It Could Have Been Her

New out June 23, 2026

It Could Have Been Her

Lisa Jewell

First published 2026Original language EN

7.67.6 / 10
Score out of 1027 ratingsEarly score · confidence 16%
384
Pages
about 7 h
Reading time
  • NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list, peaked at #9

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About the book

Jane Trevally, newly divorced and feeling a little lost, agrees to accompany a man she doesn't know to his house in the darkest corner of Hampstead Heath. She's offered a drink, goes in, and then - a scream and the sound of something falling upstairs - Jane senses she's in a bad place. She runs. Twenty five years later, Jane finds herself outside the same house, this time to return a small white dog who's been found near her home in the country; a dog whose owner has just been reported missing. A fleeting glimpse of a haunted looking woman through the window sends Jane on a mission to uncover the house's secrets - secrets more terrifying than she could have ever imagined, especially when she realises it could have been her ... A missing woman, a dysfunctional family and dark, dark secrets ... Prepare to be it's the new Lisa Jewell thriller.

Description: publisher’s blurb via Hardcover

Where the score comes from

The sources average 7.4 across 27 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 16% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Rankings average of 7.8. That is how 7.6 comes out.

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Hardcover7.427 100%

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