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(b.Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling crime fiction writer. Her crime novels have been translated into 34 languages and published in 51 countries. Her psychological thriller The Carrier won the Specsavers National Book Award for Crime Thriller of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2016, Sophie published The Monogram Murders and Closed Casket, the first new Hercule Poirot mysteries since Agatha Christie's death, both of which were national and international bestsellers. Sophie's novels The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives have been adapted for television as Case Sensitive, starring Olivia Williams and Darren Boyd. Sophie is also a bestselling poet who has been shortlisted for the TS Eliot award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE and A-level throughout the UK. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, two children and dog.
Genres: Mystery, Historical Mystery, Horror
Series
Culver Valley Crime
1. Little Face (2006)
2. Hurting Distance (2007)
aka The Truth-Teller's Lie
3. The Point of Rescue (2008)
aka The Wrong Mother
4. The Other Half Lives (2009)
aka The Dead Lie Down
5. A Room Swept White (2010)
aka The Cradle in the Grave
6. Lasting Damage (2011)
aka The Other Woman's House
7. Kind of Cruel (2012)
8. The Carrier (2013)
8.5. Pictures or it Didn't Happen (2015)
aka The Warning
9. The Telling Error (2014)
aka Woman with a Secret
10. The Narrow Bed (2016)
aka The Next to Die
11. The Couple at the Table (2022)
1. Little Face (2006)
2. Hurting Distance (2007)
aka The Truth-Teller's Lie
3. The Point of Rescue (2008)
aka The Wrong Mother
4. The Other Half Lives (2009)
aka The Dead Lie Down
5. A Room Swept White (2010)
aka The Cradle in the Grave
6. Lasting Damage (2011)
aka The Other Woman's House
7. Kind of Cruel (2012)
8. The Carrier (2013)
8.5. Pictures or it Didn't Happen (2015)
aka The Warning
9. The Telling Error (2014)
aka Woman with a Secret
10. The Narrow Bed (2016)
aka The Next to Die
11. The Couple at the Table (2022)
Hercule Poirot Mystery
continued from the original series by Agatha Christie
1. The Monogram Murders (2014)
2. Closed Casket (2016)
3. The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)
4. The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020)
5. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (2023)
continued from the original series by Agatha Christie
1. The Monogram Murders (2014)
2. Closed Casket (2016)
3. The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)
4. The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020)
5. Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (2023)
Novels
Gripless (1999)
Leaving and Leaving You (1999)
Cordial and Corrosive (2000)
The Superpower of Love (2001)
The Orphan Choir (2013)
A Game for All the Family (2015)
Keep Her Safe (2017)
aka Did You See Melody?
Perfect Little Children (2019)
aka Haven't They Grown
The Understudy (2019) (with Holly Brown, Clare Mackintosh and B A Paris)
Leaving and Leaving You (1999)
Cordial and Corrosive (2000)
The Superpower of Love (2001)
The Orphan Choir (2013)
A Game for All the Family (2015)
Keep Her Safe (2017)
aka Did You See Melody?
Perfect Little Children (2019)
aka Haven't They Grown
The Understudy (2019) (with Holly Brown, Clare Mackintosh and B A Paris)
Collections
Second Helping of Your Heart (poems) (1994)
The Hero and the Girl Next Door (poems) (1995)
Hotels Like Houses (poems) (1996)
Love Me Slender (poems) (2000)
First of the Last Chances (poems) (2003)
Leeds Stories 2 (2005) (with Simon Armitage, Joolz Denby, Janet Fisher, Char March and Andrea Semple)
Selected Poems (poems) (2006)
Pessimism for Beginners (poems) (2007)
The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets (2008)
Bonne Route (2010) (with M Y Alam, Alexis Clements, Anthony Cropper, Pippa Griffin, Michael Nath, Dave Pescod, Wayne Price and Paula Rawsthorne)
Ideas Above Our Station (2010) (with M Y Alam, Alex Clements, Anthony Cropper, Tania Hershman, Daithidh MacEochaidh, Michael Nath, Paula Rawsthorne and Guy Ware)
Something Untoward: (2012)
The Poetry of Sex (poems) (2014)
Marrying the Ugly Millionaire (poems) (2015)
The Visitors Book (2015)
The Hero and the Girl Next Door (poems) (1995)
Hotels Like Houses (poems) (1996)
Love Me Slender (poems) (2000)
First of the Last Chances (poems) (2003)
Leeds Stories 2 (2005) (with Simon Armitage, Joolz Denby, Janet Fisher, Char March and Andrea Semple)
Selected Poems (poems) (2006)
Pessimism for Beginners (poems) (2007)
The Fantastic Book of Everybody's Secrets (2008)
Bonne Route (2010) (with M Y Alam, Alexis Clements, Anthony Cropper, Pippa Griffin, Michael Nath, Dave Pescod, Wayne Price and Paula Rawsthorne)
Ideas Above Our Station (2010) (with M Y Alam, Alex Clements, Anthony Cropper, Tania Hershman, Daithidh MacEochaidh, Michael Nath, Paula Rawsthorne and Guy Ware)
Something Untoward: (2012)
The Poetry of Sex (poems) (2014)
Marrying the Ugly Millionaire (poems) (2015)
The Visitors Book (2015)
Picture Books
Novellas
Series contributed to
Afraid of the light (with Mark Billingham, Heather Critchlow, Elle Croft, James Delargy, Jo Furniss, Val McDermid, S R Masters, Phoebe Morgan, Robert Scragg, Victoria Selman, Kate Simants and Adam Southward)
2. Afraid of The Christmas Lights (2020)
2. Afraid of The Christmas Lights (2020)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Sophie Hannah recommends
I Don't Know How She Does It (2002)
(Kate Reddy, book 1)
Allison Pearson
"Funny, heart-breaking, wise and delightful."
