Get ready to be totally gripped by the suspense-packed and atmospheric new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train.
*****'Blew me away. I want to read it again IMMEDIATELY. ' 5-STAR Reader Review*****
*****Longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year*****
For twelve hours each day, the Scottish island of Eris is cut off from the mainland. No way in. No way out.
The island's only house is home to Grace - content in her own isolation, guarding the island's past. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery in London, Grace receives an unexpected visitor. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge.
Suddenly, this is a very...
PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before writing her first novel. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, she moved to London in 1989. Her first thriller The Girl on the Train became a global phenomenon, selling over 23 million copies. Published in over fifty languages, it was a No.1 bestseller around the world and a box-office-hit film starring Emily Blunt.
Paula’s subsequent thrillers have all been instant Sunday Times bestsellers. In 2021 A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards, and in 2025 The Blue Hour was voted the Good Housekeeping Good Books winner.
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