PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. She is the author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water. An international #1 bestseller, The Girl On the Train was published in 50 countries and over 40 languages. It has sold over 18 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a major motion picture. Hawkins was born in Zimbabwe and now lives in London.
The Echoes (2024) Evie Wyld "I've loved all of Evie Wyld's novels, but I think this may be my favourite. Like all the best ghost stories, The Echoes is also a love story. It's funny and moving and has such intelligent things to say about family, about shared histories and grief and the ways people find to heal themselves."
The God of the Woods (2024) Liz Moore "A rare gem, an immersive and enthralling literary thriller: a novel about love in the aftermath of tragedy, and about families of the very best - and the worst - kind."
The Lions' Den (2024) Iris Mwanza "A vibrant and pacey legal thriller with a big-hearted heroine you'll be rooting for from the very first page."
Knife River (2024) Justine Champine "Knife River is an intelligent literary mystery with a rich sense of place and a clever plot; but it is Champine's keenly-observed depiction of the aftermath of tragedy and the corrosive impact of loss that sets this novel apart."
The Secret Hours (2023) Mick Herron "I doubt I'll read a more enjoyable novel all year. The Secret Hours has it all: thrilling action scenes, crackling dialogue, characters to infuriate and beguile, and a neatly intricate plot. And through it all cuts Herron's acerbic wit, its effect heightened by the glimpses he allows us, from time to time, from his world to ours."
Those We Thought We Knew (2023) David Joy "In every line of this outstanding novel, you feel David Joy's deep connection to the mountains he comes from and the people who live there. With his faultless ear for dialogue and exceptional sense of place, he has crafted a beautiful literary crime thriller about belonging and betrayal in rural America."
The List (2023) Yomi Adegoke "Intelligent, funny, topical, and impossible to put down."
My Murder (2023) Katie Williams "Startling and original, My Murder is a gripping speculative twist on the crime novel."
Everyone is Still Alive (2021) Cathy Rentzenbrink "Sharply observed and utterly compelling, Everyone Is Still Alive had me cackling on one page and crying the next; Cathy Rentzenbrink's warmth and wisdom are evident in every line."
The Mad Women's Ball (2021) Victoria Mas "In this darkly delightful Gothic treasure, Mas explores grief, trauma, and sisterhood behind the walls of Paris's infamous Salpêtrière hospital."
Anna Bailey "Anna Bailey's debut is irresistible, a compelling and nuanced psychological thriller suffused with small town prejudice and dark family secrets."
Lean Fall Stand (2021) Jon McGregor "Utterly original. Jaw-dropping. Lean Fall Stand is the sort of book you’ll think about for ages."
The Weekend (2020) Charlotte Wood "Friendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: it's all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking and gorgeously-written package. I loved it."
Cape May (2019) Chip Cheek "What a treat. Glamorous and nostalgic and very sexy, Cape May is a novel about marriage, lust, shabby seaside towns and lots of gin. Brilliantly unsettling - one of those books that stays with you."
A Double Life (2018) Flynn Berry "A Double Life is a thrilling page-turner, but it is also a compassionate and angry book: with forensic precision, Berry picks apart lives derailed by violence and the ways in which class privilege protects the guilty."
Safe (2017) Ryan Gattis "A thrilling heist novel with a big beating heart."
See What I Have Done (2017) Sarah Schmidt "Eerie and compelling, Sarah Schmidt breathes such life into the terrible, twisted tale of Lizzie Borden and her family, she makes it impossible to look away."
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