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Hello.

I’m Hannah, writer of suspenseful novels about families and friends tangled in secrets and lies. I’m drawn to buildings that creak with stories, to landscapes that shape the characters moving through them, and to the rich and often complex relationships between mothers, daughters and sisters.

I like to explore the darker side of love and loss in my writing, but I’m drawn ultimately to the light and resilience that can be found when facing life’s toughest challenges.

Have a look around, learn more about me and my books, or feel free to explore my journal. It’s lovely to have you here.

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‘Gripping … a richly rewarding novel’ Richard & Judy Book Club

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‘Will have you turning the pages until the early hours’ Grazia

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‘A must-read!’ Fabulous

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‘I was swept away … a great read’ Katie Fforde

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‘Gripping … a richly rewarding novel’ Richard & Judy Book Club • ‘Will have you turning the pages until the early hours’ Grazia • ‘A must-read!’ Fabulous • ‘I was swept away … a great read’ Katie Fforde •

My Journal

Journal
One Dark Night
One Dark Night

I’m excited to announce my new novel, One Dark Night, releasing first in Australia and New Zealand in January 2025, and later next year in the UK, USA and Canada.

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As Much As It’s Worth: Ten Years On
As Much As It’s Worth: Ten Years On

If you are suffering today, perhaps walking your own grief journey wondering how you can bear the pain, wondering how long you will feel like this, I hope these words offer a little comfort.

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Running Naked
Running Naked

The book blogging community over these past few weeks has felt like being enveloped by a warm blanket, wrapping me up as they shove an energy bar into my hand and tell me to ‘keep going’.

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View fullsize What a huge honour to see The Search Party on the longlist for this year’s @crimewritersassoc CWA Twisted Dagger Award. I couldn’t be happier to see my book sitting amongst these brilliant novels. ☺️🤩📚🗡️ Thanks so much to the Crime Wri
View fullsize UK BOOK BLOGGERS & REVIEWERS: The UK edition of my new thriller One Dark Night is available to request now on Netgalley, before publication on 3/7/25. Hope you love it! A little more about the book… A party at sunset. A body at sunrise.
View fullsize CANADIAN READERS: Goodreads ‘One Dark Night’ giveaway alert! Enter via the link in my stories. Open until 22 April. 🇨🇦 Good luck! Thank you to @simonschusterca 📚 #goodreadsgiveaway #onedarknight #murdermystery #crimethriller #books
View fullsize Please sign the petition. Link in bio. 🔗 #MetaBookThieves #DoTheWriteThing
View fullsize Titles are hard! Fortunately, UNTITLED 1 and 2 will have far sexier names on publication. Totally delighted to have signed the contract this week for two new thrillers with the amazing @simonschusteruk and @simonschusterau teams. So grateful for thei
View fullsize I don’t read a huge amount of non-fiction, but I have just finished This House of Grief by Helen Garner (first published in 2014). This extraordinary book sees Garner cover one of the saddest criminal trials I’ve ever read about, one that
View fullsize You may have seen a flood of posts from authors you follow that look like this one, because this is affecting every writer I know. @theatlantic have exposed the pirated books database Meta have used to train their AI. It’s theft. Plain and simp
View fullsize Huge thanks to NYT bestselling author @sallyhepworth for her kind words about my new thriller, One Dark Night, releasing in America on 19 August. If you want a sneak peek it’s available to request on Netgalley now, or check the link in my stori
View fullsize Just finished this absolute belter from @chriswhitakerauthor, who continues his streak of dazzling, genre-defying novels that grip hard and don’t let you go. Thriller. Love story. Family drama. Epic quest. I don’t really know how to sum t
View fullsize Putting the hair ✂️ on the grid as it got so much love on stories and my squares (or is it rectangles now?) have got a little book promo heavy recently. Thanks for the nice comments. x
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View fullsize It’s far too late for an unboxing video of my ANZ copies of One Dark Night, but thanks to the total arse who went off with the first box (hope you enjoyed them, mate!) this is the first photo on my grid of me holding the finished thing. Only si