Fiona Cummins Books

The Collector is the taut and terrifying psychological thriller from Fiona Cummins, the author of Rattle.

‘A rich, intricately-woven novel of childhood crime and adult redemption. I finished it with my heart in my mouth. Highly recommended’ - Louise Candlish‘Dark, creepy and ultimately compassionate, When I Was Ten is a chilling look at the consequences of a childhood gone wrong’ – JP Delaney'Pacey, dark and surprises to the bitter end. Loved it' – Fiona BartonTwenty-one years ago, Dr Richard Carter and his wife Pamela were murdered in what has become the most infamous double murder of the modern age.Ten-year-old Sara Carter – nicknamed the Angel of Death - spent eight years in a children’s secure unit and is living quietly under an assumed name with a family of her own.Now, on the anniversary of the trial, a documentary team has tracked down her older sister Shannon Carter, compelling her to break two decades of silence.Her explosive interview sparks national headlines and journalist Brinley Booth, a childhood friend of the Carter sisters, is tasked with covering the news story.For the first time, the three women are forced to confront what really happened on that blood-soaked night – with devastating consequences for them all.When I Was Ten is a chilling page-turner by Fiona Cummins.Praise for Fiona ‘Head and shoulders above most of the competition’ – Val McDermid‘When writing from the perspective of ordinary people caught up in horrific events, Fiona Cummins is unbeatable’ – Sunday Express‘Brilliant . . . dark, creepy and twisted’ – C. J. Tudor‘A crime novel of the very first order’ – David Baldacci‘An excellent read’ – Martina Cole‘Creepy as hell’ – Ian Rankin‘Fiona Cummins has a gift for tapping a rich seam of evil that underpins the surface of the every day. Suberbly sinister’ – Sunday Mirror

The No.1 Bestseller by debut author Fiona CumminsA serial killer to chill your bonesA psychopath more frightening than Hannibal Lecter. He has planned well. He leads two lives. In one he's just like anyone else. But in the other he is the caretaker of his family's macabre museum. Now the time has come to add to his collection. He is ready to feed his obsession, and he is on the hunt. Jakey Frith and Clara Foyle have something in common. They have what he needs. What begins is a terrifying cat-and-mouse game between the sinister collector, Jakey's father and Etta Fitzroy, a troubled detective investigating a spate of abductions. Set in London's Blackheath, Rattle by Fiona Cummins explores the seam of darkness that runs through us all; the struggle between light and shadow, redemption and revenge. It is a glimpse into the mind of a sinister psychopath. And it's also a story about not giving up hope when it seems that all hope is already lost.

Shortlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2023 Into the Dark is the gripping crime thriller from Fiona Cummins about revenge, greed, ambition and the true cost of friendship. 'Complex. Inventive. Twisting. Unsettling' - Sarah Vaughan, bestselling author of Anatomy of a Scandal The Place: Seawings, a beautiful art deco home overlooking the sweep of the bay in Midtown-on-Sea. The Crime: The gilded Holden family - Piper and Gray and their two teenage children - have vanished from the house without a trace. The Detective: DS Saul Anguish, brilliant but with a dark past, treads the narrow line between light and shade. One late autumn morning, Piper's best friend arrives at Seawings to discover an eerie scene - the radio is playing, phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the house is deserted. In fifteen-year-old Riva Holden's bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words: Make Them Stop. What happens next?

A new home. A new start. It's all the Lockwoods want. And on The Avenue, a leafy street in an Essex town near the sea, it seems possible. But what if what they want isn't what they get? On their moving-in day they arrive to a media frenzy. A serial killer has struck in the woods behind The Avenue. The police are investigating. And the neighbours quite clearly have secrets. With their dream quickly turning into a nightmare, the Lockwoods are watching everyone. But who's watching them?

The electrifying new crime novel from the award winning author, Fiona Cummins, author of Into the Dark and Rattle.

Sběratel Fiony Cummins je napínavým pokračováním knihy Chrastění kostí. Jakey přežil a přestěhoval se do nového města. Zachránil se téměř zázrakem, jeho rodiče však vědí, že Sběratel kostí tam venku stále někde je, že ho pozoruje a čeká… Clara - holčička, kterou si nechal – v sobě dál živí naději, že někdo přijde a zachrání ji. Naopak její matce se rozpadl život a začíná svou naději ztrácet. Sběratel kostí našel nového učedníka, jenž má převzít jeho rodinné dědictví. Nemůže však zapomenout na toho chlapce, který mu proklouzl, ani na policejní vyšetřovatelku, rozbila jeho sny na prach. Když Sběratel unikl, seržantce Ettě Fitzroyové se všechno zhroutilo. Clara je stále nezvěstná, navíc se rozjíždí nová vlna podobně záhadných vražd. Dokáže toho muže z temnot najít znovu? Sběratel se vrátil. A tentokrát nemá co ztratit.