Andrew Pyper

Professor David Ullman is a world authority on demonic literature. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a 'phenomenon' he accepts, taking his daughter, Tess, with him. But in Venice, things take a sinister, terrifying turn when a man speaks in the voice of David's dead father, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Then Tess disappears before his eyes. Yet as she falls into the waters of the Grand Canal, she pleads with her father: 'Find me...'

Una aterradora novela sobre el poder de la ficción. Seleccionada como thriller del año por el New York Times.Un asesino que se mueve a medio camino entre la realidad y la pesadilla. Víctimas mutiladas, un niño que desaparece. Patrick debera luchar contra sus propios demonios y un terrible asesino para salvar la vida mde su hijo. Tras la perdida de su esposa, el periodista Patrick Rush decide unirse a un grupo de escritura creativa para tratar de dar un giro a su decepcionante vida profesional. La ciudad de Toronto vive en estos momentos la pesadilla de un misterioso asesino, al que la policia no consigue cazar. Bajo la influencia de este ambiente de miedo colectivo, los miembros del taller empiezan a escribir sus primeros cuentos. Angela, con sus relatos sobre el hombre del saco, un ladron de niños con caracteristicas sospechosamente parecidas a las del autentico asesino, es la que mas exito tiene y por la que Patrick siente una atraccion especial. Poco despues, tras la muerte de ella en un extraño accidente de trafico, el periodista toma una decision que tendra unas consecuencias y que provocara que cada vez le cueste mas distinguir entre sueños y realidad. Cuando su propio hijo desaparece de repente, su vida se convierte en una autentica pesadilla.

Haunted. Scarred. Alone.And the nightmares just beginning The Wildfire Season is a remarkable tour de force an edgy psychological thriller, a supernatural chiller, a terrifying tale of untamed nature and a poignant love story. The vast tracts of wilderness of the Canadian north are beautiful but dangerous a place to lose yourself, or hide your secrets. For fire-fighter Miles McEwan, scarred and haunted by a terrible death, it is both. But the uneasy peace of his new life in the backwoods town of Ross River cant last. Violence is simmering in the vast forests around him and the past he thought he had escaped is about to catch up with him. Now Miles must fight the fires that rage around him as well the ones he had hoped to leave behind. All the time knowing that one of his friends must be a killer

Pyper is a master architect of dread . . . Compulsive and nerve-jangling Lauren BeukesAshleigh and Danny Orchard are twins, not that youd ever tell by looking at them - Danny distant and shy, Ash beautiful and accomplished. But theres a secret in the Orchard house: Ash is a monster, a psychopath who can feel only through bringing others pain.When Ash and Danny are caught in a fire on their 16th birthday, both of them die. But only Danny comes back. Since then, Ash has haunted Danny, denying him any form of normal life ... or love. When Danny meets Willa and her son Eddie he glimpses the life he could have without Ash. To stop her from ruining his new-found happiness, Danny must venture into the frightening underworld of Detroit, where he will unearth the mystery of the night his and Ashs fates changed for ever. Dark and compelling, THE DAMNED is a story of how heaven and hell arent about death, but about the decisions we make in life.

'A smart, thrilling, utterly unnerving novel' GILLIAN FLYNN on Andrew Pyper's The Demonologist EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS.It is only after their father dies that Aaron, Bridge and Franny learn how wealthy he was. But they must fulfil a request in his will to get any inheritance: spend a month in a cabin, deep in the mountains, with no contact with the outside world.Despite their concerns, they agree.BUT SECRETS CAN BE A REAL KILLER.The isolation soon makes them question what their father was trying to tell them. And why they have memories of the cabin, though none of them have been there before. The only thing they are sure of is that something is calling to them from the darkness of the woods. And before the month is through, they will discover just how deadly secrets can be.For fans of The Haunting of Hill House, Twin Peaks and Stephen King, Andrew Pyper returns with this gripping novel about the dark side of family.

