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B.A. Paris's Behind Closed Doors (2016) is a complete standalone novel. There is no sequel. The novel follows Grace and Jack Angel — a couple who appear to have a perfect marriage — and the secret that Grace is keeping from the world. The novel alternates between the present day, in which Grace is complicit in keeping the secret, and the recent past, in which readers learn how the secret came to be. Behind Closed Doors is one of the most-recommended entries in domestic psychological thriller since Gone Girl.
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B.A. Paris·2016·Standalone — Grace and Jack Angel appear to have the perfect marriage; what Jack has done to ensure their perfect image remains hidden drives the novel; a domestic thriller with a suffocating pace
Behind Closed Doors — Frequently Asked Questions
Is Behind Closed Doors a standalone?
Yes — Behind Closed Doors is a complete standalone novel. B.A. Paris has written other thrillers (The Breakdown, Bring Me Back, The Dilemma, The Therapist, The Prisoner), but they are entirely independent of each other.
Is Behind Closed Doors similar to Gone Girl?
Both are domestic psychological thrillers that take place within marriages that hide terrible secrets. The tone is different — Behind Closed Doors is more straightforward in its villainy (there's less narrative unreliability than in Gone Girl), and the suspense comes more from accumulating dread than from structural misdirection. Readers who loved Gone Girl often find Behind Closed Doors satisfying as a more stripped-back version of the same genre.
What is the dark secret in Behind Closed Doors?
Without giving the full plot away: the secret concerns the nature of Jack's control over Grace and the relationship's real character beneath its perfect surface. The novel reveals the nature of that control early enough that the suspense is more about whether Grace will escape than about what is being hidden.
Is Behind Closed Doors appropriate for sensitive readers?
Behind Closed Doors depicts psychological abuse and coercive control within a marriage. The abuse is central to the plot rather than peripheral. Content notes: coercive control, psychological abuse, depiction of a character with an intellectual disability in a thriller context.
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