'Mark Edwards achieves what other writers yearn for, by creating characters that genuinely feel like real people, individuals you know personally-and then puts them into the scariest of situations so that we cannot help but suffer with them. Read this book! Then get a top notch alarm system fitted in your house.' -Helen Fitzgerald, author of The Cry There's something deeply unsettling about The Magpies -and that's exactly as it should be.' -Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner ' The Magpies is absorbing, claustrophobic and terrifying. Edwards takes the places that should feel safe and subverts them, shifting the ground beneath our feet, until we're left clinging to the book, hoping against hope for a positive conclusion. Praise for The Magpies 'Mark Edwards achieves what other writers yearn for, by creating characters that genuinely feel like real people, individuals you know personally-and then puts them into the scariest of situations so that we cannot help but suffer with them. It is a nightmare that could happen to anyone. The Magpies is a gripping psychological thriller in which the monsters are not vampires or demons but the people who live next door. As they are driven to the edge of despair, Jamie vows to fight back-but he has no idea what he is really up against. After Jamie's best friend is injured in a horrific accident, Jamie and Kirsty find themselves targeted by a campaign of terror. They hear disturbing noises, and much worse, in the night. The other residents of their building seem friendly too, including the Newtons, a married couple who welcome them to the building with open arms. The future, in which they plan to get married and start a family, is bright.

Meet the neighbors from hell, in the gripping thriller that reviewers and readers describe as 'fast-paced,' 'chilling,' and 'impossible to put down.' When Jamie and Kirsty move into their first home together, they are full of optimism.

The Magpies by Mark Edwards