{"id":69,"date":"2016-07-25T10:50:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T09:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katehordern.co.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/sam-carrington\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:46:26","slug":"sam-carrington","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/sam-carrington\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Carrington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"large\"><strong>Sam Carrington<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/sam_carrington_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/sam_carrington_600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/authors\/sam_carrington_600-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agent: <a href=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/index.php\/anne-williams\/\">Anne Williams<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">THE GIRL IN THE PHOTO, Sam&#8217;s latest thriller, was published in eBook and paperback in 2023 by Avon.&nbsp; She has written eight novels: THE COUPLE ON MAPLE DRIVE (2021), THE OPEN HOUSE (2020), an Amazon top 50 bestseller.&nbsp; Her fifth, I DARE YOU (2019), was a US Kindle top 100 bestseller, as was her fourth, THE MISSING WIFE (2018).&nbsp; &nbsp;ONE LITTLE LIE, Sam&#8217;s third novel, was also published by Avon in 2018 and was a top 50 bestseller on the UK Kindle, iTunes, GooglePlay and Kobo lists,&nbsp; reaching #12 on the Canadian Kindle bestseller list and in the <em>Bookseller <\/em>Heatseekers print chart.&nbsp; BAD SISTER was published in 2017 and her debut, SAVING SOPHIE, in 2016, an Amazon Kindle top 20 bestseller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Sam is the author of THE SERIAL KILLER&#8217;S WIFE (2021),&nbsp; THE SERIAL KILLER&#8217;S DAUGHTER (2022) , THE SERIAL KILLER&#8217;S SISTER (2023), BAD APPLE (2024) and THE PERFECT PSYCHOPATH (2025) written under the name Alice Hunter, and published in eBook, Audio and paperback by Avon.&nbsp; THE SERIAL KILLER&#8217;S WIFE was the <em>Bookseller&#8217;s <\/em>BookStat 16th-bestselling eBook of 2021, spending 10 weeks in the chart.&nbsp; It was also a top ten Heatseekers bestseller in paperback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sam worked for the NHS for fifteen years, during which time she qualified as a nurse. Following a psychology degree, she worked for the prison service as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator. A 2016 Amazon Rising Star, Sam lives in Devon with her family.&nbsp; &nbsp;Sam Carrington and Alice Hunter are published in several languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samcarrington.blogspot.co.uk\">www.samcarrington.blogspot.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-khla-grey-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c9a371c5 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Praise for Sam Carrington and Alice Hunter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Explores the mother\/daughter relationship perfectly and ends with a gasp-out-loud twist&#8221; <em>Closer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Tension builds through the book as secrets are revealed\u2026a great addition to your reading list&#8221; <em>Northern Echo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Hooks you in to the drama straight away and does not let you go, even on the last page&#8221;&nbsp;<em>The&nbsp;Sun<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:15%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sam_carrington_idareyou.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53645\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sam_carrington_thegirlinthephoto.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52868\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-2428\" style=\"max-width: 150px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-2428 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Sam Carrington\" data-height=\"230\" data-width=\"150\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_2428\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_2428' class='rslides'>\n            <li aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-0'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/sam_carrington_thecoupleonmapledrive.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-53646 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_thecoupleonmapledrive\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-1'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sam_carrington_theopenhouse.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-52870 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_theopenhouse\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sam_carrington_themissingwife.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-52414 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_themissingwife\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sam_carrington_onelittlelie.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-51952 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_onelittlelie\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-4'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sam_carrington_badsister.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-2430 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_badsister\" \/><\/li>\n            <li style='display: none;' aria-roledescription='slide' aria-labelledby='slide-5'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/khla.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sam_carrington_savingsophie.jpg\" height=\"230\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-2428 slide-2431 msDefaultImage\" title=\"sam_carrington_savingsophie\" \/><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rtecenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-68\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.katehordern.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/SamCarrington.png\" style=\"width: 300px; 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