'Hellishly good fun' The Times‘A blackly funny twist on the Country House mystery, with bodies and wit galore’ John ConnollyAnd Then There Were None meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.Ten strangers.An old dark house.A killer picking them off one by one.And a missing girl who's running out of time . . .Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there.In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman.But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise.Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them?And who – or what – is the Beast in the Cellar?Forget what you think you know.Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust THE OTHER PEOPLE?‘The Other People chilled me to the bone, made me laugh out loud – and everything in between. This devilishly clever mystery holds you captive from its explosive opening, right up to its shocking final pages. I never saw the twist coming, yet it made perfect sense. Brilliant!’ Alison Gaylin, bestselling author of We Are Watching
'Hellishly good fun' The Times ‘A blackly funny twist on the Country House mystery, with bodies and wit galore’ John ConnollyAnd Then There Were None meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.Ten strangers. An old dark house. A killer picking them off one by one. And a missing girl who's running out of time . . . Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who – or what – is the Beast in the Cellar? Forget what you think you know.Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust THE OTHER PEOPLE? ‘The Other People chilled me to the bone, made me laugh out loud – and everything in between. This devilishly clever mystery holds you captive from its explosive opening, right up to its shocking final pages. I never saw the twist coming, yet it made perfect sense. Brilliant!’ Alison Gaylin, bestselling author of We Are Watching
Hellishly good fun The Times '';A blackly funny twist on the Country House mystery, with bodies and wit galore'' John ConnollyAnd Then There Were NonemeetsThe Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.Ten strangers. An old dark house. A killer picking them off one by one. And a missing girl whos running out of time . . . Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who or what is the Beast in the Cellar? Forget what you think you know.Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust THE OTHER PEOPLE? '';The Other People chilled me to the bone, made me laugh out loud and everything in between. This devilishly clever mystery holds you captive from its explosive opening, right up to its shocking final pages. I never saw the twist coming, yet it made perfect sense. Brilliant!'' Alison Gaylin, bestselling author of We Are Watching
Pre-order The Last Chapter, a beguiling thriller about writing and writers where C. B. Everett himself is under suspicion. Coming Spring 2026.‘Hellishly good fun’ THE TIMES‘A blackly funny twist on the Country House mystery, with bodies and wit galore’ JOHN CONNOLLYAnd Then There Were None meets The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.Ten strangers.An old dark house.A killer picking them off one by one.And a missing girl who's running out of time…Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there.In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman.But a killer also stalks the halls of the house, and soon the body count starts to rise.Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them?And who – or what – is the Beast in the Cellar?Forget what you think you know.Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust THE OTHER PEOPLE?‘The Other People chilled me to the bone, made me laugh out loud – and everything in between. This devilishly clever mystery holds you captive from its explosive opening, right up to its shocking final pages. I never saw the twist coming, yet it made perfect sense. Brilliant!’ ALISON GAYLIN, bestselling author of We Are Watching
‘CB Everett is a master of fiendishly plotted, intelligent mysteries’ MARK EDWARDSA missing author. A lost manuscript. A final chapter that could reveal the truth.Ten years ago, bestselling literary novelist Jonathan Durward vanished without a trace - leaving behind no body, no answers, and no final book.Now that missing manuscript has finally surfaced. But it isn’t the masterpiece anyone expected. It’s a spy novel: pulpy, outlandish, and packed with clichés, tradecraft and Bond-style twists.Jonathan’s former publisher asks his closest friend, fellow author C. B. Everett, to annotate the novel and separate fact from fiction. But as C. B. reads, he begins to spot unsettling echoes of real people, real events - and perhaps the truth about Jonathan’s disappearance.Because hidden inside this strange, slippery thriller may be a confession. Or a clue. Or a trap.As C. B. is drawn deeper into the mystery, one question becomes impossible to ignore: did Jonathan vanish - or was he written out of the story?Clever, twisty and irresistibly readable, The Final Chapter is a brilliantly meta mystery about friendship, identity and the stories we tell ourselves - perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Janice Hallett.'A metafictional tour de force’ THE GUARDIAN ‘A clever piece of crime-fiction, crime is concealed within this intriguing novel within a novel’ THE TIMES‘A fiendishly clever thriller with a brilliant sting in the tail. Highly recommended’ CASS GREEN
