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Mark Edwards

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Born

in Tunbridge Wells, The United Kingdom

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http://www.markedwardsauthor.com

Twitter

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Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Crime, Fiction

Influences

Mo Hayder, Peter James, Stephen King, Donna Tartt ...more

Member Since

April 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/markedwardswriter

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Mark Edwards writes psychological thrillers in which scary things happen to ordinary people.

He loves hearing from readers and always responds. Mark can be contacted in the following ways:
Email: mark@markedwardsauthor.com
Twitter @mredwards
Facebook/Instagram: @markedwardsauthor

You can download a free box set of 'Short Sharp Shockers' by visiting www.markedwardsauthor.com/free

Mark has sold over 5 million books since his first solo novel, The Magpies, was published in 2013 and has topped the bestseller lists numerous times. His other novels include Follow You Home, Here To Stay and The Psychopath Next Door. He has also published six books co-authored with Louise Voss. His next novel, The Wasp Trap, will be published in the UK/Australia in July ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 357,638 ratings · 24,854 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Here To Stay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 52,385 ratings — published 2019	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
	Follow You Home 3.91 avg rating — 52,586 ratings — published 2015 — 5 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 Magpies (The Magpies #1) 3.92 avg rating — 34,614 ratings — published 2013 — 25 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 Retreat 4.05 avg rating — 31,112 ratings — published 2018 — 17 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
	Because She Loves Me 4.06 avg rating — 22,370 ratings — published 2014 — 16 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 House Guest 3.81 avg rating — 23,040 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Psychopath Next Door 3.95 avg rating — 16,961 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	The Lucky Ones 4.20 avg rating — 14,791 ratings — published 2017 — 19 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 Devil's Work 4.03 avg rating — 12,332 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	In Her Shadow really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,342 ratings — published 2018 — 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

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Series by Mark Edwards

The Magpies (4 books)
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3.97 avg rating — 51,456 ratings

It's no secret that around here we love a good twisty mystery, a confounding whodunit, and a heart-racing thriller. So, we asked eight of...

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Shy Creatures

by Clare Chambers

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Leave the World Behind

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Mark Edwards and 5 other people liked Katies_cosy_reading_corner 's review of The Wasp Trap: "The Wasp Trap by Mark Edwards Bravo, Mr. Edwards, you've created another phenomenal novel that left me with a very satisfying book hangover. I adored this story and was engrossed from start to finish. It's a page-turner I struggled to put down. I dev" Read more of this review »
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Mark Edwards made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please move book to my author profile topic " Hello - my book has been attached to a different Mark Edwards' profile. This is the book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... And this is my author ...more "
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Mark Edwards and 22 other people liked Carrie Shields's review of The Psychopath Next Door: "𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞, 𝐅𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐀 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥. I have been stalking NetGalley multiple times a day looking for this one, and when I tell you I finally saw it, I pounced like an apex predator. " Read more of this review »
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Quotes by Mark Edwards (?)

“If I enter a house with no books it makes me uneasy. I wonder what’s wrong with the people who live there.”
― Mark Edwards, The Retreat

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“We used to say that we loved each other but, looking back, I think we said it more because we felt we should.”
― Mark Edwards, Because She Loves Me

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“She took out an Ian McEwan book, flicked through it and said, ‘I love this. I can’t bear people who don’t read. I think they must have something wrong with them, don’t you?’ ‘I guess so.’ ‘Books, music, art, films.’ She held up her glass. ‘Good wine. It’s what life’s all about.’ I held up my own glass. ‘To books, music, art, films and wine.”
― Mark Edwards, Because She Loves Me

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The Stranger by Harlan Coben

5 votes, 22.7%

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

4 votes, 18.2%

Follow You Home by Mark Edwards

3 votes, 13.6%

Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Tilia Klebenov Jacobs

2 votes, 9.1%

Hard Fall by C.J. Lyons

2 votes, 9.1%

Storm Clouds by Bronwyn Parry

2 votes, 9.1%

The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly

1 vote, 4.5%

Save Yourself by Kelly Braffet

1 vote, 4.5%

I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark

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Stranded by Marina Cox

1 vote, 4.5%

The Enemy Inside by Vanessa Skye

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Stranger Child by Rachel Abbott

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What She Left by T.R. Richmond

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