Mel McGrath is an Essex girl, the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling family memoir Silvertown. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mil on Sunday award for Best Writer Under 35 for her first book, Motel Nirvana. She has published three Arctic mysteries featuring the Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk under the name MJ McGrath, the first of which, The Boy in the Snow, was shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.In the last year she has been one of the founders and moving lights of the website Killer Women, which has rapidly established itself as one of the key forums for crime writing in the UK.

‘Meticulously plotted and UTTERLY chilling – everything you want from a contemporary thriller’ Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ‘A clever and compelling storyline, with complex characters you really care about. Two Wrongs is the perfect read’ B A Paris‘Clever, compassionate and completely compelling’ Erin Kelly, Sunday Times bestselling author‘An absolutely gripping and thought-provoking read. I loved it’ Roz Watkins, author of Cut to the Bone‘Mel McGrath tackles hard-hitting issues in a thought-provoking way. Her novels are an interesting crossover between page-turning thrillers and a book-club novel ripe for discussion’ Adele Parks, Platinum, Book of the Month‘Very raw and powerful, it’s a timely addition to the academic noir genre, as #MeToo finally starts to catch up with universities in a long-awaited reckoning. Highly recommended’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange ‘Mel McGrath skilfully controls the drip-feed of information in a complex and painfully topical mystery’Times Crime Club ‘Powerful and timely’Crime Monthly ‘Mums everywhere will be gripped’Sunday Post ‘Psychological detail and deft plotting effortlessly carry McGrath’s novel’ Financial Times ‘The ending packs a punch’Daily Record

Mel McGrath is an Essex girl, the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling family memoir Silvertown. She won the John Llewellyn-Rhys/Mil on Sunday award for Best Writer Under 35 for her first book, Motel Nirvana. She has published three Arctic mysteries featuring the Inuit detective Edie Kiglatuk under the name MJ McGrath, the first of which, The Boy in the Snow, was shortlisted for a CWA Gold Dagger.In the last year she has been one of the founders and moving lights of the website Killer Women, which has rapidly established itself as one of the key forums for crime writing in the UK.

‘Meticulously plotted and UTTERLY chilling – everything you want from a contemporary thriller’ Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train ‘A clever and compelling storyline, with complex characters you really care about. Two Wrongs is the perfect read’ B A Paris‘Clever, compassionate and completely compelling’ Erin Kelly, Sunday Times bestselling author‘An absolutely gripping and thought-provoking read. I loved it’ Roz Watkins, author of Cut to the Bone‘Mel McGrath tackles hard-hitting issues in a thought-provoking way. Her novels are an interesting crossover between page-turning thrillers and a book-club novel ripe for discussion’ Adele Parks, Platinum, Book of the Month‘Very raw and powerful, it’s a timely addition to the academic noir genre, as #MeToo finally starts to catch up with universities in a long-awaited reckoning. Highly recommended’ Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange ‘Mel McGrath skilfully controls the drip-feed of information in a complex and painfully topical mystery’Times Crime Club ‘Powerful and timely’Crime Monthly ‘Mums everywhere will be gripped’Sunday Post ‘Psychological detail and deft plotting effortlessly carry McGrath’s novel’ Financial Times ‘The ending packs a punch’Daily Record