THE BRAND NEW York Times bestselling writer of The Monogram Murders and Woman having a Secret returns using a disturbing tale of psychological suspense and obsession that hits in the centre of some of our most precious relationships.

What if using a best friend could put you in the crosshairs of a killer?

A psychopath the police have got dubbed “Billy Dead Mates” is targeting pairs of close friends, and killing them one at a time. Before they pass away, each victim is usually given a small white book.

For months, detectives about ANOTHER to Die: A Novel have didn’t catch Billy, or figure out the actual white books symbolize and why the killer leaves them behind. The authorities are on edge; the public inside a panic. Then a woman, scared by what she’s noticed on the news, comes forwards. What she reveals shocks the researchers and provides another troubling layer to an already complex case.

Stand-up comedian Kim Tribbeck offers among Billy’s peculiar small books. A stranger provided it to her at a gig she did this past year. Was the stranger Billy, and is he targeting her-or could it be something more nefarious? Kim has no close friends and trusts no one, therefore how-and why-could Billy Deceased Mates want to target her? If it’s not really her, then who will be the next to die?

Sophie Hannah raises the stakes with each successive page in this haunting and twisting thriller that reaffirms her place as one of today’s most talented suspense writers.