Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for Number One Sunday Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, and screenwriter and YA author Cat Clarke. SELECTED FOR 2026 ONES TO WATCH: Daily Express , Daily Mirror , Radio Times , BBC News Online, Stylist , Scotland on Sunday , The Herald Scotland , My Weekly , The Scotsman , Muddy Stilettos Berkshire ''A cracking read'' Val McDermid ''Smart, original and completely addictive'' Karin Slaughter '' And Then There Were None meets Yellowface '' Kate Mosse * * * * It''s the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending. Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending. * * * * World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won''t write itself. When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch''s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, the plot thickens: whoever writes a worthy ending will receive a game-changing book deal and two million dollars. Why have they been chosen to attend? Who is behind the invitation? And just how far would they go to secure a place on the bestseller list? They have just seventy-two hours, a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write... Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder. * * * * ''Hugely entertaining and thrilling'' B A Paris ''Full of twists and turns ... A must-read for any mystery fan!'' G.T. Karber ''Fiendishly clever and compulsively readable... An absolute must read'' Ellery Lloyd ''Funny, razor sharp and scarily relatable'' Sarah Crossan ''A wonderfully twisty mystery that plays with all the tropes we know so well. An absolute delight to read!'' Phoenicia Rogerson ...

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It was a dark and stormy night (well, it was actually an unusually warm evening in Edinburgh, Scotland) when Number One Sunday Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, known for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, proposed an absurd idea to longtime friend and screenwriter Cat Clarke: that they should write a book together. Victoria had made quite a name for herself, but had sworn she'd never co-write a novel.

While Cat, following a tumultuous career as an editor and the author of several YA novels, including Girlhoodand Entangled, had fled the publishing industry to work in the even more tumultuous film industry, swearing she'd never return to books.

And yet, fate - and an irresistible idea - made liars of them both.

That night, Evelyn Clarke was born.

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller!'My favourite book I've read this year' Reader review

'It's great fun! A new spin on a classic mystery with plenty of humour' Reader review

'An absolute cracker of a book' Reader review

'This book had me squealing so much! I honestly could not put it down' Reader review

'I kept fighting the urge to speed through because I was having so much fun!' Reader review

It's the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending.

Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending.

World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won't write itself.

When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch's private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, the plot thickens: whoever writes a worthy ending will receive a game-changing book deal and two million dollars.

Why have they been chosen to attend? Who is behind the invitation? And just how far would they go to secure a place on the bestseller list?

They have just seventy-two hours, a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write...

Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder.

Perfect if you love:

Murder/locked-room mysteries

Killer DEADlines

Amateur Sleuths

Deadly Competitions

Forced Proximity

Plot to Die For

Praise for THE ENDING WRITES ITSELF:

'In the running for the best mystery of 2026' STEPHEN KING

'A cracking read' VAL MCDERMID

'Smart, original and completely addictive' KARIN SLAUGHTER

'There were so many things I loved about this intelligent crime novel' REDMAGAZINE

'Slick, sharp and wickedly fun' LUCY CLARKE