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The Riptide
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Expected 24 Sep 26From the
Sunday Times
bestselling author of
The Turnglass.
Perfect for fans of Anthony Horowitz and Stuart Turton.
A dazzling, puzzle-box mystery of secrets, power and hidden truths
1804, Isle of Ray, Essex. Lysander Rose has spent his life searching for the truth about his mother, abducted when he was just a baby.
When the men who took her return for him, Lysander is forced to flee – leaving behind everything he knows. But in his escape, he uncovers a clue that draws him into the orbit of a secretive organisation known only as the Circle.
As Lysander follows the trail from the Essex coast to the shadowed streets of Edinburgh, he finds himself entangled in a world of murder, blackmail and political intrigue. At its an exiled king, and a conspiracy that could shape the fate of nations.
And stranger still, every step of his journey seems to have already been written – played out in the pages of a lurid penny-blood chapbook.
But if the story has already been told, can Lysander change how it ends?
A dazzling, puzzle-box mystery of secrets, power and hidden truths
1804, Isle of Ray, Essex. Lysander Rose has spent his life searching for the truth about his mother, abducted when he was just a baby.
When the men who took her return for him, Lysander is forced to flee – leaving behind everything he knows. But in his escape, he uncovers a clue that draws him into the orbit of a secretive organisation known only as the Circle.
As Lysander follows the trail from the Essex coast to the shadowed streets of Edinburgh, he finds himself entangled in a world of murder, blackmail and political intrigue. At its an exiled king, and a conspiracy that could shape the fate of nations.
And stranger still, every step of his journey seems to have already been written – played out in the pages of a lurid penny-blood chapbook.
But if the story has already been told, can Lysander change how it ends?
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Expected publication September 24, 2026
About the author
Gareth Rubin
14 books56 followersGareth Rubin is a British journalist and author. His journalism covers social affairs, travel, architecture, arts and health. His novel Liberation Square is a mystery thriller set in Soviet-occupied London.
In 2013 he directed a documentary, Images of Bedlam, about the connection between art and mental illness and how art can help people express that which they cannot put into words. It was filmed at the Bethlem Royal Hospital (‘Bedlam’) and interviews artists with a history of psychiatric illness.
He previously worked as an actor on stage and television.
In 2013 he directed a documentary, Images of Bedlam, about the connection between art and mental illness and how art can help people express that which they cannot put into words. It was filmed at the Bethlem Royal Hospital (‘Bedlam’) and interviews artists with a history of psychiatric illness.
He previously worked as an actor on stage and television.
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