Lights Out: The chilling, unputdownable thriller that you won't be able to put down in 2025! (Paperback) - Louise Swanson

Someone is watching Grace. But in the darkness, she can't see them... A twisty thriller for fans of Claire Douglas, Sarah Pinborough and Gillian Flynn from Louise Swanson, penname of critically acclaimed and bestselling author Louise Beech.

'[A] thought-provoking . . . examination of damaged psyches and the consequences of secrets' Times

REAL READERS LOVE LIGHTS OUT:
'Louise Swanson's writing is so powerful that I was dragged, kicking and screaming, into this world that she has created so precisely and with so much atmosphere and I couldn't let go . . .'
'I was totally absorbed in this book. Louise is one of my favourite authors'
'A 5 star read, shining brightly through the dark'
'This whole book is filled with layers upon layers of mystery . . . very cleverly told'
'Lights Out has several layers and I loved being able to peel each one back'

When darkness is everywhere, nowhere is safe...

A state of emergency has been declared in the UK. From now on, at 8pm every night, all electricity cuts out.
The Government promises it's a temporary measure. They promise they are always thinking of your safety.

But for Grace, the darkness is anything but safe.

Someone is coming into her house under its cover every night while she lies in bed upstairs, too terrified to sleep. Someone who knows her past, who knows why she has more reason to fear the dark than most...

And every morning she wakes to a new message from the intruder:

I have you in my sights. Love, The Night

But how can Grace escape, when there's nowhere safe left to hide?

'Tense and intriguing, creeping paranoia oozes from every page . . . Louise Swanson is a talent that shines in the dark' Janice Hallett

'The most zeitgeist thriller of 2024 . . . Terrifyingly believable and horribly real. I'd say I devoured it, but I think the truth is that it devoured me' Helen Fields

'Chillingly convincing, this is a novel that echoes around your head for a long time after reading' B.P. Walter

About the Author

Louise Swanson is the penname of bestselling author Louise Beech, who has published eight novels with Orenda Books, and a memoir, Eighteen Seconds, with Mardle. Her work has previously shortlisted for the Romantic Novel Award and the Polari Prize. She won Best's Book of the Year with her 2019 psychological thriller Call Me Star Girl. Louise blogs regularly on louisebeech.co.uk, and is on Twitter under the name @LouiseWriter.