The long-awaited follow-up to the global bestselling The Last Thing He Told Me , soon to be a major series on Apple TV+ (coming 2026). ''A master storyteller '' HARLAN COBEN '' Action-packed and deeply felt , this sequel is every bit as incredible as The Last Thing He Told Me '' MARY KUBICA ------ Five years after her husband, Owen, disappeared, Hannah Hall and her stepdaughter, Bailey, have settled into a new life in Southern California. Together, they''ve forged a relationship with Bailey''s grandfather Nicholas and are putting the past behind them. But when Owen shows up at Hannah''s new exhibition, she knows that she and Bailey are in danger again. Hannah and Bailey are forced to go on the run in a relentless race to keep their past from catching up with them. As a thrilling drama unfolds, Hannah risks everything to get Bailey to safety - and finds there just might be a way back to Owen and their long-awaited second chance. Acclaimed author Laura Dave is back with an adrenalin-fuelled thriller you will never want to end. The gripping follow-up to the global bestseller, The Last Thing He Told Me . ------ Readers are loving The First Time I Saw Him: ''Amazing! Thrilling! I was HOOKED '' 5-star reader review ''It''s gripping, twisty, exhilarating , and utterly unputdownable. Five blazing stars from me !'' 5-star reader review ''Absolutely incredible '' 5-star reader review ''Wow, I couldn''t put this book down !'' 5-star reader review ''Oh my word. This much-anticipated book is everything I had hoped for and more '' 5-star reader review ''This book has fantastic pacing and will keep you up all night'' 5-star reader review '' Pure adrenaline '' 5-star reader review ''A truly gripping psychological thriller!'' 5-star reader review ''One of the best books I have read this year '' 5-star reader review ...

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Laura Dave is the global number one bestselling author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me and Eight Hundred Grapes. Her novels have been translated into thirty-eight languages, and six of them, including The Night We Lost Him, have been optioned for film and television. She resides in Santa Monica, California.

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**Get 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.

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB SELECTION!
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES - The Last Thing He Told Me. Season Two, based on The First Time I Saw Him, out now!**

'I could not stop flipping the pages' Reese Witherspoon
**'Out of this world**... Five stars' Jennifer Garner
'Action-packed and deeply felt... incredible' Mary Kubica, bestselling author of Local Woman Missing

HE DISAPPEARED. NOW HE'S BACK. AND THEY HAVE TO RUN.

Five 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.

When Hannah spots Owen at her Los Angeles exhibition - silent, watching - she knows immediately that the danger they once escaped has found them again.

Then comes the message:

'GET OUT OF THE HOUSE. NOW'

Hannah 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.

Why has Owen returned? Who is hunting them?

And can they finally uncover the truth before it destroys them all?

Praise for Laura Dave and The First Time I Saw Him:

'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

'Powerful, intense and beautifully observed' T.M. LOGAN, bestselling author of The Holiday

'You won't want to miss this one' HARLAN COBEN, bestselling author of Nobody's Fool

'It's gripping, twisty, exhilarating, and utterly unputdownable. Five blazing stars from me!' 5-star reader review

'Wow, I couldn't put this book down!' 5-star reader review

'Oh my word. This much-anticipated book is everything I had hoped for and more' 5-star reader review

'This book has fantastic pacing and will keep you up all night' 5-star reader review

'Pure adrenaline' 5-star reader review

'A truly gripping psychological thriller!' 5-star reader review

'One of the best books I have read this year' 5-star reader review