Synopsis
A party at sunset. A body at sunrise.
What happened that night in the woods?
'Utterly gripping ... I couldn't put it down!' SARAH PEARSE, author of THE SANATORIUM
‘Immersive and twisty . . . Highly recommended’ SARAH VAUGHAN, author of ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL
ELLIE
When the body of a young woman is discovered in the woods the morning after Halloween, arranged with ritualistic precision, teenager Ellie has more reason than most to be afraid …
RACHEL
As both Ellie’s mum and the local school counsellor, Rachel, must grapple with the terror gripping the community, a tough job that’s made even harder when she realises her daughter is keeping secrets …
BEN
Police detective Ben Chase is desperate to solve the murder, but with his daughter Ellie struggling and the noose circling ever tighter, can he catch the killer before they strike again?
'ONE DARK NIGHT is a superior crime thriller, with beautifully real characters and a wonderfully atmospheric setting. I read the closing chapters with my heart in my mouth, as the twists kept on coming. Compassionate and immersive, it's the perfect follow-up to THE SEARCH PARTY. I loved it' EMYLIA HALL, author of THE SHELL HOUSE DETECTIVE MYSTERIES series
‘Hannah Richell has totally established herself as master of the twisty thriller. I couldn’t put ONE DARK NIGHT down. It’s completely gripping from start to finish, with so much to enjoy - the heart-in-the-mouth twists, the pacy plot, the brilliantly drawn characters and the brilliant sense of place. The perfect (dark) summer read’ HARRIET EVANS, author of THE TREASURES
'Thrilling and page-turning' SALLY HEPWORTH, author of DARLING GIRLS
'Hannah Richell's books never disappoint, and this addictive and atmospheric crime thriller is no exception. The perfect read to get lost in this summer' KATE RIORDAN, author of HEATWAVE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
- ISBN: 9781398528000
- Number of pages: 432
- Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 30 mm
- Languages: English
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Sally-in-the-woods
The most striking thing about Hannah Richell's thriller One Dark Night, from my point of view, is that it's set in a very specific, small area close to whe... READ MORE
A great crime novel that gets better and better
This turned out to be an excellent crime novel – though it took me a while to really appreciate it. At the start it seemed very derivative – flawed divorc... READ MORE
A novel full of twists and turns and shocks that will keep you guessing until the end!
In a small English village and where your teenage friends enjoy talking about old spooky tales from the past and scare you and this is happening in Thornco... READ MORE
This is definitely a novel that begs to be completed in a single sitting.
When a Halloween party takes place the teenagers attending think of it as nothing more than a chance to enjoy some illicit fun. The fact that the venue cho... READ MORE
Hannah Richell does it again!
I was a huge fan of The Search Party and was SO worried this wouldn't live up to it, but this book is utterly brilliant. I did the exact same thing, I stay... READ MORE
One dark night
Not for me trudged through, felt long drawn out with unnecessary conversation and repetitive descriptions. Didn't like it even though read 50%
Gripping
One Dark Night was, for me, quite a gripping and intense story. I read it in two sittings, quite absorbed in the story, the characters, and the atmosphere.... READ MORE
Very enjoyable
A very readable and enjoyable story, with lots of twists and turns. I thought I knew who the murderer was from fairly early one - but I was wrong! Recommen... READ MORE
Hard to predict
This was a great multi perspective thriller featuring a mother, father and daughter who are caught up in a local murder. The setting for this was eerie and... READ MORE
A good read!
3.5 rounded up
Sally in the Wood - urban legend or something real and menacing?
The day after Halloween a young, female body, dressed in a long whit... READ MORE
Dark legends provoke even darker emotions in this atmospheric suspense.
Whether Sally-in-the-woods is an urban myth or an embellished reality, its setting is the perfect place for an illicit teenage Halloween party. A taxi driv... READ MORE
Slow to get going.
The day after Halloween dawns with the discovery of the body of a young girl. A school nearby is about to learn they're missing a student. Rachel is the gu... READ MORE
Brilliant!
