Let me just say that you are one smart little thriller writer, yes indeed!!! I have to say this is one of the cleverest, if not the cleverest, suspense novel I have ever read.

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. After Jamie's best friend is injured in a horrific accident, Jamie and Kirsty find themselves targeted by a campaign of terror.Īs they are driven to the edge of despair, Jamie vows to fight back-but he has no idea what he is really up against. 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.īut then strange things start to happen. The future, in which they plan to get married and start a family, is bright. When Jamie and Kirsty move into their first home together, they are full of optimism. Read this book! Then get a top notch alarm system fitted in your house.Meet the neighbours from hell, in the gripping thriller that reviewers and readers describe as 'fast-paced,' 'chilling,' and 'impossible to put down.” “ The Magpies is absorbing, claustrophobic and terrifying. There's something deeply unsettling about The Magpies-and that's exactly as it should be.” -Elizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner 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. “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. After Jamie's best friend is injured in a horrific accident, Jamie and Kirsty find themselves targeted by a campaign of terror.Īs they are driven to the edge of despair, Jamie vows to fight back-but he has no idea what he is really up against…

Meet the neighbors from hell, in the gripping thriller that reviewers and readers describe as “fast-paced,” “chilling,” and “impossible to put down.”

The magpies by mark edwards