On the heels of his acclaimed bestselling debut Lost Girls, Andrew Pyper brings his darkly musical language, chilling suspense, and psychological complexity to a story of survival in the Amazon jungle. On the delirious eve of the new millennium, Marcus Wallace and Jonathon Bates, two twenty-four-year-old overnight dot-com millionaires, are on a trade mission in Brazil. Their product is Hypothesys, a virtual "morality machine" that promises to help people "make the best decisions of their lives." But when the decision is made to take an ecotour up the Rio Negro deep into the Amazon jungle, the Hypothesys team members are forced to make choices for themselves -- choices that carry fatal consequences. In the dead of night, their boat is boarded by paramilitaries who kill the Brazilian crew and kidnap Wallace and Bates, their two older colleagues, and their enigmatic interpreter, Crossman. Blindfolded and thrown into a pit for a prison, they must fight to find the will to survive. But when the increasingly unstable Wallace engineers a violent escape, their own natures emerge as a threat potentially more dangerous than the boundless jungle that surrounds them, or the gunmen who relentlessly pursue them. A rare combination of literary skill, contemporary insight, and outstanding storytelling, The Trade Mission is an electrifying read that confirms Andrew Pypers mastery of psychological suspense.

Gothic fans rejoice! (The Globe and Mail) The #1 internationally bestselling author of The Demonologist radically reimagines some of literatures classic masterpiecesFrankenstein, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Draculain a contemporary novel driven by relentless suspense and breathtaking emotion.This is the story of a man who may be the worlds one real-life monster, and the only woman who has a chance of finding him.As a forensic psychiatrist at New Yorks leading institution of its kind, Dr. Lily Dominick has evaluated the mental states of some of the countrys most dangerous psychotics. But the strangely compelling client she interviewed todaya man with no name, accused of the most twisted crimestruck her as somehow different from the others, despite the two impossible claims he made.First, that he is more than two hundred years old, and he personally inspired Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Bram Stoker to create the three novels of the nineteenth century that define the monstrous in the modern imagination. Second, that hes Lilys father. To discover the truthbehind her client, her mothers death, herselfDr. Dominick must embark on a journey that will threaten her career, her sanity, and ultimately her life.A breathtaking story rife with emotion and chilling suspense (The Big Thrill Magazine), The Only Child fuses the page-turning tension of a first-rate thriller with a provocative take on where thrillers come from. In his latest novel, Andrew Pypers writing is gripping, and readers will undoubtedly make comparisons to Stephen King (Library Journal) as they stay up all night to discover the last, unforgettable revelation.

Instant National BestsellerBestselling author Andrew Pyper returns with a riveting psychological thriller about how the people youve known your whole life can suddenly become strangers.What if everything you knew about the people you loved was a lie?After the death of their absentee father, Aaron and Bridge Quinlan travel to a vast rainforest property in the Pacific Northwest to hear the reading of his will. There, they meet up with their mother and troubled sister, Franny, and are shocked to discover the wills terms: in order to claim their inheritance they must all remain at the estate for thirty days without any contact with the outside world. Despite their concerns, they agree.The Quinlans soon come to learn their family has more secrets than they ever imaginedrevelations that at first inspire curiosity, then fear. Why does Bridge have faint memories of the estate? Why did their father want them to be sequestered there together? And what is out there they feel pulling them into the dark heart of the woods?The Homecoming is at once a gripping mystery, a chilling exploration of how our memories can both define and betray us, and a riveting page-turner that will have you questioning your very existence.

In this terrifying ghost story based on true events, the Presidents late son haunts the White House, threatening all who live in itand the divided America beyond its walls. From the bestselling author of The Homecoming.The year is 1853. President-elect Franklin Pierce is traveling with his family to Washington, DC, when tragedy strikes. In an instant, their train runs off the rails, violently flinging passengers about the cabin. When the great iron machine finally comes to rest, the only casualty is the Pierces son, Bennie. The loss sends First Lady Jane Pierce into mourning, and casts Franklins presidency under a pall of sorrow and grief.As the Pierces move into the White House, they are soon plagued by events both bizarre and disturbing. Strange sounds seem to come from the walls and ceiling, ghostly voices echo out of time itself, and visions of spirits crushed under the weight of American history pass through empty hallways. But when Jane orchestrates a seance with the infamous Fox Sistersthe most noted Spiritualists of the daythe barrier between this world and the next is torn asunder. Something horrific comes through and takes up residence alongside Franklin and Jane in the very walls of the mansion itself.Only by overcoming their grief and confronting their darkest secrets can Jane and Franklin hope to rid themselvesand Americaof the entity that seeks to make the White House its permanent home.

