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'[A] thought-provoking . . . examination of damaged psyches and the consequences of secrets' Times

When darkness is everywhere, nowhere is safe...

A state of emergency has been declared in the UK. From now on, at 8pm every night, all electricity cuts out.
The Government promises it's a temporary measure. They promise they are always thinking of your safety.

But for Grace, the darkness is anything but safe.

Someone is coming into her house under its cover every night while she lies in bed upstairs, too terrified to sleep. Someone who knows her past, who knows why she has more reason to fear the dark than most...

And every morning she wakes to a new message from the intruder:

I have you in my sights. Love, The Night

But how can Grace escape, when there's nowhere safe left to hide?

'Tense and intriguing, creeping paranoia oozes from every page . . . Louise Swanson is a talent that shines in the dark' Janice Hallett

'The most zeitgeist thriller of 2024 . . . Terrifyingly believable and horribly real. I'd say I devoured it, but I think the truth is that it devoured me' Helen Fields

'Chillingly convincing, this is a novel that echoes around your head for a long time after reading' B.P. Walter

©2024 Louise Swanson (P)2024 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Psychological Thriller & Suspense
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Great concept of a thriller set in the dark. Suspenseful and kept me interested throughout. Loved the narrator.

Suspenseful thriller!

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I love Louise Beech/Swanson's writing but it took me a while to get into this one. The premise was interesting, and although it's set in the near future I can imagine that with the state of the world this really could happen at some point! Thankfully I'm not scared of the dark and although I did have some sympathy for Grace I did find her a bit annoying at times. The first part of the book was also a little confusing but once I got into it I started to enjoy it. I love that the book is set in Hull, as lots of Louise's books are, having lived there for 18 years until I moved a year ago.

I enjoyed the narration by Rose Robinson.

Interesting concept

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