One Dark Night: the spine-tingling thriller from the Richard and Judy book club author of The Search Party - Softcover

Richell, Hannah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 139852803X ISBN 13: 9781398528031

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2026

Synopsis

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 ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL

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'

 

About this title

About the Author

Hannah Richell was born in Kent and spent her childhood years in Buckinghamshire and Canada. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, she worked in the book publishing and film industries in both London and Sydney. She is a dual citizen of Great Britain and Australia, and currently lives in the South West of England with her family. Richell is the author of international bestsellers Secrets of the Tides (2012), The Shadow Year (2014), The Peacock Summer (2019) and The River Home (2020). Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages.

From the Back Cover

A party at sunset. A body at sunrise. What happened that night in the woods? A tense, clever and claustrophobic thriller from the Richard & Judy author where no one is who they seem and the danger lies just out of sight.

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 139852803X
• ISBN 13: 9781398528031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432