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date_finished: 2020-01-20
title: The Girl on the Train
subtitle: The multi-million-copy global phenomenon
description: THE RUNAWAY GLOBAL BESTSELLER 'Gripping, enthralling - a top-notch thriller and a compulsive read.' SJ Watson, bestselling author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. 'Jess and Jason', she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enough. Now everything's changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afar. Now they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train... ***PAULA HAWKINS' NEW ADDICTIVE THRILLER, THE BLUE HOUR IS AVAILABLE NOW***
categories:
- Fiction
authors:
- [[Paula Hawkins]]
published_on: 2015-01-15
publisher: Random House
pages: 418
isbn: 1448171687
cover: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=p2SOBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
local_cover: 50 Resources/51 Attachments/51.03 Public/The Girl on the Train (book).jpg
link: https://amzn.to/3EdsumF
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created: 2025-01-28T08:38
updated: 2026-04-01T14:43
public_note: true
rating: ★★★★★
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# The Girl on the Train (book)
- Author(s): [[Paula Hawkins]]
- Link: https://amzn.to/3EdsumF
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