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Jo Callaghan



Jo Callaghan works fulltime as a senior strategist, where she has carried out research into the future impact of AI and genomics on the workforce.
She was a student of the Writers’ Academy Course (Penguin Random House), was long listed for the Myslexia Novel Writing Competition and Bath Novel Competition. After losing her husband to cancer in 2019 when she was just forty-nine, she started writing IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, her debut crime novel, which explores learning to live with loss and what it means to be human. She lives with her two children in the midlands, where she spends far too much time tweeting as @JoCallaghanKat and is currently writing the second novel in the series.   

 

Awards: Theakston (2024), CWA (2024)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
April 2025

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Human Remains
 
Series
Kat and Lock
   1. In the Blink of an Eye (2023)
   2. Leave No Trace (2024)
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Novels
   Human Remains (2025)
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Awards
2024 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year : In the Blink of an Eye
2024 John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger : In the Blink of an Eye

Award nominations
2025 Barry Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : In the Blink of an Eye
2024 CrimeFest: Specsavers Debut Crime Novel Award (nominee) : In the Blink of an Eye


Jo Callaghan recommends
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The Midnight King (2025)
Tariq Ashkanani
"A twisty and twisted thriller that will worm its way into your mind."
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So Thrilled For You (2025)
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"A hilarious, dark, raw and honest expose of early motherhood and friendship by Holly Bourne - her first adult thriller and it is a corker!"
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Notes on a Drowning (2025)
Anna Sharpe
"A whip-smart thriller, and I adored Alex... Both gripping and compassionate, I really hope this is a series, and it would be perfect for TV."

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