A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! The tense new crime thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Girl on the Train . ''The best Paula Hawkins yet .'' LEE CHILD ''Undoubtedly Hawkins'' best novel yet .'' The Observer ''Paula''s very best book... and a bloody good read .'' LIZ NUGENT ''A twisty dark thriller , this is Paula Hawkins'' best book since The Girl on the Train .'' Red ''An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller . . . truly exceptional.'' LIZ MOORE ------------ WELCOME TO ERIS - A TIDAL ISLAND WITH ONLY ONE HOUSE, ONE INHABITANT, ONE WAY OUT. . . A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace. A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a human bone is uncovered in Vanessa''s artwork, far away in London, Grace receives an unexpected visitor. AND THE SECRETS OF ERIS THREATEN TO EMERGE. . . ''A gripping , ambitious , big-skied novel about women who refuse to surrender to the tide .'' ERIN KELLY ------------ Readers are OBSESSED with The Blue Hour ! '' This blew me away . I want to read it again IMMEDIATELY. It''s creepy, unsettling and tense. '' 5-STAR Reader Review ''I soaked up every bit of this book , savoured every word. I didn''t want it to end but when it did, it did so in chilling style. Brilliant!'' 5-STAR Reader Review ''Once again, Hawkins has produced an irresistible, gripping story that I was completely immersed in from page one.'' 5-STAR Reader Review ------------ More praise for The Blue Hour: ''A fine, insidious thriller .'' The Mail on Sunday ''A masterpiece ! Gorgeous and chilling.'' SHARI LAPENA ''Vivid, extremely tense , unnervingly unputdownable . This is a superb, powerful read .'' The Independent '' Extremely hard to put down.'' MICK HERRON ''Really, really, REALLY good. Highly recommended! '' MARIAN KEYES The Girl on the Train , global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024 Paula Hawkins, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024 ...

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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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Get ready to be totally gripped by the suspense-packed and atmospheric new 2025 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*
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 dangerous time to be alone . . .
INCLUDES A BONUS SHORT STORY FROM THE AUTHOR
Readers are OBSESSED with The Blue Hour**!
'I soaked up EVERY BIT of this book, savoured every word . . . Brilliant!' 5-STAR Reader Review
'An irresistible, GRIPPING story that I was completely immersed in from page one.' 5-STAR Reader Review
'Intensely dark, with a brilliant ending. I absolutely LOVED it!' 5-STAR READER REVIEW
'Gorgeous and chilling*.' SHARI LAPENA, bestselling author of She Didn't See it Coming*

'Unnervingly unputdownable.' Independent

'The best Paula Hawkins yet - by a tense and haunting mile' LEE CHILD, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series

'Extremely hard to put down' MICK HERRON, bestselling author of Slow Horses

'A twisty, dark thriller, this is Paula Hawkins' best book since The Girl on the Train' RED

'Unforgiving and irresistible' VAL McDERMID, bestselling author of the detective Karen Pirie series

'REALLY good. Highly recommended!' MARIAN KEYES, bestselling author of My Favourite Mistake

WINNER of Good Housekeeping UK's GH GOOD BOOKS Collection
The Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024
Paula Hawkins, Sunday Times bestseller, September 2025

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