Blue Hour, The

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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.

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'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

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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

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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 Review

The Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024
Paula Hawkins, Sunday Times bestseller, October 2024
Paula Hawkins, New York Times bestseller, October 2024

Review: Paula's very best book. An utterly compelling exploration of loneliness, obsession and jealousy, and a bloody good read. Could not put it down. * LIZ NUGENT *
Paula Hawkins has more in common with Patricia Highsmith than just her initials . . . The Blue Hour is her finest work yet. * JOHN BOYNE *
An addictive, exhilarating book. * DONAL RYAN *
A tensely atmospheric and layered exploration of artistic drive and devotion; loyalty and betrayal; class, money and revenge . . . I loved it. * CHARLOTTE WOOD *
Incredible storytelling combined with complex characters whose true natures will keep you guessing. * Heat *
An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller with a deliciously inventive premise. I love a locked-room mystery - or, in this case, a locked-island mystery - and Paula Hawkins has delivered a truly exceptional one. * LIZ MOORE *
Set on a remote but beautiful Scottish island, the novel has much to say about creativity and relationships. * Literary Review *
I LOVED this art-world-set thriller with its stately-home Saltburn vibe. . . Hawkins weaves a skilful tale about class and privilege and keeps up the tension until the end. * The Daily Mail *

Author Biography:

PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before writing her first novel. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, she moved to London in 1989. Her first thriller The Girl on the Train became a global phenomenon, selling over 23 million copies. Published in over fifty languages, it was a No.1 bestseller around the world and a box-office-hit film starring Emily Blunt.

Paula's most recent thrillers, Into the Water and A Slow Fire Burning, were also instant No.1 bestsellers. In 2021 A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards.