Adrift
The gripping and haunting new crime thriller from the award-winning author of The Last Thing to Burn
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Publishing:19th Feb '26
£20.00
This title is due to be published on 19th February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'Haunting, heartbreaking, quietly terrifying. Unforgettable' CHRIS WHITAKER
Three of them adrift on the narrowboat.
Mother, son, and wickedness.
Peggy Jenkins and her teenage son, Samson, live on a remote stretch of canal in the Midlands. She is a writer and he is a schoolboy. Together, they battle against the hardness and manipulation of the man they live with. To the outside world he is a husband and father. To them, he is a captor.
Their lives are tightly controlled; if any perceived threat appears, their mooring is moved further down the canal, further away from civilisation. Until the day when the power suddenly shifts, and nothing can be the same again.
The author of the 'master class in suspense' (Shari Lapena, Sunday Times bestselling author) The Last Thing to Burn returns with a high-tension thriller about a family's descent into darkness that is perfect for fans of Denis Lehane and Lisa Jewell.
I was going to say I can't remember the last time a book had me in such a chokehold, until I could. It was The Last Thing To Burn. Heartbreaking, devastating, achingly beautiful ... simply stunning -- John Marrs
Nothing is quite as it seems in this tale of a young boy caught between parents drowning at the very edges of normalcy. Suffused by a sense of menace from start to finish and devastating in its quiet rage. Powerful and poignant -- Vaseem Khan
Well-drawn characters and excellent prose -- Sarah Pearse
Devastatingly good. Tense as all the best thrillers are, but with an emotional heft that will leave you deeply moved. Will Dean's storytelling just gets better and better -- Jennie Godfrey
Tense, claustrophobic, creepy as hell. I had to gallop through to the end just so that I could breathe again * Tammy Cohen *
A powerful, compulsive novel about autonomy, family and freedom, Will Dean's writing continues to elevate the thriller genre * Anna Bailey *
Will Dean has done it again with this thriller that doesn't let up for a second. He excels at creating unforgettably moving characters in terrifying circumstances. I was completely caught up in Peggy and Sam's struggle to survive their claustrophobic, dangerous situation. Vivid, heartbreaking, and written with a deep understanding of how complex a family's love can be, Adrift is pure suspense from start to finish * Jane Casey *
ISBN: 9781529382891
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 41g
400 pages