#1 Bestselling author
Welcome to my site
I write the kind of books that I love to read – tense psychological thrillers in which bad things happen to regular people – and I’m inspired by writers such as Harlan Coben, Gillian Flynn, Tana French, Michael Connelly and Lee Child. My books explore themes of loyalty and betrayal, love and hate, trust, jealousy, secrets and revenge.
My books have sold more than three million copies in the UK and have been translated into 25 other languages including French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Korean, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Greek and Dutch.
My next thriller, The Family, is coming in March 2027 and available to pre-order now.
The Weekend (2026) follows six friends out on a hike in the remote beauty of the Yorkshire Dales. Taking shelter from a storm, they make a chance discovery: a backpack full of money. They all know they should do the right thing, but before long they’re sliding headlong into a world of deceit, betrayal, treachery and murder… The Weekend was a Sunday Times bestseller in both paperback and hardback, and is also available as an e-book and audiobook.
The Daughter (2025) follows the story of Lauren, who goes to pick up her daughter from university at the end of her first term - only to find the room occupied by a stranger. No-one knows her daughter’s name or recognises her picture, and it soon becomes clear she’s vanished without trace…
The Catch (2020) is about a father who becomes convinced his daughter is about to marry a man with terrible secrets; it was adapted for TV starring BAFTA-winner Jason Watkins. The Holiday was a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and spent ten weeks in the Sunday Times paperback top ten. It was also made into a four-part TV drama, starring Jill Halfpenny. My other books are The Dream Home, The Mother, The Curfew, Trust Me, Lies and 29 Seconds.
