59 Minutes
The most unmissable and heart-wrenching ‘what would you do?’ thriller of 2026
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PICKED BY THE GUARDIAN AS ONE OF THE BEST RECENT CRIME AND THRILLER NOVELS
'Unreal and unforgettable' Lisa Jewell
'Genuinely blew me away' Clare Mackintosh
'Bold as hell' Gillian McAllister
'A gut punch of a novel' Jennie Godfrey
If you knew you had fifty-nine minutes until everything and everyone you love would be lost forever, what would you do with that time?
It's an ordinary evening. People are coming home from work, cooking dinner for their children, cuddling on sofas with their lovers. And then the message arrives, shattering everyone's worlds:
Missiles are set to destroy England in fifty-nine minutes. Everyone should seek immediate shelter.
59 minutes follows the journey of three women trying to make it home to and protect their families. The journeys should be simple, but with a lost schoolchild seeking help, a teenage daughter suddenly going missing, and dangerous criminals on the prowl, there is peril at every corner.
59 Minutes is a gripping, thought-provoking and gut-wrenching thriller perfect for fans of WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME, THE CHAIN and Lisa Jewell.
Everyone is raving about 59 Minutes:
'Mind-blowing... A tense, scary and heart-wrenching read with a twist I never saw coming... One of the most thought-provoking novels I've ever read. Don't read the reviews, read the book. This one is going to be huge.' Reader Review, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Wow. Just wow... Beautifully written, fast-paced, tight knit with barely a moment to breathe. I devoured it in one sitting... This is, without doubt, one of the best thrillers I've ever read.' Reader Review, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Oh my... What an absolute gem of a book. Highly original, definitely thought-provoking and absolutely gripping from start to finish. The twist in this is mind-blowing... genius... This book should be on everyone's TBR list. A massive 5⭐️' Reader Review, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'Grabs you by the throat and pulls you along through the narrative... A brilliant book about humanity and what truly matters at the most crucial of times. This deserves to be an absolute hit.' Reader Review, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
'I grew up in the 80s with constant nuclear war fear... I inhaled this book within 24 hours and absolutely loved it... Seddon's writing is so brilliant... 59 Minutes is smart and scary, gripping and heartbreaking. I hope it's going to be huge.'
Reader Review, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
South England plunges into nuclear panic in this unnerving doomsday thriller from Seddon (The Short Straw). When news breaks on a Friday afternoon that a nuclear missile will strike London within the hour, chaos erupts, and armed troops struggle to maintain order. Young advertising exec Carrie Spencer has already hit Waterloo Station, eager to unwind at home with her partner, Emma, and three-year-old daughter, when emergency alerts ping on her fellow passengers' phones. Meanwhile, artist Frankie and her boyfriend Otis receive the same alerts at the Dartmoor cottage they've booked for a romantic getaway—only seconds after Frankie shares the news she's pregnant. Finally, there's the widowed Mrs. Dabb, who grows frantic in her isolated cottage as her teenage daughter fails to arrive home from school. While the minutes tick down, the story lines overlap, and a panicked public succumbs to its worst instincts, unleashing predators like the Devon Militia, who drive around Dartmoor snatching girls and young women at gunpoint. Seddon's gift for cliffhangers takes the tension to unbearable heights, and the strong women characters who lead the action help paper over a plot convenience or two. It's easy to wolf this down in a single sitting.
