Lesley Glaister: 16 books

Three dark and mesmerizing novels from an award-winning writer with the “ability to pull terror and suspense from just about anywhere” (Kirkus Reviews). In Lesley Glaister’s world, the domestic and the bizarre walk hand-in-hand. This haunting collection is a testament to the visionary...

Three tales of psychological suspense from a British novelist who “along with Ruth Rendell, has almost cornered the market in horror stories” (The Times, London).   According to the Independent on Sunday, Lesley Glaister “has the uncomfortable knack of putting her finger on the things we most...

**An orphan and a fugitive find a connection in their secret pasts in this “**love story that moves with the pace of a thriller” from an award-winning author (Yorkshire Post).   At sixteen, Lamb walks out on her life. Her parents are dead and she has no brothers or sisters. For money, she cleans...

For a carefree British couple, the Aussie outback becomes a nightmare in this “erotic psychological thriller” from the award-winning author (The Independent). What better way to flee a dreary English winter than a temporary job tending a sheep farm in sunbaked western Australia? For Cassie,...

A London artist becomes the victim of a stalker in this “creepy” novel “with satisfying fits of the shivers” from the award-winning author of Easy Peasy (The Sunday Times).   In London’s prestigious National Portrait Gallery, an exhibition of Connie Benson’s art is set to open. It’s...

From “one of Britain’s finest novelists”: A tender and terrifying collection of novels about women on the brink of salvation and the edge of disaster (The Sunday Telegraph). Three seductive tales of psychological suspense from a writer who “penetrates the deepest corners of the female...

An English girl takes a “tumble into a warped wonderland” when her Lewis Carroll-inspired journey unearths unexpected secrets, desires, and dangers (Los Angeles Times).   Trapped in suburban England, appalled by her parents, and desperately shy, twelve-year-old Jennifer Maybee is facing the terrors...

In this “perfect, black little tale” from the author of Honour Thy Father, a feud between neighbors in an English town escalates to terrifying consequence (The Observer).   In northern England, along a block of row houses, lives the widow Nell. Lately, she’s had a difficult time adjusting to...

From the award-winning author of Honour Thy Father: W****ho’s a threat to whom in this “spine-chilling” novel of split personality? (The Times, London).   Inis has no interest in finding out who she is. She wants to discover who she isn’t. One day, in her least favorite month of February,...

Between Scotland and Botany Bay, two incarcerated young women—a century apart—are united by crime—in this “brilliant” novel from the award-winning author (Nick Hornby).   Jennifer Maybee is in solitary confinement, imprisoned for an undisclosed crime. Deprived of companionship and driven...

The third in a series of annual anthologies, The Best British Short Stories 2013 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories appeared in magazines from the Edinburgh Review to Granta, in anthologies from various publishers, and in authors’ own...

An unsettled marriage takes a sinister turn in this novel of domestic suspense. It’s “pure gold” (Los Angeles Times).   Winner of the Yorkshire Post Author of the Year Award   In a quiet English village, Nadia is a sculptor driven by an obsession to conceive a child. Creating is in her blood....

"The last time Dodie sees her mother alive, Stella is unusually busy, tattily splendid in an old red velvet dress. Soon after this, Dodie's brother Seth goes missing: the only trace of him is through postcards signed 'Yours in the Lord' addresses from the Soul Life Centre, New York state. When...

Four English sisters share a terrible family secret in this novel from “the suspense writers’ suspense writer” and author of Trick or Treat (Harper’s Bazaar).   Winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards   In a decaying house along the marshy Fenlands of Eastern England, four...