Martin Griffin
Little, Brown
Crime fans looking for new author can curl up on a winter night with this atmospheric debut out in paperback in December.
A major storm cuts off phonelines and access to a remote hotel in the Scottish highlands, where Remie Yorke is working her final nightshift with only a couple of guests present. A stranger emerges from the snow claiming to be a police officer protecting them from an escaped prisoner. Shortly after, a second stranger arrives making the same claim to be the same officer.
A scary and enjoyable locked-room mystery mixing a classic crime opening with a thriller second half. Like a UK-based version of Shari Lapena’s Unwanted Guest.