We are hugely grateful to our wonderful American publishers for their clarity, patience and support, especially Emily Krump, Julia Elliott, Christina Joell and the eagle-eyed Katie Shepherd and Stephanie Vallejo.
At Simon & Schuster: Jo Dickinson read the book just before heading off to fresh woods and pastures new and then handed it over to Suzanne Baboneau. We know how lucky we are to have (or have had) both of them—for their intelligence, sensitivity and ability to spell words like “acknowledgments.”
Thanks to Hayley McMullan for her passion and imagination. Thanks to Jess Barratt for indomitably and cheerfully accompanying us down some very mean streets around the United Kingdom.
And thanks to Ian Chapman for benignly watching over us.
About the Author
NICCI FRENCH is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense, including the internationally bestselling Frieda Klein series, have sold more than eight million copies around the world.
Discover great authors, exclusive offers, and more at hc.com.
Praise for Nicci French
“Razor-sharp writing by French expertly amps the tension.”
—People
“Genuine chills and page-turning suspense.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Fabulous, unsettling, and riveting.”
—Louise Penny
“Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within.”
—New York Times Book Review
“Nicci French has become synonymous with suspense.”
—New York Daily News
“Complex . . . intriguing . . . truly unique.”
—Tami Hoag
“Psychological suspense at its brightest and most blazing.”
—A. J. Finn
“[If you] are drawn to excellent psychological suspense . . . this is a book for your ‘must list.’”
—Popular Culture Association
“Unforgettable. Psychological dynamite.”
—Alan Bradley
Also by Nicci French
FRIEDA KLEIN NOVELS
Blue Monday
Tuesday’s Gone
Waiting for Wednesday
Thursday’s Children
Friday on My Mind
Dark Saturday
Sunday Silence
Day of the Dead
OTHER NOVELS BY NICCI FRENCH
The Memory Game
The Safe House
Killing Me Softly
Beneath the Skin
The Red Room
Land of the Living
Secret Smile
Catch Me When I Fall
Losing You
Until It’s Over
The Other Side of the Door
What to Do When Someone Dies
The Lying Room
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
HOUSE OF CORRECTION. Copyright © 2020 by Nicci French. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Published as House of Correction in the United Kingdom in 2020 by Simon & Schuster.
FIRST U.S. EDITION
COVER DESIGN BY YEON KIM
COVER PHOTOGRAPHS © SARAH KATHLEEN/OFFSET.COM (SHED); © R.TSUBIN/GETTY IMAGES (RAIN)
Digital Edition OCTOBER 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-302136-5
Version 08212020
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-302135-8
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
www.harpercollins.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Bay Adelaide Centre, East Tower
22 Adelaide Street West, 41st Floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5H 4E3
www.harpercollins.ca
India
HarperCollins India
A 75, Sector 57
Noida
Uttar Pradesh 201 301
www.harpercollins.co.in
New Zealand
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Unit D1, 63 Apollo Drive
Rosedale 0632
Auckland, New Zealand
www.harpercollins.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF, UK
www.harpercollins.co.uk
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
195 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
www.harpercollins.com