Twisted Wing (2009)
Ruth Newman
"...scary, tantalisingly unpredictable and very, very hard to put down."
The Missing (2010)
Jane Casey
"Compulsive, menacing and moving - a very satisfying psychological thriller."
Chosen (2010)
Lesley Glaister
"A stunning take on religious cults with a great psychological thriller."
Before I Go To Sleep (2011)
S J Watson
"So high-concept, so ambitious and so structurally brilliant. It's so rare to read a thriller that's perfect in every detail, but this one definitely qualifies!"
The Husband's Secret (2013)
Liane Moriarty
"The Husband's Secret is a staggeringly brilliant novel. It is literally unputdownable."
Under a Silent Moon (2013)
(DCI Louisa Smith, book 1)
Elizabeth Haynes
"Haynes is the most exciting thing to happen to crime fiction in a long time."
The Silversmith's Wife (2014)
Sophia Tobin
"A dense, intricate historical thriller in the tradition of Hilary Mantel."
You (2014)
(Joe Goldberg , book 1)
Caroline Kepnes
"YOU is superb. So funny, apart from anything else, and properly clever. It is: different, hot."
The Kind Worth Killing (2015)
(Henry Kimball, book 1)
Peter Swanson
"Gripping, elegantly and stylishly written, and extremely hard to put down!"
The Red House (2015)
(Keene and Frohmann, book 3)
Emily Winslow
"Perceptive and penetrating...An exert analyst of the darkest parts of the human psyche."
Friday on My Mind (2015)
(Frieda Klein, book 5)
Nicci French
"Sophisticated, gripping, addictive, crime novels that stand head and shoulder above the competition."
Black-Eyed Susans (2015)
Julia Heaberlin
"My book of the year so far. Breathtakingly, heart-stoppingly brilliant."
Magpie Murders (2016)
(Magpie Murders, book 1)
Anthony Horowitz
"Brilliant. Really, really brilliant. I loved it."
The Man Who Didn't Call (2017)
Rosie Walsh
"Stayed up till 2am to finish it last night! Loved it . . ."
The Honeymoon (2017)
Tina Seskis
"One of the world's leading experts at pulling the wool over readers' eyes until the very end."
Hell Bay (2018)
(DI Ben Kitto, book 1)
Kate Rhodes
"A vividly realised protagonist whose complex and harrowing history rivals the central crime storyline."
I Did It for Us (2018)
Alison Bruce
"Alison Bruce is fascinating. Her imagination is always unpredictable and her writing is challenging and compelling."
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018)
Stuart Turton
"This book blew my mind. It is utterly original and unique. I couldn't get it out of my head for days afterwards."
Snap (2018)
Belinda Bauer
"'Belinda Bauer is a marvel. Her novels are almost indecently gripping and enjoyable."
Read Me (2018)
Leo Benedictus
"A fascinating, disturbing, and original thriller that erases the boundaries of the genre and draws challenging new ones."
The Hunting Party (2018)
Lucy Foley
"Very gripping and so good on the awfulness of some long-history friendships."
Final Offer (2019)
(Ingrid Skyberg, book 6)
Eva Hudson
"I was immediately struck by the plotting savvy and grip-factor of Eva Hudson's writing-she is a natural storyteller."
The Holdout (2020)
Graham Moore
"The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade."
The Treehouse (2020)
(Tarnside Trilogy, book 3)
Zosia Wand
"Intricate, intriguing, beautifully written and highly addictive."
The Dinner Guest (2021)
B P Walter
"Stayed up till past 2am to finish this! Well done, B P Walter – immensely gripping!"
Sixteen Horses (2021)
Greg Buchanan
"Original, beautifully written, terrifying and haunting. I won't forget this novel."
A Mother Never Lies (2021)
Sarah Clarke
"Brilliantly tense, with an unexpectedly dark heart – a totally compelling read."
The Island of Lost Girls (2022)
Alex Marwood
"Gripping, timely and beautifully written. Marwood blends story-telling prowess with characters so real that we inhabit their predicaments quite viscerally. The result is irresistible."
The Messenger (2023)
Megan Davis
"An intelligent, gripping, and stylish literary thriller - I couldn't put it down. Megan Davis is a major new talent."
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