THE COUNTDOWN KILLER
the brand new thriller from Sam Holland - coming June 2025! Preorder now!
A MAN MURDERED, LIVE ON CAMERA
When a DVD is delivered in the dead of night, DCI Cara Elliott hits play on a horrifying showreel of violence. This is death, on demand.
A KILLER COUNTING DOWN
Avid viewers are paying for the killings, with twisted specifications. A request, an abduction, a murder. And always in a forty-eight-hour pattern.
A MISSING DETECTIVE
But when the killer finds out they’re being investigated, they reveal their next target. In forty-eight hours, a police officer will be the one in front of the camera. The hunters have become the hunted, and the clock is ticking…
“A seriously dark, twisted, nail-bitingly tense thrill ride of a book.”
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Signed copies available from Imaginarium Books, Lymington.
“The concept is wickedly innovative, I cheered and ached for the characters throughout and the storytelling, pacing and payoffs were second to none! ”
“Absolutely fantastic! Utterly gripping, read the final act in one go. Easily her best book yet.”
“Sam Holland delivers her finest work yet with The Countdown Killer, combining sheer brutality with so much heart. There are twists and turns aplenty, and it was a joy to spend time with the Major Crimes gang again, broken and beaten as they are. From the first page to the jaw-dropping conclusion—one I never saw coming—I was completely hooked. Buy it now!”
“Sam Holland has done it again…Another knockout ‘go to sleep with the lights on’ thriller!”
“...everything anyone could want in a novel... a masterclass in crime writing...”
“Beautifully unrestrained. No thriller writer is on more intimate terms with their dark side than Sam Holland. With flinty characterisation, scalpel-sharp suspense, and brain-searing images, The Countdown Killer is a perfectly gruesome shocker.”
“Clever and compelling with complex characters, you’ll lose count of the twists and turns in a satisfying conclusion.”
“Strap in tight! With a screamingly high body count, this lightning-paced, twisty, gritty police procedural is a rollercoaster of a ride.”
“The characters are supremely drawn, the tension edge-of-your-seat and the finale left me in tears. Holland is a writer who hit her stride with The Echo Man and delivers every time. A body blow of a thriller. Absolutely brilliant.”