Historical crime & mysteries

The House on Rye Lane

‘Beautifully written and entirely gripping’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘An evocative, haunting literary thriller’ ERIN KELLY

‘A terrific spine chiller’ TELEGRAPH

‘A sinister tale, beautifully told’ THE SUN

The House on Rye Lane

‘Sublime, elegant and exciting… beautifully written and entirely gripping. I’m a big fan of Susan Allott’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘The lovechild of Sarah Waters’ The Paying Guests and Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs… confirms Susan Allott as a huge talent’ ERIN KELLY

The House on Rye Lane: Unabridged edition

‘Beautifully written and entirely gripping’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘An evocative, haunting literary thriller’ ERIN KELLY

‘A terrific spine chiller’ TELEGRAPH

‘A sinister tale, beautifully told’ THE SUN

The House on Rye Lane

‘Beautifully written and entirely gripping’ CHRIS WHITAKER

‘An evocative, haunting literary thriller’ ERIN KELLY

‘A terrific spine chiller’ TELEGRAPH

‘A sinister tale, beautifully told’ THE SUN

Edith and Kim

One of ‘the heirs to John le Carré’ The Times

‘A tremendous achievement’ WILLIAM BOYD

‘Behold the new Golden Age of Spy Kings’ Sunday Times

The Second Woman

‘A timely, gripping and morally complex thriller’ MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Philby is a skilled and evocative writer’ FINANCIAL TIMES

Two women are found dead.

Both had a secret.

Both had a choice.

Ridgeline: Unabridged edition

‘An exciting, vividly-imagined reconstruction of an extraordinary moment in the history of the American West’ Ian McGuire, bestselling author of THE NORTH WATER and INCREDIBLE BODIES

‘A highly compelling page turner; you won’t be able to put it down’ Philipp Meyer, author of THE SON and AMERICAN RUST

Ridgeline

‘An exciting, vividly-imagined reconstruction of an extraordinary moment in the history of the American West’ Ian McGuire, bestselling author of THE NORTH WATER and INCREDIBLE BODIES

‘A highly compelling page turner; you won’t be able to put it down’ Philipp Meyer, author of THE SON and AMERICAN RUST

Bitter Sun

It all started when we found the body.Then nothing was ever the same.

The Dry meets Stand by Me and True Detective in this stunningly written tale of the darkness at the heart of a small mid-Western town and the four kids who uncover it.

A Hanging at Cinder Bottom

From the author of The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and set in the boom years of the West Virginia coalmining industry, this is an epic story of personal ambition, exile and return, and a grand heist.

The Girl Who Couldn’t Read

A sinister Gothic tale in the tradition of The Woman in Black and The Fall of the House of Usher

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