Breaking the Dark

* The instant Sunday Times bestseller! * Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura. ________ 'Never has a novelist captured me so consistently every single year for so long’ Gillian McAllister 'Absolutely perfect' Booklist 'A fun, entertaining read that really packs a punch!' Shari Lapena 'So cleverly plotted and as ever beautifully written' Harriet Tyce 'An exciting, riveting, adrenaline-pumping story' Liz Nugent ‘Immersive, page-turning, addictive, fresh and fun.' Andrea Mara 'Exhilarating, twisty and original. Agatha Christie meets Black Mirror!’ Claire Douglas ‘I was hooked from the start and couldn't turn the pages fast enough.’ Alice Feeney ‘Absolutely compulsive, complex and gripping.’ Nadine Matheson ________ Meet Jessica Jones: a private investigator and retired super hero based out of Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, who goes from job to job as a hard living, rough talking, loner. And then a wealthy Upper East Side woman pays her a visit. Amber Randall is concerned about her twin sixteen-year-olds, Lark and Fox, who have acted and looked very different since they returned from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children have unnaturally perfect skin for teenagers and have lost all the tics and habits that made them who they were. They are not Lark and Fox, she tells Jessica. Something has happened to them. To find out more, Jessica travels to Essex to talk to their father and once there meets Belle who is living a curiously isolated existence in a run-down farmhouse with her guardian Debra. Jessica knows that Lark and Fox had spent the summer with Belle—but can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personas? Jessica soon discovers that, behind Belle and Debra, evil geniuses are playing a dangerous game with technology in order to make the world a "better place", not caring who gets hurt, maimed or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking destruction on a whole generation of young people? Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell's gripping and most imaginative novel yet. ________ Reader' s love Breaking the Dark . . . ***** 'I quickly became absorbed into the story and couldn't put it down.' *****'Wow... The book can be read by someone super into Marvel and also someone who has no prior super hero knowledge.' ***** 'This book was fun and exciting. I recommend it!' ***** 'A fun, exciting and supercharged read that even readers who are not lovers off Marvel will be able to pick up and enjoy.' ***** 'I love Lisa Jewell and I was a bit apprehensive of this as it wasn't her usual style but she didn't let me down. What a book. I loved it!' ________ 'Seamlessly integrates superhero lore with the gritty realism of a crime thriller.' Daily Mirror ‘A gripping read’ Heat Magazine ‘Clever concept, characters and and compelling prose will keep you hooked.’ Woman & Home ‘Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment, don’t miss this one.' Gillian McAllister ‘Fresh, lively, insightful—and the action scenes hit like a chop.' AJ Finn 'The perfect blend of psychological thriller and supernatural chiller.' Mark Edwards ��Classic Lisa Jewell with an amazing twist!’ Jenny Colgan 'Reveals the depth and complexity of one of the most fascinating and indomitable characters in the Marvel canon.' S. A. Cosby 'Fast-paced, addictive and SO. MUCH. FUN.' Tamar Cohen Sunday Times bestseller, July 2024


Genre: Mystery

"A classic Lisa Jewell with an amazing supernatural twist!" - Jenny Colgan

"Breaking the Dark is a novel that reveals the depth and complexity of one of the most fascinating and indomitable characters in the Marvel canon. Lisa Jewell has found secret reservoirs of strength and perseverance in Jessica Jones that only a writer of her skill could articulate." - S A Cosby

"Fresh, lively, insightful - from page one, Lisa's take on Jessica owned me. Astonishing. The voice and dialogue are wry with a whiff of hard-boiled. The action scenes hit like a chop. Honest, earnest, and a really cracking story." - A J Finn

"Breaking The Dark is Jewell at the height of her powers: the pace doesn't let up, the characters never once slip. I actually know nothing about the Marvel universe, but I was utterly beguiled by Jessica's investigation into a pair of mysterious adolescents. Lisa Jewell writes excellent teenagers, and here she has levelled up, with supernatural teenagers. Tricksy, endlessly interesting and pure entertainment, don't miss this one." - Gillian McAllister