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  • Published: 8 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529938074
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $38.00

The Blue Hour

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8 Oct 2024
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8 Nov 2024
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8 Oct 2024
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8 Oct 2024
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The powerful new thriller from the No.1 bestselling author, Paula Hawkins

' A bloody good read.' LIZ NUGENT

'‘A gripping, ambitious, big-skied novel about women who refuse to surrender to the tide.’ ERIN KELLY

THE CHILLING AND ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

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WELCOME TO ERIS - A SCOTTISH 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 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, Grace receives an unexpected visitor.

And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . .

'Extremely hard to put down.' MICK HERRON

'A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling.' SHARI LAPENA

'Highly recommended!' MARIAN KEYES

EXCLUSIVE EDITION WITH SPECIAL FOILED BOARD DESIGN **AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**

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Praise for THE BLUE HOUR:

'The best Paula Hawkins yet.' LEE CHILD

‘The Blue Hour swept me along on a tide as unforgiving and irresistible as the one around the island of Eris.’ VAL McDERMID

'Beautifully written, intriguing . . . a real page-turner.’ BELINDA BAUER

'Atmospheric and marvellously twisty.' DANYA KUKAFKA

The Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024
  • Published: 8 October 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529938074
  • Imprint: Doubleday
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 336
  • RRP: $38.00
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About the author

Paula Hawkins

PAULA HAWKINS worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. Born and brought up in Zimbabwe, Paula moved to London in 1989 and has lived there ever since. Her first thriller, The Girl on the Train, has been a global phenomenon, selling almost 20 million copies worldwide. Published in over forty languages, it has been a No.1 bestseller around the world and was a No.1 box office hit film starring Emily Blunt.
Into the Water, her second stand-alone thriller, has also been a global No.1 bestseller.

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Praise for The Blue Hour

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

Paula Hawkins has more in common with Patricia Highsmith than just her initials . . . The Blue Hour is her finest work yet.

JOHN BOYNE

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

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

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

Incredible storytelling combined with complex characters whose true natures will keep you guessing.

Heat

Set on a remote but beautiful Scottish island, the novel has much to say about creativity and relationships.

Literary Review