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Sophie Hannah

(b.1971)

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34 languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016, Sophie published The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket, the first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which were national and international bestsellers. Sophie's novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, two children and dog.

Awards: CWA (2023) see all

Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Horror

New and upcoming books

June 2025

No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done

January 2026

The Opposite of Murder

Series

Culver Valley Crime
   1. Little Face (2006)
   2. Hurting Distance (2007)
   3. The Point of Rescue (2008)
   4. The Other Half Lives (2009)
   5. A Room Swept White (2010)
   6. Lasting Damage (2011)
   7. Kind of Cruel (2012)
   8. The Carrier (2013)
   8.5. Pictures or it Didn't Happen (2015)
   9. The Telling Error (2014)
   10. The Narrow Bed (2016)
   11. The Couple at the Table (2022)

Hercule Poirot Mystery
continued from the original series by Agatha Christie
   1. The Monogram Murders (2014)
   2. Closed Casket (2016)
   3. The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)
   4. The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020)
   5. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (2023)

Novels

   Gripless (1999)
   Leaving and Leaving You (1999)
   Cordial and Corrosive (2000)
   The Superpower of Love (2001)
   The Orphan Choir (2013)
   A Game for All the Family (2015)
   Did You See Melody? (2017)
     aka Keep Her Safe
   Perfect Little Children (2019)
     aka Haven't They Grown
   The Understudy (2019) (with others)
   No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done (2025)
   The Opposite of Murder (2026)

Collections

   Second Helping of Your Heart (poems) (1994)
   The Hero and the Girl Next Door (poems) (1995)
   Hotels Like Houses (poems) (1996)
   Love Me Slender (poems) (2000)
   First of the Last Chances (poems) (2003)
   Leeds Stories 2 (2005) (with others)
   Selected Poems (poems) (2006)
   Pessimism for Beginners (poems) (2007)
   The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets (2008)
   Bonne Route (2010) (with others)
   Ideas Above Our Station (2010) (with others)
   Something Untoward: (2012)
   The Poetry of Sex (poems) (2014)
   Marrying the Ugly Millionaire (poems) (2015)
   The Visitors Book (2015)

Novellas and Short Stories

The Octopus Nest (2014)
Only Joseph (2018)

Anthologies edited

Thirteen Poems of Revenge (2012)
Deadlier (2017)

Series contributed to

Quick Reads 2015
Pictures or it Didn't Happen (2015)
aka The Warning

Afraid of the light
2. Afraid of The Christmas Lights (2020) (with others)

Picture Books show

Non fiction show

Books containing stories by Sophie Hannah

Everyday Kindness (2021)
edited by
LJ Ross

I Am Heathcliff (2018)
Stories Inspired by Wuthering Heights
edited by
Kate Mosse

Ten Year Stretch (2018)
Celebrating a Decade of Crime Fiction and CrimeFest
edited by
Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller

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Awards

2023 CWA Dagger in the Library

Award nominations

	2015 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : The Telling Error
	2013 Barry Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Lasting Damage
	2011 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : A Room Swept White
	2011 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award (nominee) : A Room Swept White
	2011 Barry Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : The Other Half Lives
	2008 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Hurting Distance
	2007 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year (shortlist) : Little Face

Sophie Hannah recommends

Estella's Revenge (2024)
Barbara Havelocke
"The genius concept behind this book is so irresistible, it makes the novel feel like magic - Charles Dickens's spirit would be definitely securing his copy now!"

A Lesson in Cruelty (2024)
Harriet Tyce
"A juicy, sophisticated, layered and intelligent read for the crime fiction connoisseur. Harriet's best so far."

The Trials of Lila Dalton (2024)
L J Shepherd
"I found this book unputdownable from the first page. As the mystery deepens, readers will be on the edge of their seats, desperate to know what happens next."

Nightwatching (2024)
Tracy Sierra
"Breathtakingly superb on every level. A proper tour de force that delivers the highest possible grip factor from first word to last, and a more satisfying resolution than I dared to hope for."

The Fury (2024)
Alex Michaelides
"Audacious, twisty, compelling, and full of the joyous verve that one only finds in the very best storytelling, this is the best novel yet from Alex Michaelides."

The Busy Body (2024)
(Ghostwriter Mystery , book 1)
Kemper Donovan
"A gripping and highly entertaining mystery, with ingenuity and flair aplenty, and a wonderful detective character that readers will be dying to meet again."

The Messenger (2023)
Megan Davis
"An intelligent, gripping, and stylish literary thriller - I couldn't put it down. Megan Davis is a major new talent."

The Island of Lost Girls (2022)
Alex Marwood
"Gripping, timely and beautifully written. Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally. The result is irresistible."

The Daughter (2022)
Liz Webb
"Compelling, beautifully written...a must read."

Don't Speak (2021)
A J Park
"A J Park is a master of suspense."

Look Twice (2021)
(Ingrid Skyberg, book 8)
Eva Hudson
"I was immediately struck by the plotting savvy and grip-factor of Eva Hudson's writing-she is a natural storyteller."

