One Dark Night
the spine-tingling thriller from the Richard and Judy book club author of The Search Party
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A party at sunset. A body at sunrise. What happened that night in the woods? The brand new propulsive thriller from the author of The Search Party…
'Utterly gripping ... I couldn't put it down!' SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM
‘Immersive and twisty . . . Highly recommended’ SARAH VAUGHAN, author of LITTLE DISASTERS
ELLIE
When the body of a young woman is discovered in the woods the morning after Halloween, arranged with ritualistic precision, teenager Ellie has more reason than most to be afraid …
RACHEL
As both Ellie’s mum and the local school counsellor, Rachel, must grapple with the terror gripping the community, a tough job that’s made even harder when she realises her daughter is keeping secrets …
BEN
Police detective Ben Chase is desperate to solve the murder, but with his daughter Ellie struggling and the noose circling ever tighter, can he catch the killer before they strike again?
Readers can't stop talking about One Dark Night… (5 star reader reviews*****)
‘The setting is perfect … I found this book to be dark, tense, engaging, mysterious, emotional, sad and adventurous!’
‘Deliciously dark, oh so very twisty, and downright addictive’
‘If you enjoy a thriller with lots of twists and turns, it keeps you guessing who the killer is … I highly recommend reading this novel’
‘This was a creepy kinda gothic thriller that had me glued to the pages from start to finish’
'So clever! Wow, what a plot and all its twists! This is definitely a five-star crime read'
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Richell's hair-raising latest (after The River Home) centers on the aftermath of a Halloween party thrown by posh teenagers in an eerie stretch of woods near Bath. The morning after the festivities, Folly View College student Sarah Lawson is found at the bottom of a building deep in the forest, clad in a white dress with her head bashed in and the words "PUNISH DESTROY REPENT" scrawled across her body. Sarah's death recalls the local legend of a ghost called Sally in the Wood, who has supposedly haunted the area ever since she was killed by her fiancé on their wedding day. As police interrogate Sarah's teachers and classmates, Richell weaves in the story of a deranged, nameless young man recently released from prison after serving time for murder, who lives in the caves near the spot where Sally died. Though few of the characters are truly three-dimensional, Richell delivers a well-executed whodunit that culminates in a darkly satisfying reveal. This solid suspense tale goes down smooth.
