A killer call. A murder close to home. A case only DCI Matilda Darke and her team can solve.
No one wants to be the first one to die…
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‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths
‘A master of horror and suspense’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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From the No.1 bestselling author of The Perfect Couple and The Vanishing of Class 3B comes an addictive thriller for 2026! Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Freida McFadden!
‘If you like your thrillers with a side of pitch-black humor and a plot that moves like a freight train, you need this’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘An Unforgettable, Five-Star Thrill Ride! Wow!!! Five stars from me! This novel completely blew me away’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘A deliciously dark, twisty turny thriller with characters who leap off the page’ John Marrs
‘Will keep you up at night… I can’t get enough’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Wow. Michael Wood has done it again… I definitely felt my heart rate increase’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Michael Wood is the master of the dark, psychological thriller’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
‘Real Stephen King vibes. Tense, unsettling and a surefire winner’ Trevor Wood
‘An intense one-sitting read full of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until the end’ Angela Marsons
‘A mess-with-your-mind, spine-tingling thriller with an unguessable twist. Wood is quite simply a genius’ A.A. Chaudhuri
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‘Once again, Michael Wood, the master of horror and suspense, has written a book that put me through the wringer with its taut, horrifying, dark and devious storyline.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
From the dark mind behind the DCI Matilda Darke series, comes the next novel in a gripping new series.
‘Matilda Darke is the perfect heroine’ Elly Griffiths
‘The Split meets Apple Tree Yard. Sharp, clever and wildly addictive… the ultimate summer page-turner’ Sunday Times bestseller B P Walter
‘The best kind of up-all-night page-turner… stylish, feisty, thrilling – you’ll want to be on the Inside track’ Amy McCulloch
‘An engrossing read that kept me guessing throughout’ Patricia Gibney
‘Breathtaking… Had me guessing until the very end… Utterly compelling’ Rachel Lynch
‘Razor-sharp thriller-writing… a gripping and emotional story that built to a shocking ending’ B P Walter
‘I was hooked from the first page… mind-blowing and gripping. I am eagerly awaiting the next instalment’ Angela Marsons
‘Chilling, unnerving [and] pacey’ John Marrs
‘Dark, sleek and dangerous… ferociously intelligent. If you aren’t reading B P Walter yet, now’s the time’ A. J. Finn
‘The Talented Mr Ripley meets The White Lotus. Unpredictable, whip smart, utterly absorbing. I ADORED that ending!’ John Marrs
‘Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page thriller’ Will Carver
‘Tense, twisty, emotional and gripping. Will definitely be reading more from Matilda Darke and this gets a huge 5 stars from me!’ Angela Marsons
‘Matilda Darke is an excellent character’ BA Paris
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‘One of the deadliest female assassins I’ve ever encountered in fiction’ Brendan DuBois, New York Times-bestselling author of The End with James Patterson
