Buyer Beware

De: Catherine Ryan Howard

Brought to you by Penguin.

Get ready to be addicted to the page-turning mystery thriller from the #1 bestselling author of The Trap and 56 Days, in which two women's 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 into 1 Delaney Row, all she has to her name is the house, a small suitcase and the terrible secrets she’s desperate to keep. 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.

When a grim discovery prompts Ellie to find out more about the house’s past, she unwittingly puts herself on a deadly collision course not just with her new home’s history, but with her own as well…

Inspired by so-called ‘stigmatised properties’ – houses with dark and violent pasts – Buyer Beware is an intricate puzzle-box of a thriller with a pulsing emotional heart, from an author at the very top of her game.

Praise for Catherine Ryan Howard

‘Sharp, clever and wonderfully tense – an outstanding one-sitting read, I adored it’ -- Andrea Mara, Sunday Times bestselling author of Someone in the Attic

'The perfect thriller' -- L. V. Matthews, author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Twins

‘[An] ingeniously twisted, intriguing and entertaining mystery. Bravo! -- Liz Nugent, bestselling author of Strange Sally Diamond

'A masterclass in suspense, utterly addictive, intelligently crafted, and impossible to put down' --Clémence Michallon, bestselling author of The Quiet Tenant

'This is one red hot thriller that boasts a vivid, true-crime authenticity at its molten core' --Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The Appeal

© Catherine Ryan Howard 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

Reseñas de la Crítica

An intricately plotted, intelligent thriller – every page vibrates with emotion. A masterpiece. Catherine Ryan Howard has done it again – her best novel yet.

Buyer Beware but reader, delight: Catherine Ryan Howard has crafted another perfect thriller. The satisfyingly twisty narrative will keep you baffled and on the edge of your seat right up to the gripping end. Intensely relatable, astute and funny, Buyer Beware draws on our worst fears and vainest hopes to tell a story that's full of contemporary Irish resonance but effortlessly universal. A triumph from one of Ireland's very best writers

Oh boy! This book was a wild ride. We all want a roof over our heads but maybe not at 1 Delaney Row. 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

Non-stop tension-filled suspense, clever, compulsive and surprising—Buyer Beware is a perfect read

Catherine never disappoints and Buyer Beware is no exception. It's the perfect blend of chilling discoveries, red herrings and shocking twists. The pay off was a chef's kiss.