I really enjoyed this book! It was very well written and kept me gripped. There were so many twists and turns that I knew exactly who the killer was – 5 ... READ MORE
Buckle up for the ride!
This book will keep you guessing all the way through with it twists and turns to an ending you will never see coming. Absolutely brilliant.
Brilliant!
This is such an easy 5 star for me. I was looking for a twisty, dark, thriller and this is exactly what I got.
More twists than a bit of fusilli pasta!
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Did she fall or was she pushed?
It's worth reflecting that the story proposal could not have been possible just a few decades ago, such is the change that modern technology can unleash fo... READ MORE
Hooked until the end
One Dark Night by Hannah Richell is a psychological thriller that explores the lingering shadows of the past, the dangers of privilege and the secrets that... READ MORE
Enjoyable light murder mystery
I read this book courtesy of NetGalley. An enjoyable light murder mystery tale with plenty of twists, turns and red herrings along the way. Good charact... READ MORE
What a story!
This is a new author for me and what a story! Definitely one you keep forging through as the plot takes you on a variety of journeys through suspects and s... READ MORE
Creepy in parts, but entertaining with it
A decent, quick read with a few twists and keeps your interest. The characters were fleshed out enough to matter, but not so involved. Typical teenage angs... READ MORE
When a Group of Students go into the Woods At Halloween, By the End of the Night, One of Them Will Be Dead.
On Halloween, a group of teenage students meet in the woods near Sally in the Wood, a road steeped in local lore and rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of... READ MORE
4.5 stars - Great read
One Dark Night by @hannahrichell is an atmospheric, eerie thriller set in a quiet English town, where a Halloween party in the woods ends in tragedy. As th... READ MORE
Another great novel from Ms Richell
Another great novel from Ms Richell. When pupils from a private school throw a Hallowe'en party in the local woods things get really out of hand and the ne... READ MORE
Haunting and evocative
I enjoyed this book, the first I have read by this author. Perhaps I read too much of this genre but was able to pick the twists as they came and had an id... READ MORE
Great Read!
The dark night in question is Halloween, when a group of pupils from a private school heads to the supposedly haunted woods for a party, and one of them di... READ MORE
A tense, page turning thriller
A tense thriller set around a private school in the countryside. I loved that it was focused on teenagers after the body of a young woman is found in the w... READ MORE
A Halloween fancy dress party in the deep, dark woods? Sounds like trouble!
A Halloween party in the middle of the woods is the perfect place for a killer to go unnoticed – right? When a teenage party gets out of hand and one of t... READ MORE
An absolute cracker of a story.
An absolute cracker of a story, kept me up way past my bedtime. It took a little while to get the characters sorted in the first few pages - there's a lot ... READ MORE
Gripping
This is the first of Hannah's books I've read and on this showing, it definitely won't be the last. This book kept me gripped from first page to last. Fill... READ MORE
Good family drama / police procedural
This is a family drama / police procedural set around events that take place on the night of Halloween. Told in real time and from the POV of teenager Ell... READ MORE
Tense and gripping
Wow! Surprisingly good! I thought this might be a run of the mill chiller thriller, but it’s packed with tension and it’s just a bit different. Simple prem... READ MORE
Death after a Halloween party
Pupils from a private school have been forbidden from having a Halloween party in the woods; which is why they are in the woods that dark night. Drinking,... READ MORE
A well constructed tale
One Dark Night is a very well structured and atmospheric thriller. A great read for anyone looking for a murder mystery with lots of twists and turns.
A family each fighting their own devils and secrets
A cast of characters all fighting their own devils and fears. The husband, successful policeman though failing as a husband and father ricocheting into a... READ MORE
Tense
Halloween and a group of students from the nearby private school are gathering for a party in a quarry. The legend of Sally in the Woods takes centre stage... READ MORE
A haunting, beautifully written thriller
Loved this book. A great paced story with interesting and likeable characters. Definitely keeps you guessing all the way to the end.
