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FREE box set of short stories
Join the Readers Club to download a FREE box set of four thrilling stories, plus all the latest news, book releases, special offers and giveaways – and a special Reading Group Guide to The Wasp Trap, containing discussion points, playlists, a menu so you can plan your own Wasp Trap dinner party and a fun ‘which character are you?’ quiz so you can find out if you’re the psychopath.
Includes three short, sharp shockers:
Consenting Adults
Private investigator Edward Rooney is hired to find a missing young woman… and uncovers a shocking secret.
Guardian Angel
Laura loves reading the Missed Connections messages in her local paper. Until one of the messages is aimed at her…
Kissing Games
Two schoolboys dare each other to spend a night in an abandoned psychiatric hospital, unaware that one of the former inmates is back – and that she likes young boys…
Plus, special bonus story:
Wish You Dead
What’s the worst thing you can do when your heart’s been broken? Find out in this tribute to The Monkey’s Paw.
Anyone who knows me knows that I am slightly obsessed with Lana Del Rey. Best singer-songwriter of the 21st century. The first pics here were taken at Anfield last summer, and the third features one of my many Lana T-shirts, taken after my team won the Harrogate quiz in 2025. That Anfield gig is mentioned in One of the Family, but there’s a much bigger Lana reference in this book. The mother is called Elizabeth Grant - which is Lana’s real name - and the family are referred to numerous times as ‘The Grants’ - the opening track on her most recent album.
I’m not doing this because I hope that one day she might read this book… but it would be the best thing that ever happened to me if she did 😂
Live near Bath? Come and see me and Tim Sullivan having a chat at Bath Waterstones next Friday. Still some tickets left - just use the link in my bio or Google ‘mark edwards bath waterstones’. Laughs guaranteed! Also, his new book, The Tailor is fantastic.
Got skeletons in your closet? You’ll never guess all the dark secrets in this book…
One of the Family is out today in Canada, plus of course it’s already out in the UK. (US on Aug 4.)
Holly seems like the perfect girlfriend. Clever, funny, beautiful – Patrick feels like he’s hit the jackpot.
Until he meets her family.
Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend. Her sister is unwelcoming. Her brother is clearly lying about something. And Patrick gets the sense all of them share a dark secret – even Holly.
When he finds out about the body that was found nearby on their last family holiday, Patrick sets out to find the truth.
But as skeletons tumble out of the family’s closet, Patrick realises he needs to be careful. Because in this family, loyalty is everything – and at least one of them is willing to kill to keep their secrets…
Sherlock is 3 today! We took him for a sausage and a puppacino and he wolfed them down. The cafe staff even put a candle in his sausage! Happy birthday to my faithful and very clingy companion.
My sister and I took my dad for a day out in London to celebrate his 80th birthday. Spectacular views from the Shard, great food at Borough Market, spotted Lily Allen (who I saw live last week) at the National Portrait Gallery, then in the evening saw Adam Buxton (very funny) with one of my BFFs, fellow author Caroline Green. Back home today… hopefully Sherlock hasn’t been pining too much!
A fun visit to Hastings to see family. Popped into Waterstones to sign some books. Bumped into fellow crime writer and Lana stan Chris Bridges. Tried to do that heart thing all the kids do. Took a ride in my new motor (not actually mine, sadly). Hit No.1 in crime fiction with Psychopath Next Door!
Another book finished! All will be revealed soon… but in the meantime, have you got your copy of One of the Family?
Best friends. Had to share this simply because I love it so much! Dottie and Sherlock, my constant companions.
My local paper, Wolverhampton’s Express & Star, has always been incredibly supportive, featuring almost every new book release over the past decade. I’m in there again today, talking about One of the Family. There are some signed copies at Wolverhampton Waterstones, who have also been really good to me, and where the photo was taken. A big thank you to both of them.
Thank you to all the people who braved the heat to come and see me and KL Slater at the pleasingly air-conditioned Nottingham Waterstones last night. Lovely to see so many familiar faces and meet some new readers, and Kim and I had a very fun chat with lots of laughs. The journey to and from Nottingham, on displeasingly un-air-conditioned trains was less funny but luckily I had some chilling psychological thrillers with me to cool me down!
Tickets on sale now for my Bath, Edinburgh and rescheduled Oswestry events. Go to markedwardsauthor.com/events for all the details!
The bookish solution to staying cool in a heatwave…
I finally got to see Obsession and absolutely loved it. Best film of 2026 so far by a mile. Great idea and really clever and surprising execution. Genuinely scary in places with a couple of bits that made me jolt in my seat. The only bit I didn’t like was the dead cat! Have you seen it?
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