DELIVERANCE meets HEART OF DARKNESS for the GENERATION X reader. Imagine your job is to translate for a pair of arrogant technology whizzkids on business in South America. Imagine you are accompanying them on a jaunty boat trip up the river Amazon. Imagine that late one night some foreign bandits steal onto the boat and kill the crew. Imagine that you and your charges are kidnapped at gun point. Would you give your life for theirs in the name of survival? Crossman is faced with just this dilemma. A seemingly straightforward trek through the jungle rapidly breaks down into mayhem and, after the kidnapping, nobody knows who to trust. There are five of them - the whizzkids, their two colleagues and Crossman - buried in a deep, dark pit with the ever-present threat of torture to keep them there. But an escape route is finally found and quickly five become three, stranded in a tiny boat on the enormous Amazon and facing new threats from the surrounding wildlife. But these are as nothing compared with the often violent redrawing of allegiances between the three survivors...Sunday Times Bestselling author Andrew Pyper has written a chilling, tense follow-up to his debut novel, LOST GIRLS, which confirms his mastery of thriller writing and explores new - and terrifying - territory against the dramatic backdrop of the Amazonian jungle.

One of the most talented successors to Stephen KingDAILY MAILA psychotic patient with two impossible claims. A leading forensic psychiatrist on the edge. Its not just Dr. Dominicks career thats in danger...Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Lily Dominick has evaluated the mental states of some of the countrys most dangerous psychotics. But todays client - a man with no name, accused of the most twisted crime - struck her as different from the others, despite the two impossible claims he made.First, that he is more than two hundred years old and personally inspired Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson in creating the three novels of the nineteenth-century that define the monstrous in the modern imagination. Second, that hes her father.To discover the truth behind her client, Dr. Dominick must embark on a journey that will threaten her career, her sanity, and ultimately her life.Taut, terrifying and impossible to put down, The Only Child is perfect for fans of Lauren Beukes and Stephen King.Praise for Andrew Pyper:One of the most talented successors to Stephen King - DAILY MAILA smart, thrilling, utterly unnerving novel- GILLIAN FLYNN, author of Gone GirlPyper is a master architect of dread - LAUREN BEUKES, author of The Shining GirlsGenuinely terrifying- SJ WATSON, author of Before I Go To SleepReaders will undoubtedly make comparisons to Stephen King LIBRARY JOURNAL

OPTIONED FOR FILM BY LEGENDARY PICTURES (Interstellar, the Dark Knight films, Godzilla)The Damned underlines Pypers growing reputation as one of the most talented successors to the inimitable Stephen King. Daily Mail (UK)Most people who have a near-death experience come back alone...but not Danny Orchard.After he survived a fire that claimed the life of his evil twin sister, Ashleigh, Danny wrote a bestselling memoir about going to heaven and back. But despite the resulting fame and fortune, hes never been able to enjoy his second chance at life: Ash wont let him.Shes haunted Danny for twenty years and now, just when hes met the love of his life and has a chance at real happiness, she wants more than ever to punish him for being aliveso she sets her sights on Dannys new wife and stepson. To save them from her wrath, hell have to meet his sister where she now residesand hope that this time he can keep her there forever.

The desperate search for his missing daughter will take a father to hell and back...Professor David Ullman is among the worlds leading authorities on demonic literature. Not that hes a believer. He sees what he teaches as a branch of the imagination and nothing more. So when offered a luxury trip to Venice to consult on a phenomenon, he accepts, taking his 11-year-old daughter Tess with him.Amidst the decadent splendour of the city, David makes his way to the address hes been asked to visit. What he witnesses in the tiny attic room shakes him to the core: a man restrained in a chair, clearly insane. But what David hears the man say is worse. The voice of his father, dead for 30 years, repeating the last words he ever spoke to his son. Words that have left scars - and a mystery - behind. Terrified, David is determined to leave with Tess as quickly as possible. But he cant shake the feeling that something is following him. And then, before his eyes on the roof of their hotel, Tess disappears. But before she falls into the Grand Canals waters, she utters a plea: Find me.At once frightening and deeply moving, Andrew Pypers page-turning thriller explores the lengths a father will go to find his daughter, and the darkness he is prepared to confront along the way.

