One Came Back

One Came Back is the real thing, a concise account of Scottish-set obsessionTHE CRITIC

Dark and devastating . . . a story that haunts youHEATHER CRITCHLOW

Intriguing . . . creepy . . . downright unsettlingSHARONBOLTON

On impact, the boy seemed to fold down and disappear, as if maybe he hadnt been there in the first place...

Its New Years Eve in Edinburgh when Emily sees Nicky. Or at least she thinks she does. He looks, laughs, and moves just like Nicky. But how can that be? Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road up in the Highlands... didnt he?

A week later, Emily sees the man again. He says his name Nicholas. This man not only looks like an adult version of her friend, but he also knows things that only Nicky should know.

As her encounters with Nicholas become more frequent and her fixation intensifies, the truth becomes murkier, and more unsettling.

Is Emily being haunted, is she going mad - or is something altogether darker going on . . .

One Came Back is a powerfully tense debut novel combining the chill of the modern gothic with the hook of a thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory, and obsession.

More praise for One Came Back:

Dark and twisty: like scaling a mountain, and peering over the sheer drop at the edgeJENNA CLARKE

Compelling and genuinely eerieRUTHTHOMAS

A gripping mystery . . . poetic and movingLUCY RIBCHESTER

A hugely impressive debut. It left me reelingDEVIKA PONNAMBALAM

Almost impossible to put it downCATHERINELLYOD