A Mother Never Lies (2021)
Sarah Clarke
"Brilliantly tense, with an unexpectedly dark heart – a totally compelling read."

Sixteen Horses (2021)
Greg Buchanan
"Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting. I won't forget this novel."

The Dinner Guest (2021)
B P Walter
"Stayed up till past 2am to finish this! Well done, B P Walter – immensely gripping!"

Girl A (2021)
Abigail Dean
"Gripping, beautifully written perfection."

The Appeal (2021)
(Fairway Players, book 1)
Janice Hallett
"Very gripping. I loved the ambitious and unusual approach."

The Moment Before Impact (2020)
Alison Bruce
"Unpredictable, challenging and compelling."

The Treehouse (2020)
(Tarnside Trilogy, book 3)
Zosia Wand
"Intricate, intriguing, beautifully written and highly addictive."

Moonflower Murders (2020)
(Magpie Murders, book 2)
Anthony Horowitz
"There is no mystery writer whose puzzles make me think, 'Ooh, I can't wait!' more than Anthony Horowitz. He is a master of the cunning plot device, and brings zest and originality to the traditional murder mystery novel."

Our Little Cruelties (2020)
Liz Nugent
"A stunningly talented writer."

Hope Close (2020)
Tina Seskis
"One of the world’s leading experts at pulling the wool over readers’ eyes until the very end."

The Holdout (2020)
Graham Moore
"The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade."

The Lying Room (2019)
Nicci French
"It’s Nicci French perfection – which, as we all know, is the best kind of perfection. So, so gripping and brilliantly clued."

The Flower Girls (2019)
Alice Clark-Platts
"Tense, intriguing and memorable. I couldn't put it down."

The Hunting Party (2018)
Lucy Foley
"Very gripping and so good on the awfulness of some long-history friendships."

Snap (2018)
Belinda Bauer
"'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable."

Bring Me Back (2018)
B A Paris
"An addictive new voice in suspense fiction."

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018)
Stuart Turton
"This book blew my mind. It is utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards."

Hell Bay (2018)
(Isles of Scilly Mysteries, book 1)
Kate Rhodes
"A vividly realised protagonist whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline."

Look for Her (2017)
(Keene and Frohmann, book 4)
Emily Winslow
"Emily Winslow's writing is uniquely perceptive and penetrating...She is a precise and expert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche."

White Bodies (2017)
Jane Robins
"Immensely gripping."

The Man Who Didn't Call (2017)
Rosie Walsh
"Stayed up till 2am to finish it last night! Loved it . . ."

Let the Dead Speak (2017)
(Maeve Kerrigan, book 7)
Jane Casey
"Compulsive."

Ragdoll (2017)
(Ragdoll, book 1)
Daniel Cole
"A high concept solution to a mystery."

Her Husband's Lover (2017)
Julia Crouch
"Brilliant, truly chilling."

Stay Gone (2016)
Holly Brown
"Holly Brown's novel are irresistibly readable..."

Never Alone (2016)
Elizabeth Haynes
"Haynes is the most exciting thing to happen to crime fiction in a long time."

The Swimming Pool (2016)
Louise Candlish
"Totally gripping and truly awesome."

Truly Madly Guilty (2016)
Liane Moriarty
"A staggeringly brilliant novel. It is literally unputdownable."

The Good Neighbor (2015)
A J Banner
"I loved it! Gripped from start to finish."

Black-Eyed Susans (2015)
Julia Heaberlin
"My book of the year so far. Breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly brilliant."

Things We Have in Common (2015)
Tasha Kavanagh
"A striking and highly enjoyable debut."

The Widow's Confession (2015)
(Widow's Confession)
Sophia Tobin
"A dense, intricate historical thriller in the tradition of Hilary Mantel."

The Kind Worth Killing (2015)
(Henry Kimball, book 1)
Peter Swanson
"Gripping, elegantly and stylishly written, and extremely hard to put down!"

The Ice Twins (2015)
S K Tremayne
"Unbearably gripping and suspenseful."

You (2014)
(Joe Goldberg , book 1)
Caroline Kepnes
"YOU is superb. So funny, apart from anything else, and properly clever. It is: different, hot."

The Intruder (2014)
P S Hogan
"I loved it - gripping, sinister, original and brilliant."

Heart-Shaped Bruise (2012)
Tanya Byrne
"Intriguing and compelling."

Before I Go To Sleep (2011)
S J Watson
"So high-concept, so ambitious and so structurally brilliant. It's so rare to read a thriller that's perfect in every detail, but this one definitely qualifies!"

Chosen (2010)
Lesley Glaister
"A stunning take on religious cults with a great psychological thriller."

Twisted Wing (2009)
Ruth Newman
"...scary, tantalisingly unpredictable and very, very hard to put down."

I Don't Know How She Does It (2002)
(Kate Reddy, book 1)
Allison Pearson
"Funny, heart-breaking, wise and delightful."

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