'What an addictive, exhilarating book, so beautifully composed and brilliantly conceived.' DONAL RYAN 'A tensely atmospheric and layered exploration of artistic drive and devotion' CHARLOTTE WOOD *** The masterful new thriller from the global No.1 bestseller and one of our most powerful psychological storytellers. Eris, an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once home to Vanessa. A famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago. Now home to Grace. A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation. But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, a visitor comes calling. And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . . *** 'The Blue Hour swept me along on a tide as unforgiving and irresistible as the one around the island of Eris' VAL MCDERMID 'The best Paula Hawkins yet.' LEE CHILD
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins (born August 26, 1972) is a British author best known for her bestselling psychological thriller The Girl on the Train. Born and raised in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), Hawkins moved to London in 1989 to study at the University of Oxford, where she earned a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics. Before becoming a novelist, she worked as a journalist and financial writer. Hawkins achieved global fame with The Girl on the Train (2015), a gripping tale of obsession and deceit, which was later adapted into a major film. Her subsequent novels, including Into the Water (2017) and A Slow Fire Burning (2021), cemented her reputation as a master of suspense. Her works have been translated into dozens of languages, captivating readers worldwide.
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