WEBSITE OF BESTSELLING AUTHOR SIMON BECKETT
THE NEW DAVID HUNTER NOVEL
OUT 29th JANUARY 2026
Buried in the shadows and roots of the forest
is a deadly secret that was never meant to come out …
Driving through the mountains in a fierce winter storm, David Hunter is forced to seek shelter at a remote village. But a one-night stop-over at the dilapidated Hillside House becomes deadly after a gruesome discovery in the depths of the surrounding forest.
With communications down and the only road washed out by the storm, Hunter is unsure who – if anyone – he can trust. And as long-buried secrets of a feud amongst the locals begin to emerge, he knows that whatever dark past the isolated community might be hiding, there’s no one he can call on for help.
This time he’s on his own.
KNOCHENKÄLTE
The bestselling German translation
now available from Wunderlich Verlag.
Simon Beckett’s books have now sold 12 million copies worldwide, been translated into 29 languages, and become Sunday Times and No.1 international bestsellers.
In 2019 he was the joint winner of the European Crime Fiction Star Award, (also known as ‘The Ripper’) the largest crime writing award in Europe.
His last novel, THE LOST, went straight to No.1 in the German hardback charts in August 2021, and remained there for five weeks.
