The blue hour

Hawkins, Paula

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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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Publish Date: 10/10/2024

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Discover the new gripping and atmospheric thriller from the global No.1 bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and A Slow Fire Burning.

‘A masterpiece! Gorgeous and chilling, and I couldn’t put it down.’ SHARI LAPENA
‘The best Paula Hawkins yet, by a tense and haunting mile.’ LEE CHILD
‘An atmospheric, stylish puzzle box of a thriller’ – LIZ MOORE

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She no longer sleeps when the tide is out, she only rests when the sea separates her from the land. When she knows no one can sneak up on her.

Eris, an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out.

Unreachable from the Scottish mainland for twelve hours each day.

Once home to 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, a visitor comes calling.

And the secrets of Eris threaten to emerge . . .

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Praise for The Blue Hour:
The Blue Hour swept me along on a tide as unforgiving and irresistible as the one around the island of Eris.’ Val McDermid, Sunday Times bestselling author of the Karen Pirie series
Extremely hard to put down‘ Mick Herron, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Secret Hours
‘An atmospheric and marvellously twisty novel.’ Danya Kukafka, author of New York Times Crime Novel of the Year, Notes on an Execution
‘Beautifully written, intriguing . . . a real page-turner.’ Belinda Bauer, Sunday Times bestselling author of Snap
‘A tensely atmospheric and layered exploration of artistic drive and devotion; loyalty and betrayal; class, money and revenge . . . I loved it. – Charlotte Wood, author of Booker Prize 2024 Longlisted Stone Yard Devotional
‘The Blue Hour is her finest work yet.’ – John Boyne, author of bestselling Richard and Judy pick, Our Heart’s Invisible Furies
‘An addictive, exhilarating book.’ – Donal Ryan, bestselling author of The Queen of Dirt Island

Additional information

Weight 750 g
Dimensions 240 × 156 × 40 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

336

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K