From the very first... READ MORE
A compulsive read
My first book by this author, certainly not my last. It's Halloween and in a place haunted by urban myth, a boarding/day school full of teenagers, drink, d... READ MORE
Creepy Halloween murder
Atmospheric and creepy, this well written story delivers a terrifying ordeal that happens to a group of teenagers at Halloween. Attending a party deep in d... READ MORE
Different to what was expected
Easy to read thriller, suspenseful throughout and the ending was not what I was expecting. Definitely worth the read.
How well do you really know your a... READ MORE
Read in one sitting
I was sucked right into this book. I loved the different points of view and the twists were amazing. I thought I’d figured it all out but I was definitely ... READ MORE
An absorbing tale
The second book I have read by author Hannah Richell. An absorbing tale with many twists and turns to follow. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the... READ MORE
Fabulous
With many thanks to Netgalley and Simon and Schuster for this free arc and I am leaving this unbiased review voluntarily
Hannah Richell's debut blew me aw... READ MORE
Suspense!
I enjoyed this book! It unfolds at a slower steady pace than I was expecting however I couldn’t wait to get home to pick it back up!
A teenage girl is f... READ MORE
Tense, suspenseful, creepy and atmospheric Thriller
Oh, my days! Another fantastic thriller with an amazing twist.
I spent the entirety of the book feeling I knew exactly who did it and, towards the end,... READ MORE
A book with integrated relationship themes and plenty of secrets!
A tricky review score! I felt it was mostly a 3 but the tidy ending encouraged me to give it a 4 in the end.
A kind of nordic-noire meets Agatha Christi... READ MORE
not for me
This read like a YA for me and it was somehow longer than it should. Unfortunately I ended up DNFing.
A gripping thriller in which murder, family and myth are all intertwined. And an ending I suggest very few readers shall predict.
One Dark Night is a gripping psychological thriller with three main characters.
- Ellie, who is grappling with guilt and fear. She knows more about what h... READ MORE
Thriller
Thank you to Netgalley for my ARC.
This is a new reader to me but I was drawn by the synopsis.
I am so glad that I did!
This was such a good murder mys... READ MORE
A suspenseful and spooky mystery-thriller
One Dark Night is a suspenseful mystery thriller set within the community of an exclusive school in Somerset, England.
Several students from the exclusi... READ MORE
One Dark Night
Thorncombe, on the border of Somerset and Wiltshire is a small town, its nearby woods said to be haunted by Sally a girl who was murdered there on her wedd... READ MORE
Great fun
This is the perfect read when you want a thriller that you can't dive into and not stop till the end. It has a the right ingredients - Halloween, party of ... READ MORE
Fascinating and twisty story
A fascinating and twisty story that will keep you gripped. Teenagers partying in the local wood harmless and fun until one of them does not return home.
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If you go down to the woods tonight…
This was the perfect read for this time of year, when the clocks have changed, nights are drawing in and spooky goings on are happening in the woods.
I ... READ MORE
A gripping thriller in which murder, family and myth are all intertwined. And an ending I suggest very few readers shall predict.
One Dark Night is a gripping psychological thriller with three main characters.
- Ellie, who is grappling with guilt and fear. She knows more about what h... READ MORE
Tension Building
I found One Dark Night to be one of those stories where the tension builds slowly and then doesn’t let go.A group of old friends.A remote setting.One night... READ MORE
Did she fall or was she pushed?
It's worth reflecting that the story proposal could not have been possible just a few decades ago, such is the change that modern technology can unleash fo... READ MORE
Absorbing tale
The second book I have read by author Hannah Richell. An absorbing tale with many twists and turns to follow. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the... READ MORE
Full of twists and turns
The body of a young woman is discovered in the woods the morning after Halloween, and it looks as if it was a ritualistic killing. The same woods that a gr... READ MORE
A book well suited to reading in one go!
A tricky review score! I felt it was mostly a 3 but the tidy ending encouraged me to give it a 4 in the end.
A kind of nordic-noire meets Agatha Christi... READ MORE