Twilight

By Peter James

Book Overview

Three muffled thuds ring from the partially filled grave of the newly wed girl.

Only the verger hears them and he dismisses the noise as his imagination. But over the next few days others also hear faint sounds.

An exhumation order is granted. Reporter Kate Hemingway sneaks into the small suburban churchyard when the coffin is opened, and the scene she witnesses is so horrific she can never forget it. As she starts work on the story, Kate finds herself caught up in a sinister and macabre cover-up.

At the centre is a respected anaesthetist who has a secret obsession. He believes people can exist outside their bodies and that if he can prove it he will provide the answer to the question that has haunted mankind through the ages: is there life after death?

Nothing - and no one - is going to stand in the way of his driving ambition . . .

'Peter James is one of the best crime writers in the business.' Karin Slaughter

'Well-researched, chillingly executed and eminently readable.' Sunday Times

Read more from the multi-million copy bestselling author of the Roy Grace novels:

Possession
Dreamer
Sweet Heart
Twilight
Prophecy
Host
Alchemist
Denial
The Truth
Faith

* Each Peter James novel can be read as a standalone*

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1398727563
• ISBN13: 9781398727564
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Orion

Customer Reviews

A supernatural subject matter as well as an intelligent thriller

Many people's idea of a nightmare...a possibility of being 'coming round' in your coffin!! The noises that some people have heard after Sally Donaldson's burial seem to indicate that as a possibility. Kate, a journalist for the local paper takes an interest and 'plays detective' throughout the book. It was a good angle and made an interesting change from police procedurals. The chapters alternate between 1966 and the subsequent years and 1991 when Sally died. This style, whilst also giving the reader some background history, succeeds in keeping up the momentum until the stories blend together and from then on the pace quickens right up until the end. Loved the ending! :)

Twilight, James Patterson

This was one of Patterson's best. He is such a brilliant author! Writes books you cannot put down!

First rate Thriller Writing

Peter James is the author of several very successful thrillers, two of which have been made into successful TV films. More are in production now. He was born in 1948 and educated at Charterhouse. He lives in Sussex near Lewes. Ross Ransom is at the top of his profession as a plastic surgeon. Life is good and he wants for nothing. But when his wife falls ill, she decides that she will have nothing to do with conventional medicine in any shape or form and she also wants out of a marriage that for her is going nowhere. It seems that her illness has clarified her senses. She seeks help with her health from a charismatic therapist, who promises a great deal more than medical salvation. But if Ross Ransom can't have his wife, then no man can . . .

Great!

It was absolutely great! I coudn`t put it down for a moment. Read this book, I loved it, and I know you will to. It was exciting all the way through, from the first page, to the last.