Having read - and loved - Platform Seven, I thought that Id give another of Louise Doughtys books a go. She is the author of five novels CRAZY PAVING, DANCE WITH ME, HONEY-DEW, FIRES IN THE DARK and STONE CRADLE, and one work of non-fiction A NOVEL IN A YEAR. After all, she was the first of the two to die. Louise Doughty is a novelist, playwright and critic. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected? No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge. What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone.

The previous book, Black Water, (2016) was nominated as one of the New York Times Notable Books of the Year and the book before that.

Her most recent book is Platform Seven (2019), currently being adapted as a four-part drama for ITVX. Doughty’s ninth novel follows in the acclaimed footsteps of such taut. ITV Commissions Psychological Thriller Platform 7 For New Streaming Platform ITV has commissioned the psychological thriller series Platform 7 from Dancing Ledge Productions, the scripted. ' Guardian The new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author of Apple Tree Yard Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. Louise Doughty is the author of ten novels, one work of non-fiction, five plays for radio and a TV mini series. Her name is Lisa, she was a 36-year-old local English teacher and she also died on Platform Seven, just 18 months ago. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing. SOON TO BE A MAJOR ITV SERIES OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD 'Utterly mesmerising.' Deborah Moggach 'Beautifully constructed.' Clare Mackintosh 'A scarily plausible story. Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted.

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