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John Marrs

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John Marrs is the author of #1 bestsellers including The One, The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, The Family Experiment, The Marriage Act, The Passengers, What Lies Between Us, Keep It In The Family and The Stranger In Her House. His next book, You Killed Me First, is out in March 2025.
What Lies won the International Thriller Writers' Best Paperback of 2021 award.
The One is a million-copy seller and has been translated into 35 different languages. It was also a Number One Netflix series.
After working as a journalist for 25-years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time writer.
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John Marrs A light application of lipstick should be suffice. I think that I have just as many male readers, but they aren’t as prolific on social media.
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The One

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Keep It in the Family

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What Lies Between Us

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You Killed Me First

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The Good Samaritan

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When You Disappeared

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The Passengers

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The Family Experiment

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The Stranger in Her House

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Hi there, thank you for your kind words! I'm afraid I never really like to explain what happens after a book. When I finish writing it, my work is done. Now it's up to you to decide what happens next! You could well be right, who knows?!
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5 books are in the same universe but they don't have to be read in order. If you want to, they are the one, the passengers, the minders, the marriage act and the family experiment.
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“If you’ve got the opportunity to love someone as much as they love you, then grab it with both hands and hold on to it for dear life.”
John Marrs, The One

“Maybe when you took it back to the basics, that's what love really was: just being there for someone when the sun rises and sets.- Jade”
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“Maybe when you took it back to basics, that’s what love really was: just being there for someone when the sun rises and sets.”
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