Latest Books
IN HER SHADOW
The dead can’t talk…So how can 4 year old Olivia hear them?
THE RETREAT
A missing child. A desperate mother. A house full of secrets.
A MURDER OF MAGPIES
Lucy Newton is back in the thrilling sequel to The Magpies
About Mark Edwards
Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people. He is inspired by writers such as Stephen King, Ira Levin, Ruth Rendell and Linwood Barclay.Mark has sold over two million books since his first solo thriller, The Magpies, was published in 2013. His other novels are Because She Loves Me, Follow You Home, What You Wish For, The Devil’s Work, The Lucky Ones, The Retreat and In Her Shadow. He has also published A Murder of Magpies (a short sequel to The Magpies) and six books co-authored with Louise Voss. He has topped the UK bestseller list eight times.Originally from Hastings in East Sussex, Mark now lives in the West Midlands, England, with his wife, their three children, two cats and a golden retriever.
News
The wait is almost over – It’s the final Magpies book!
She's back...for the final time. I'm excited to reveal that the third, climactic part of The Magpies will be published on April 30th. It's called LAST OF THE MAGPIES and will feature the final showdown between Jamie, Kirsty and Lucy, as well as excerpts from Lucy's...
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The Magpies Sequel is Coming Soon!
Exciting news for anyone who enjoyed The Magpies - the sequel, A Murder of Magpies, will be published on 27 February 2018. Here's the blurb: Five years ago, Jamie Knight lost everything: his home, his wife, their unborn child. But at least the woman responsible, ‘dark...
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How My Trip From Hell Inspired Follow You Home
Like my previous novels, The Magpies and Because She Loves Me, Follow You Home was inspired by something that happened to me when I was younger, an experience that I took and turned into something much scarier in order to entertain my readers. When I was nineteen, my...
read moreMy Top Ten Mystery and Thriller Novels
I read a lot of novels, about two a week, and although I dip into other genres my favourite genre is the one I write in. I've read so many great thrillers and suspense novels over the last twenty years that choosing ten that I rank above the others was no easy task....
read moreThe Truth is Out There – The Story Behind What You Wish For
What You Wish For is a book about a group of people who believe in aliens. But it's not a book about aliens – or UFOs, or abductions, or little grey men – even though on the surface it's a thriller featuring a search for a missing woman who is convinced that she can...
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