CB Everett is a master of fiendishly plotted, intelligent mysteries MARK EDWARDSA missing author. A lost manuscript. A final chapter that could reveal the truth.Ten years ago, bestselling literary novelist Jonathan Durward vanished without a trace - leaving behind no body, no answers, and no final book.Now that missing manuscript has finally surfaced. But it isnt the masterpiece anyone expected. Its a spy novel: pulpy, outlandish, and packed with clichs, tradecraft and Bond-style twists.Jonathans former publisher asks his closest friend, fellow author C. B. Everett, to annotate the novel and separate fact from fiction. But as C. B. reads, he begins to spot unsettling echoes of real people, real events - and perhaps the truth about Jonathans disappearance.Because hidden inside this strange, slippery thriller may be a confession. Or a clue. Or a trap.As C. B. is drawn deeper into the mystery, one question becomes impossible to ignore: did Jonathan vanish - or was he written out of the story?Clever, twisty and irresistibly readable, The Final Chapter is a brilliantly meta mystery about friendship, identity and the stories we tell ourselves - perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Janice Hallett.'A metafictional tour de force THE GUARDIAN A clever piece of crime-fiction, crime is concealed within this intriguing novel within a novel THE TIMESA fiendishly clever thriller with a brilliant sting in the tail. Highly recommended CASS GREEN
‘CB Everett is a master of fiendishly plotted, intelligent mysteries’ MARK EDWARDSA famous author vanished.His final manuscript has just been found.And it may be the key to everything.Ten years after Jonathan Durward disappeared without a trace, his lost novel resurfaces. But instead of the literary masterpiece the world expected, it is a lurid spy thriller: coded, slippery and full of impossible clues.Asked to annotate the manuscript, Jonathan’s closest friend begins to see something buried beneath the clichés - real people, real events, and a truth someone may still be desperate to hide.Was Jonathan’s final book a confession? A warning? Or a trap?Fiendishly clever and brilliantly twisty, The Final Chapter is a gripping mystery about friendship, identity and the stories that refuse to stay buried.'A metafictional tour de force’ THE GUARDIAN ‘A clever piece of crime-fiction, crime is concealed within this intriguing novel within a novel’ THE TIMES‘A fiendishly clever thriller with a brilliant sting in the tail. Highly recommended’ CASS GREEN
"A canny, double-layered literary puzzle...boasting tantalizing narrative twists." The Boston Globe "C.B. Everett is a master of fiendishly-plotted, intelligent mysteries." Mark Edwards, internationally bestselling author of The Wasp Trap A missing bestselling author. A final manuscript encoded with clues to his fate. And a best friend racing to get to the final chapter... From the author of the blackly funny (John Connolly, New York Times bestselling author) The Other People, a gripping book-within-a-book thriller that is perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Janice Hallett. Ten years ago, a bestselling, critically acclaimed literary author disappeared without a traceand without a final novel. In recent days, that missing manuscript has surfaced, but strangely enough, its not another genius work of literary fiction, but an espionage novel full of all-too-stereotypical spycraft and James Bond-like twists. His former publisher has asked the authors best friendand fellow author named C.B. Everettto annotate the novel with details from real life to give the strange novel context within his larger oeuvre. But as C.B. reads, he finds the espionage thriller is filled with references to events and people who feel a little too familiar, and soon hes wondering if the novel might in fact be a key to his missing friends disappearance. Theres text and subtext aplenty, and C.B. is determined to learn once and for all what happened to his friend through solving the mystery woven into the pages. But the final chapter may hold secrets darker and more threatening than anyone anticipated. An unputdownable, twisty thriller, The Final Chapter asks us: how well do we really know our closest friends? And how well do we know ourselves?