Susan Barker

Our Wives Under the Sea meets The Bone Clocks in the most mesmerising novel of 2025—"this book will sneak into your dreams and haunt you". When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport, they uncover a disturbing connection. Jake's best friend and Mariko's twin brother each died 6,000 miles apart, in brutal and unfathomable circumstances. Each encountered a...

Outstandingly weird and memorable GUARDIAN Deliciously creepy NEW SCIENTIST Fear never dies… These stories from eighteen masters of the craft will curdle your blood, haunt your dreams, and redefine terror. An exploited child worker in the silver mines of Bolivia finds an ally – but at what cost? A young woman's workplace affair has terrifying repercussions when her lover's wife...

Old Soul will sneak into your dreams and haunt you. When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport, they uncover a disturbing connection. Jake's best friend and Mariko's twin brother each died 6,000 miles apart, in brutal and unfathomable circumstances. Each encountered a mesmerising, dark-haired woman in the days before their deaths. A woman who came looking for...