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The blue hour

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When a small bone at the centre of a famous sculpture is revealed to be human, three people become intimately connected by the secrets and lies that put it there. Set on a Scottish tidal island connected to the mainland for just a few hours each day, and home to only one inhabitant, ‘The Blue Hour’ asks questions of ambition, power, art and perception.

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AS FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4 FRONT ROW

Atmospheric and marvellously twisty.’ DANYA KUKAFKA

‘Utterly compelling. Could not put it down.’ LIZ NUGENT

‘I LOVED this art-world-set thriller with its stately-home Saltburn vibe.’ DAILY MAIL

THE CHILLING AND ADDICTIVE NEW THRILLER FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

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WELCOME TO ERIS – A SCOTTISH TIDAL ISLAND WITH ONLY ONE HOUSE, ONE INHABITANT,
ONE WAY OUT. . .

A place that is unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day. Once the hideaway of Vanessa, a famous artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago.

Now home to Grace. A solitary creature of the tides, content in her own isolation.

But when a shocking discovery is made in an art gallery far away in London, Grace receives an unexpected visitor.

And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . .

‘Really, really, REALLY good. Highly recommended!‘ MARIAN KEYES

‘A gripping, ambitious, big-skied novel about women who refuse to surrender to the tide.’ ERIN KELLY

Extremely hard to put down.’ MICK HERRON

‘A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling.’ SHARI LAPENA

EXCLUSIVE EDITION WITH SPECIAL FOILED BOARD DESIGN **AVAILABLE WHILE STOCKS LAST**

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Praise for THE BLUE HOUR:

‘The best Paula Hawkins yet.’ LEE CHILD

The Blue Hour swept me along on a tide as unforgiving and irresistible as the one around the island of Eris.’ VAL McDERMID

Beautifully written, intriguing . . . a real page-turner.’ BELINDA BAUER

‘An intelligent propulsive thriller.’ THE OBSERVER

Wildly atmospheric.’ HEAT

The Girl on the Train, global No.1 bestseller, The Bookseller Feb 2024

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Additional information

Weight 0.546 kg
Dimensions 24.1 × 16.2 × 3.1 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

309

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K