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 subsequent thrillers have all been instant Sunday Times bestsellers. A Slow Fire Burning was nominated for Thriller of the Year at the British Book Awards, and The Blue Hour was longlisted for the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year and voted the Good Housekeeping Good Books winner.

From the first sentence to the last, this explosive, startling novel grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. Fiendishly clever and with a wonderful sense of place too. Go read!