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Mark Edwards

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Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people.

He loves hearing from readers and always responds. Mark can be contacted in the following ways:
Email: mark@markedwardsauthor.com
Twitter @mredwards
Facebook/Instagram: @markedwardsauthor

You can download a free box set of 'Short Sharp Shockers' by visiting www.markedwardsauthor.com/free

Mark has sold over 5 million books since his first solo novel, The Magpies, was published in 2013 and has topped the bestseller lists numerous times. His other novels include Follow You Home, Here To Stay and The Psychopath Next Door. He has also published six books co-authored with Louise Voss. His next novel, The Wasp Trap, will be published in the UK/Australia in July
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Mark Edwards Thank you! Yes, I'm hoping it's a topic that most people will be able to identify with. It's going to be called The Devil's Work and I'm editing it at…moreThank you! Yes, I'm hoping it's a topic that most people will be able to identify with. It's going to be called The Devil's Work and I'm editing it at the moment. Hope you like it when it finally comes out :)(less)
Mark Edwards Hi Maxine - that's a difficult one! The Magpies is the book that changed my life because it sold so well and allowed me to become a full-time writer, …moreHi Maxine - that's a difficult one! The Magpies is the book that changed my life because it sold so well and allowed me to become a full-time writer, so that one will always be special. But I think Follow You Home is a better book.

Of my co-written books, my favourite is From the Cradle. (less)
Average rating: 3.96 · 392,622 ratings · 27,651 reviews · 35 distinct worksSimilar authors
Here to Stay

3.99 avg rating — 54,283 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions
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Follow You Home

3.91 avg rating — 53,409 ratings — published 2015 — 32 editions
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The Magpies (The Magpies #1)

3.91 avg rating — 35,738 ratings — published 2013
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The Retreat

4.05 avg rating — 32,154 ratings — published 2018 — 17 editions
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The Psychopath Next Door

3.95 avg rating — 26,811 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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Because She Loves Me

4.07 avg rating — 22,775 ratings — published 2014 — 16 editions
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The House Guest

3.80 avg rating — 23,893 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions
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The Lucky Ones

4.19 avg rating — 15,357 ratings — published 2017 — 19 editions
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The Wasp Trap

3.76 avg rating — 15,474 ratings — published 2025 — 22 editions
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In Her Shadow

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,701 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions
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One of the Family is coming soon

One of the Family Mark Edwards coverMark’s next psychological thriller, One of the Family, will be published on June 18 in the UK, July 7 in Canada and August 4 in the USA. Set in the Scottish Highlands, One of the Family is a gripping thriller about spending a week in paradise with the family from hell.

Patrick couldn’t believe his luck when Holly fell for him. She’s wickedly funny, beautiful, and with an intimidatingly successful f

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“If I enter a house with no books it makes me uneasy. I wonder what’s wrong with the people who live there.”
Mark Edwards, The Retreat

“We used to say that we loved each other but, looking back, I think we said it more because we felt we should.”
Mark Edwards, Because She Loves Me

“She took out an Ian McEwan book, flicked through it and said, ‘I love this. I can’t bear people who don’t read. I think they must have something wrong with them, don’t you?’ ‘I guess so.’ ‘Books, music, art, films.’ She held up her glass. ‘Good wine. It’s what life’s all about.’ I held up my own glass. ‘To books, music, art, films and wine.”
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An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself increasingly fascinated by on apparently innocent inmate, the enigmatic spiritualist Selina Dawes.
 
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Horns Horns by Joe Hill by Joe Hill
Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things. He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache . . . and a pair of horns growing from his temples.
 
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Pines Pines (Wayward Pines, #1) by Blake Crouch by Blake Crouch
Secret service agent Ethan Burke arrives in Wayward Pines, Idaho, with a clear mission: locate and recover two federal agents who went missing in the bucolic town one month earlier. But within minutes of his arrival, Ethan is involved in a violent accident. He comes to in a hospital, with no ID, no cell phone, and no briefcase. The medical staff seems friendly enough, but something feels…off.
 
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Follow You Home Follow You Home by Mark Edwards by Mark Edwards
It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime, a final adventure before settling down. After a perfect start, Daniel and Laura’s travels end abruptly when they are thrown off a night train in the middle of nowhere. To find their way back to civilisation, they must hike along the tracks through a forest…a haunting journey that ends in unimaginable terror.
 
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With its volatile mix of the fantastical and the contemporary, the everyday and the otherworldly, Weaveworld is an epic work of dark fantasy and horror -- a tour de force from one of today's most forceful and imaginative artists.
 
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The Haunting of Blackwood House The Haunting of Blackwood House by Darcy Coates by Darcy Coates
Mara and Neil purchase Blackwood House, a derelict property outside of town. They’re warned about strange occurrences in the crumbling building. Doors open by themselves, voices whisper in the night, bloody handprints appear on the walls, and cold spots linger in the basement, where the house’s original owner was murdered.
 
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House of Leaves House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski by Mark Z. Danielewski
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.
 
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