Lights Out

A state of emergency has been declared in the UK. A complete night-time switch off has begun. From now on, at 8pm every night, all electricity cuts out.

The Government promises it's a temporary measure. They promise they are always thinking of your safety.

But for Grace, the darkness is anything but safe.

Someone is coming into her house under its cover every night while she lies in bed upstairs, too terrified to sleep. It's something who knows her past, who knows why she has more reason to fear the dark than most...

And every morning she wakes to a new note from the intruder:

I have you in my sights. Love, The Night.

But how can Grace hide, when there's nowhere left that's safe?

More than a mystery, more than a thriller and at times more than just a book . . . Lights Out is a journey into fear itself and there were times I wasn't sure I'd make it back. Tense and intriguing, creeping paranoia oozes from every page - and I devoured them all! Louise Swanson is a talent that shines in the dark' Janice Hallett
A creepy and compelling read . . . will leave you shivering with cold and casting nervous glances towards the shadows Olivia Isaac-Henry
Swanson is in a league of her own. This is commercial literary crime fiction with razor-sharp teeth. The very definition of high concept with the execution of a master storyteller, this the most zeitgeist thriller of 2024. Leave your lights on. Terrifyingly believable and horribly real. I'd say I devoured it, but I think the truth is that it devoured me Helen Fields
Chillingly convincing, this is a novel that echoes around your head for a long time after reading. An unforgettable thriller B.P. Walter
Unique, 'get under your skin' memorable and ultimately heartfelt C.J. Tudor

Louise Swanson is the penname of bestselling author Louise Beech, who has published eight novels with Orenda Books, and a memoir, Eighteen Seconds, with Mardle. Her work has previously shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Award and the Polari Prize. She won Best's Book of the Year with her 2019 psychological thriller Call Me Star Girl. Louise blogs regularly on louisebeech.co.uk, and is on Twitter under the name @LouiseWriter.

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