The latest from the writer of Apple Tree Yard, and Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty Book order
Louise Doughty is a critically acclaimed novelist whose work delves into the complexities of human relationships and the societal forces that shape them. Her writing is characterized by its insightful prose and its ability to explore profound themes with both depth and nuance. Doughty's exploration of the human condition, coupled with her skillful narrative construction, offers readers a compelling and thought-provoking literary experience.







- 2023
- 2019
AS SEEN ON ITV OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES OF APPLE TREE YARD SOLD 'The perfect thriller.' Stylist 'Scarily plausible . . . desperately moving.' Guardian 'Gripping.' Good Housekeeping The novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. 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. What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge. Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected? No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die . . . Readers are gripped by Platform Seven: ***** 'Had me hooked from the start - a real page turner!' ***** 'Brilliant . . . punches you straight in heart.' ***** 'Amazing . . . A thriller with a difference!' ***** 'The best book I have read in along while'
- 2017
Doughty is a brilliant storyteller who knows how to build the suspense to breaking point. The Times
- 2016
Black Water
- 384 pages
- 14 hours of reading
Beautifully written but at times disconcertingly dark, this is a good one for sitting out flight delays. Stylist
- 2014
The last thing anyone would expect in a small, rural village is murder - let alone the horrific double murder of a respectable middle-aged local couple. During one of the hottest summers England has ever seen, the two are brutally stabbed to death. Their teenage daughter is missing. Alison, a young local reporter, is asked to cover the murders. But it isn't long before it emerges that she has one or two dark secrets of her own - secrets in her past even she is not aware of...
- 2014
Brilliant psychological suspense from the author of Apple Tree Yard, now a major BBC Drama.
- 2014
Stone Cradle
- 368 pages
- 13 hours of reading
From the bestselling author of APPLE TREE YARD comes a sweeping saga set over the twentieth century
- 2013
Apple Tree Yard
- 448 pages
- 16 hours of reading
'There can't be a woman alive who hasn't once realised, in a moment of panic, that she's in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong man. Louise Doughty, more sure-footed with each novel, leads her unnerved reader into dark territory. A compelling and bravely-written book.' HILARY MANTEL 'A superb novel. Grown-up, genuinely suspenseful, wonderfully well-constructed, intelligent and provocative. I really didn't want to finish it. And I don't say that very often.' JULIE MYERSON'Once you start you can't stop reading. Terrific.' HELEN DUNMOREYvonne Carmichael has worked hard to achieve the life she always wanted: a high-flying career in genetics, a beautiful home, a good relationship with her husband and their two grown-up children. Then one day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliament and, on impulse, begins a passionate affair with him - a decision that will put everything she values at risk. At first she believes she can keep the relationship separate from the rest of her life, but she can't control what happens next. All of her careful plans spiral into greater deceit and, eventually, a life-changing act of violence. Apple Tree Yard is a psychological thriller about one woman's adultery and an insightful examination of the values we live by and the choices we make, from an acclaimed writer at the height of her powers.
- 2012
Whatever You Love
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Two police officers knock on Laura's door and her life changes forever. They tell her that her nine-year old daughter Betty has been hit by a car and killed. When justice is slow to arrive, Laura decides to take her own revenge and begins to track down the man responsible.
- 2011
Whatever You Love. ... can be taken away. Shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2010
- 307 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Laura's life is shattered when two police officers inform her that her nine-year-old daughter, Betty, has been killed in an accident. Frustrated by the slow pursuit of justice, Laura takes matters into her own hands and sets out to find the man responsible.


