> Skip to content
Play sample
  • Published: 15 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780552159791
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $26.00

Blood Harvest

a bone-chilling, twisty thriller from Richard & Judy bestseller Sharon Bolton




A bone-chilling, twisty thriller, perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Mo Hayder

Fans of Lisa Jewell, Cara Hunter and Karin Slaughter will devour this menacingly dark and disturbing thriller with an unnatural twist from bestselling author Sharon Bolton. Guaranteed to entrance and get right under the skin...

'Spine-tingling suspense!' -- LISA GARDNER
'A killer twist' -- Financial Times
'Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story' --
Guardian
'Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime' -- Independent
'Brilliant and captivating' -- ***** Reader review
'Addictive...you can't put it down!' -- ***** Reader review
'A galloping tale of mystery and tension' -- ***** Reader review
'Amazing book, had me on the edge of my seat' -- ***** Reader review

*************************************************************************************
SHE'S BEEN WATCHING US FOR SOME TIME NOW...

Sometimes I wish that she'd just leave me in peace . . .

Psychologist Evi has taken on a new patient: a grieving mother who lost her daughter in a fire two years ago - but who is convinced her little girl is still alive.

Meanwhile, the new vicar in town is not feeling welcome. Disturbing events seem designed to scare him away.

And all the while, a young boy keeps seeing a solitary girl playing among the graves in the churchyard.

But who is she, and what is she trying to tell him?

  • Published: 15 April 2018
  • ISBN: 9780552159791
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 576
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Sharon Bolton

Sharon Bolton (previously S. J. Bolton) is the critically acclaimed author of some of the most bone-chilling crime books ever written. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger for Crime Novel of the Year and the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2014 she won the CWA Dagger in the Library for her whole body of work.

Sharon lives near Oxford with her husband and young son.

Also by Sharon Bolton

See all

Praise for Blood Harvest

Blood Harvest is the book I wish I could have written. Heart-stopping, bone-chilling, and deliciously written. S.J. Bolton is a thriller star

CHELSEA CAIN

Bolton has already made a considerable name for herself with her well-crafted, original and spooky crime thrillers

Daily Mail

Bolton knows precisely how to ratchet up the tension and tell a cracking story

Guardian

Bolton excels... a mystery that twines its way to the secretive, rotten heart of the village

Observer

If you prefer your thrillers to be gripping not grisly, Bolton is a name to remember . . . spine-tingling tale

Grazia

Bolton expertly balances the gothic supernatural elements with a crackling psychological plot, leaving readers breathless until the last page

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Frisson-generating... dark, psychological crime

Independent

Part Wicker Man, part League of Gentlemen... Moody and creepy, with a killer twist

Financial Times (Books of the Year)

S J Bolton's frission-generating Blood Harvest is a satisfyingly atmospheric 500-plus pages; a clever synthesis of two sure-fire strategies: the slow burning mystery...and the dark psychological crime narrative.

Good Book Guide, Oct 11

Spine-tingling suspense! S.J. Bolton ups the chills and thrills factor with her compelling blend of ghostly possibilities layered upon very real world crimes

LISA GARDNER