Author
Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins writes thriller and suspense. We've read and reviewed 2 of Paula Hawkins's books, including The Girl on the Train: A Novel and Into the Water: A Novel, each scored and written up in full, with a clear verdict on who it's for.
The Girl on the Train: A Novel
by Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins builds her breakout thriller around a blackout drunk who might have witnessed a crime, or committed one, and can't tell you which. The result is a commuter-belt mystery where the biggest suspect is the narrator's own memory.
Into the Water: A Novel
by Paula Hawkins
Paula Hawkins follows The Girl on the Train with a small-town drowning mystery told through eleven narrators, where a river with a body count going back centuries hides which deaths were suicide, murder, or something in between.