From acclaimed, bestselling author Andrew Pyper, a suspenseful page-turner that explores the repercussions of that most dishonest of thefts: stealing anothers story and calling it your own.Patrick Rush, a former bright light at the National Star now demoted to the reality TV beat, is still recovering from his wifes death when he joins a writers group in Toronto. His goal: to write the book hes always felt lived within him. Trouble is, Patrick has no story to tell. And while the circles members show similarly little literary promise, there is one exception: Angela. Her unsettling readings tell of a shadowy childhood tragedy and an unremitting fear of the Sandman, a terrible man who does terrible things. Its the stuff of nightmares or horror films. Or is it? Over the weeks that follow, a string of unsolved murders seem increasingly connected to Patrick. And then the circles members start to go missing, one by one. Still haunted by lossand by a crime only those in the circle could know ofPatrick finds himself in a fictional world made horrifically real. But nothing will put him in greater danger than that ancient curse of natural born readers: the need to know how the story ends.At once a complex and compulsive read, The Killing Circle explores the side effects of an increasingly fame-mad culture, where even the staid realm of literature can fall prey to ravenous ambition and competition.

A smart, thrilling, utterly unnerving novel GILLIAN FLYNN on Andrew Pypers The Demonologist EVERY FAMILY HAS SECRETS. It is only after their father dies that Aaron, Bridge and Franny learn how wealthy he was. But they must fulfil a request in his will to get any inheritance: spend a month in a cabin, deep in the mountains, with no contact with the outside world. Despite their concerns, they agree. BUT SECRETS CAN BE A REAL KILLER. The isolation soon makes them question what their father was trying to tell them. And why they have memories of the cabin, though none of them have been there before. The only thing they are sure of is that something is calling to them from the darkness of the woods. And before the month is through, they will discover just how deadly secrets can be.For fans of The Haunting of Hill House, Twin Peaks and Stephen King, Andrew Pyper returns with this gripping novel about the dark side of family. *** PRAISE for ANDREW PYPER ***Brilliant thriller . . . readers will be invested in the thoughtfully constructed characters. Fans of Josh Malermans Bird Box will be pleased Publishers Weekly (* Starred Review)One assumes the book was written beneath a full moon . . . Pypers petrifying imagination comes through in the details. The Homecoming creates a battle between the readers faith in what they know about their own histories and the leery possibility of treachery emerging out of nowhere . . . Pypers craftsmanship knows no limit when it comes to making the reader confront their own inescapable fears Globe and MailWeird, wonderful, audacious . . . Brilliantly constructed and absolutely mesmerizing, this could very well be [Pypers] best book yet BooklistGenuinely terrifying, dont-read-late-at-night stuff. Thrilling, compelling and beautifully written SJ Watson, bestselling author of Before I Go to Sleep Pypers style flips back and forth from gallows humour to Grand Guignol horroryoull want to keep all the lights on as you read this one Independent on Sunday on Lost GirlsWith impressive skill and confidencePyper has created an intricate puzzle, playing with elements of the courtroom drama, the detective story and country GothicAs a debut novel, Lost Girls is remarkable and compelling. But more than that, it is a novel that goes some way towards reinventing the literary ghost story as a modern-day going concern The Times on Lost GirlsSentence by sentence theres little to fault: the moody unease of small-town Canada is maintained and a creeping horror revealed Guardian on Lost GirlsA best-seller in the authors native Canadaits easy to see whyextremely compelling Sunday Telegraph on Lost GirlsThis is an excellently written novel, brilliant in its evocation of an atmosphere which, at first mildly sinister, progressively thickens and darkens Evening Standard on Lost Girls