'Burns combines a study of a middle-aged woman, a tale of a highly dysfunctional family and slow burn of a mystery, creating a compelling read that's at once highly entertaining and wholly disturbing. A dark and thrilling debut novel: disturbing, gripping, and hugely impressive' The Bookbag I couldn't stop reading it' Suellen Dainty A very clever confident novel, beautifully plotted with multiple twists and turns. Catherine Burns has created a complex and chilling world in which nothing is as it seems. 'An insightful study of loneliness and evil' Daily Mail

Deliberate pacing, a claustrophobic setting, and vivid, wildly unsympathetic characters complement the twisted plot and grim conclusion' Publishers Weekly 'Burns blurs the line between crime fiction and horror. The Visitors is bizarrely unsettling, yet compulsively readable' Iain Reid 'Once you start Catherine Burns’s dark, disturbing, and enthralling debut novel, it’s hard to stop. Until, suddenly, John has a heart attack and Marion is forced to go down to the cellar herself and face the gruesome truth that her brother has kept hidden.Īs questions are asked and secrets unravel, maybe John isn't the only one with a dark side.

A timid spinster in her fifties who still sleeps with teddy bears, Marion does her best to shut out the shocking secret that John keeps in the cellar. Marion Zetland lives with her domineering older brother, John in a decaying Georgian townhouse on the edge of a northern seaside resort. Perfect for fans of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware.

The Visitors by Catherine Burns