New Reader's Guide

Detective Imogen Evans investigates the murder of a man who was found buried up to his neck on a beach. Meanwhile, baker Calvin has attracted the attention of a female stalker. The second book to feature The Lucky Ones’ Imogen Evans, though both can be read as standalones. 

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime but their nightmare is just beginning… Mark’s scariest book, in which a young couple are kicked off a train in Romania and see something terrifying in the woods. But what did they see? 

Meet the neighbours from hell in Mark’s solo debut novel. Jamie and Kirsty are looking forward to building a life together – unaware than someone close by wants to destroy everything they have.

Meet the in-laws from hell, in this dark tale about the chilling consequences of welcoming strangers into your home. This is Mark’s personal favourite among his books.

How far would you go to protect the one you love? When Matthew and Helena reunite he thinks he’s been given a second shot at happiness. But then Helena blurts out her terrible secret – and Matthew isn’t the only one who hears…

When Lucas goes to a writer’s retreat in rural Wales he’s hoping to be able to finish his book. Instead he becomes determined to discover what happened to the owner’s missing young daughter, in a town full of strange beliefs and superstitions.

A father and daughter visit a cabin resort in Maine – and soon discover there is something deeply disturbing going on in the woods. 

Ruth and Adam are spending the summer housesitting in Brooklyn. A young woman arrives in the middle of a storm, but is she who she claims to be?

When a woman’s body is found in the grounds of a ruined priory, Detective Imogen Evans realises she is dealing with a serial killer – one who wants to make his victims happy before killing them. The sequel to The Lucky Ones is The Darkest Water.

When Andrew Sumner meets beautiful, edgy Charlie, he is certain his run of bad luck has finally come to an end. But is Charlie really the girl of his dreams – or the woman of his nightmares?

For four years Jessica has never doubted that her sister Isabel’s death was an accident. But when Jessica’s young daughter seems to know long-forgotten details about her aunt’s past, Jessica can’t shake the feeling that there’s a more sinister truth behind the tragedy.

It was the job she had dreamed of since childhood. But on her very first day, when an unnerving encounter drags up memories Sophie Greenwood would rather forget, she wonders if she has made a mistake. A fatal mistake.

The first child was taken from her house. The second from his mother’s car.  The third from her own bedroom…nothing in this case is as it seems.

When the body of a teenage girl is found in a London hotel, detectives are mystified. Nobody saw her or her killer enter the hotel, and there is no apparent motive – until a second teenager is found.

Marie Walker has vanished from the face of the earth… Her besotted boyfriend, newspaper photographer Richard Thompson, vows to find her, convinced that Marie’s unusual beliefs hold the key.

When two boys accept a dare to spend a night in an abandoned asylum, they have no idea of the terror that awaits…

When Amy receives an email from her older sister, Becky, announcing that she’s off travelling and “don’t try to find me”, she is worried. Becky would never do such a thing on a whim.

Alex Parkinson is in love with his writing tutor, Siobhan. He has never loved anyone like this, but how can he convince Siobhan that they are meant to be together? When a love rival appears on the scene, Alex has to take drastic action, and he is about to discover that there is a thin line between love – and hate…

Twenty years ago, Kate Maddox was a volunteer at a research centre where scientists hunted for a cure for the common cold virus, but what really happened at the Cold Research Unit two decades ago? 

Two years on from uncovering a terrifying conspiracy of rogue scientists, all Kate Maddox wants is to lead a normal life, but when a bomb rips through a hotel killing many top scientists, it becomes clear someone will do anything to stop a cure being found for a devastating new strain of the virus.