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Sam Blake

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Stamford, Lincolnshire, The United Kingdom

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http://www.samblakebooks.com

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Crime, Psychological Thriller, Young Adult

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February 2012

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Sam Blake has been writing fiction since 1999 when her husband went sailing across the Atlantic for 8 weeks and she had an idea for a book.

Her debut novel 'Little Bones' (Bonnier 2016) was a runaway bestseller. Across all her books Sam has been an Eason No 1 bestseller an Irish Times No 1 and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards (in the crime or teen categories) five times. 2023 saw her multiple award shortlisted YA debut Something Terrible Happened Last Night hit the shelves. In 2024 Something's About to Blow Up won Irish Teen/YA Book of the Year.

Moving away from police procedurals, now writing 'deliciously twisted' (Dail ...more

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Average rating: 3.61 · 10,735 ratings · 1,439 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Little Bones (Cathy Connolly, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 1,316 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remember My Name 3.54 avg rating — 1,336 ratings — published 2022 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Room 3.60 avg rating — 1,152 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of Four 3.29 avg rating — 1,239 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Keep Your Eyes On Me 3.42 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Deep Water (Cathy Connolly #2) 3.92 avg rating — 902 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Three Little Birds 3.66 avg rating — 867 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Turning Back (Cathy Connolly, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 679 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Killing Sense 3.64 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Read it First: Something’s About to Blow Up

My next YA thriller Something’s About to Blow Up is out on 23rd May, and you can read the opening chapter here! If you prefer to see the *actual* opening pages in a pdf, click here.

Something’s About to Blow Up takes us back to Raven’s Hill School…When an explosion rips through the chemistry lab and six girls are injured, the first thought is that it’s an experiment gone wrong. Then the guards star

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Voting for October 2018 group read - set in Ireland

In the Woods by Tana French

11 votes, 40.7%

White Bones by Graham Masterton

5 votes, 18.5%

Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor

4 votes, 14.8%

Borderlands by Brian McGilloway

2 votes, 7.4%

The Lost and the Blind by Declan Burke

2 votes, 7.4%

The Guards by Ken Bruen

2 votes, 7.4%

Can Anybody Help Me? by Sinéad Crowley

1 vote, 3.7%

Little Bones by Sam Blake

0 votes, 0.0%

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