The Blue Hour

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Get ready to be gripped by the dark, atmospheric and tense new thriller from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning.

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICKA GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER’A darkly atmospheric, engaging mystery – her best book since The Girl On The Train.’ Good Housekeeping (Book of the Year)’The best Paula Hawkins yet.’ LEE CHILD’A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling.’ SHARI LAPENA‘Paula’s very best book… and a bloody good read.’ LIZ NUGENT————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————More praise for The Blue Hour:’A twisty dark thriller, this is Paula Hawkins’ best book since The Girl on the Train.’ Red‘Undoubtedly Hawkins’ best novel yet.’ The Observer’A fine, insidious thriller.’ The Mail on Sunday’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’An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller. . . truly exceptional.’ LIZ MOORE’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 ReviewThe Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024Paula Hawkins, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024Paula Hawkins, New York Times bestseller, October 2024