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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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!THE CHILLING AND ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR. 'The best Paula Hawkins yet.' LEE CHILD'An intelligent propulsive thriller.' The Observer'A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling.' SHARI LAPENA'Extremely hard to put down.' MICK HERRONWELCOME 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 . . . 'A gripping, ambitious, big-skied novel about women who refuse to surrender to the tide.' ERIN KELLYEXCLUSIVE EDITION WITH SPECIAL FOILED BOARD DESIGN AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST*Praise for THE BLUE HOUR:'Utterly compelling. Could not put it down.' LIZ NUGENT'Vivid, extremely tense, unnervingly unputdownable. This is a superb, powerful read.' The Independent'Beautifully written, intriguing . . . a real page-turner.' BELINDA BAUER'I LOVED this art-world-set thriller with its stately-home Saltburn vibe.' Daily Mail'Really, really, REALLY good. Highly recommended!' MARIAN KEYES'Full of light, colour and dreadful cruelty.' Literary ReviewThe Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024Paula Hawkins, Sunday 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