The Blue Hour

''Paula Hawkins is a genius'' LISA JEWELL When a small bone at the centre of a famous sculpture is revealed to be human, three people become intimately connected by the secrets and lies that put it there. Set on a Scottish tidal island connected to the mainland for just a few hours each day, and home to only one inhabitant, The Blue Hour asks questions of ambition, power, art and perception. ''A new Paula Hawkins novel is always a cause for celebration. Her books have all the pleasing twists of the noir genre while at the same time having something to say that feels real and complex and true'' LOUISE DOUGHTY

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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.

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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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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

'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

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

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'An atmospheric and marvellously twisty novel.' DANYA KUKAFKA

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

'The best Paula Hawkins yet, by a tense and haunting mile.' LEE CHILD

The global No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train invites you into her most suspenseful and powerful thriller yet.

Eris, an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out. Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.

Once home to 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, a visitor comes calling.

And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . .

'Extremely hard to put down' MICK HERRON

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