4.03 avg rating — 20,690 ratings — published 2022	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One In Three really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,913 ratings — published 2020 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stolen 4.16 avg rating — 4,745 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adultery Club 3.42 avg rating — 1,639 ratings — published 2007 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Nanny 3.54 avg rating — 1,400 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Infidelity Chain 3.55 avg rating — 662 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What's Yours Is Mine 3.66 avg rating — 584 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife Who Ran Away 3.77 avg rating — 510 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lying Game 3.55 avg rating — 389 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Don't you dare hide behind your illness!"
"You were the one who just said I couldn't help it!"
"You can't help being ill, but you can help what you do about it," Eithne says sharply.”
― Tess Stimson, The Infidelity Chain

tags: page-228, words-to-live-by

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“Grief isn't something that abates. You simply learn to live with it, in the spaces around it. A scar forms: to the outside world, it looks as if you've healed. But the pain never goes away.”
― Tess Stimson, The New House

tags: grief-and-healing

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“good people sometimes do bad things for the right reasons. That doesn’t make them bad people.”
― Tess Stimson, The New House

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☔April 2023 General Poll🌧️

Out of courtesy to other group members, we ask that you only vote if you are planning on participating in our discussion should your choice win. Thank you.

Which Crime, Mystery, or Thriller would you like to read in April?

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

41 votes, 42.7%

No Exit by Taylor Adams

32 votes, 33.3%

The New House by Tess Stimson

15 votes, 15.6%

Paper Targets: Art Can Be Murder by Steve S. Saroff

8 votes, 8.3%

96 total votes

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