Nuala Ellwood is a Creative Writing tutor at York St John University, and she lives in the city with her husband and son. She was chosen as one of the Observer's 'New Faces of Fiction 2017' for her first thriller, the bestselling My Sister's Bones
Genres: Mystery
Novels
My Sister's Bones (2016)
The Day of the Accident (2018)
The House on the Lake (2020)
The Perfect Life (2021)
The Day of the Accident (2018)
The House on the Lake (2020)
The Perfect Life (2021)
Nuala Ellwood recommends

My Sister (2017)
Michelle Adams
"A magnificent exploration of the toxic relationship between two sisters and the hold they exert on each other... chilling and tragic in equal measure."

The Stolen Child (2017)
Sanjida Kay
"In this chilling story of fragile family bonds and obsessive love the unforgiving West Yorkshire landscape becomes a character in its own right through Sanjida's vivid and atmospheric prose. Just wonderful."

The House (2017)
Simon Lelic
"A brilliantly tense and shocking thriller. I literally couldn't put it down!"

The Echo Killing (2018)
(Harper McClain, book 1)
Christi Daugherty
"A dark, brilliantly paced crime novel that draws you in from the first page. Not to be missed!"

When I Find You (2018)
Emma Curtis
"A terrifying and disorienting thriller that will leave you questioning everyone and everything right to the very last page. It's so good that I had to put everything on hold just to finish it."

I Will Make You Pay (2019)
Teresa Driscoll
"I couldn’t put it down. It’s a beautifully written, deliciously dark thriller that kept me guessing right until the end."

I Made a Mistake (2020)
Jane Corry
"Fans of Louise Doughty and Clare Mackintosh will love I Made a Mistake. Exhilarating and heartbreaking in equal measure, this story will stay with me for a long time."
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