Clare Mackintosh spent twelve years in the UK police force, including time on CID, and as a public order commander. She left the police in 2011 to work as a freelance journalist and social media consultant, and now writes full time.
Clare's debut novel, I Let You Go, is a Sunday Times Bestseller and was 2015's fastest selling title by a new crime writer. It was the winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club readers' vote, and was selected for ITV's Loose Women's 'Loose Books'.
Clare is the founder of Chipping Norton Literary Festival, and lives in the Cotswolds, UK, with her husband and their three children.
Clare's debut novel, I Let You Go, is a Sunday Times Bestseller and was 2015's fastest selling title by a new crime writer. It was the winner of the Richard and Judy Book Club readers' vote, and was selected for ITV's Loose Women's 'Loose Books'.
Clare is the founder of Chipping Norton Literary Festival, and lives in the Cotswolds, UK, with her husband and their three children.
Genres: Mystery, Literary Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
I Let You Go (2014)
I See You (2016)
Let Me Lie (2018)
After the End (2019)
The Understudy (2019) (with others)
Hostage (2021)
I See You (2016)
Let Me Lie (2018)
After the End (2019)
The Understudy (2019) (with others)
Hostage (2021)
Non fiction show
Clare Mackintosh recommends
The New Couple in 5B (2024)
Lisa Unger
"Lisa Unger creates the perfect creepy setting for this superb psychological thriller, which is beautifully crafted and deliciously unsettling. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."
Every Move You Make (2024)
C L Taylor
"C.L. Taylor knocks it out of the park every time. Every Move You Make is a compulsive page-turner you won't be able to put down."
Midnight Is the Darkest Hour (2023)
Ashley Winstead
"Where The Crawdads Sing meets Twilight meets Thelma and Louise in this brilliantly realized, totally original thriller. Absolutely sensational - I couldn't put it down."
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Anthologies containing stories by Clare Mackintosh
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