The Stranger in Room Six

Author Jane Corry
$17.95 US
Doubleday CAN Titles | Doubleday Canada
On sale Oct 07, 2025 | 11 Hours and 43 Minutes | 9780385702652
Sales rights: US/CAN (No Open Mkt)

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You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you.

It's been fifteen years since Belinda was wrongly convicted of her husband's murder. Now, she's ready for her life to begin again, and she's set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart.

The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home's oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that could kill if in the wrong hands.

But history won't stay hidden forever and someone is onto them both. Watching and listening from room number six, they'll stop at nothing to find out the truth.

With a past this dark, is anyone as innocent as they seem?
"A rich brew of dark secrets from the past, bubbling up in the present: haunting and compelling."
—Nicci French

"A rollercoaster of a thriller with a compelling cast of characters. Jane Corry's novels are always so vividly written and skilfully plotted and this latest effort is no exception. Just brilliant."
—B.P. Walter

"Another great read that pulls you in from the start. Gripping and clever."
—Heidi Perks

"I'm a big fan of Jane Corry's brisk propulsive style and plot-juggling expertise. Ambitious, unguessable and always fascinating, The Stranger in Room Six is one of her best."
—Louise Candlish

"I whizzed through it—such an engrossing page turner! I love the combination of kindness and menace that Jane brings to her thrillers, and Jane has such empathy for her characters. You really feel for them. A cracking story with a great title."
—Emma Curtis

"I think this could be Jane's best yet; all the trademarks of a Jane Corry novel shone out: a well-drawn and relatable protagonist, complex plotting, darkness and tension."
—Jane Shemilt

About

You may not know the stranger in room six. But they know everything about you.

It's been fifteen years since Belinda was wrongly convicted of her husband's murder. Now, she's ready for her life to begin again, and she's set on that happening at Sunnyside Home for the Young at Heart.

The owner, Mabel, has spent her life here. First as an evacuee during the Blitz and now as the care home's oldest resident, Mabel has held the secrets of this house for as long as she can remember. Secrets that could kill if in the wrong hands.

But history won't stay hidden forever and someone is onto them both. Watching and listening from room number six, they'll stop at nothing to find out the truth.

With a past this dark, is anyone as innocent as they seem?

Praise

"A rich brew of dark secrets from the past, bubbling up in the present: haunting and compelling."
—Nicci French

"A rollercoaster of a thriller with a compelling cast of characters. Jane Corry's novels are always so vividly written and skilfully plotted and this latest effort is no exception. Just brilliant."
—B.P. Walter

"Another great read that pulls you in from the start. Gripping and clever."
—Heidi Perks

"I'm a big fan of Jane Corry's brisk propulsive style and plot-juggling expertise. Ambitious, unguessable and always fascinating, The Stranger in Room Six is one of her best."
—Louise Candlish

"I whizzed through it—such an engrossing page turner! I love the combination of kindness and menace that Jane brings to her thrillers, and Jane has such empathy for her characters. You really feel for them. A cracking story with a great title."
—Emma Curtis

"I think this could be Jane's best yet; all the trademarks of a Jane Corry novel shone out: a well-drawn and relatable protagonist, complex plotting, darkness and tension."
—Jane Shemilt