Shaun Hutson

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by Shaun Hutson

About the Author

Bibliography

First British Edition timewarner (2002)

Hybrid
Where truth and illusions meet, danger awaits
For fifteen years Christopher Ward has known only success as a writer. Fame, money and recognition have been his. Now though, the good times are over. These days, no one even wants to publish his work. Struggling to complete a new novel, Ward finds himself sucked into a vicious spiral: the further into the book he gets, the harder it becomes; the harder it becomes, the quicker he slides towards depression and alcoholism.
Then the incidents begin. Strange, unexplainable events that combine to push Ward to the very edge of sanity. How is it that he rarely works and yet, day after day, he finds whole chapters of his novel completed? He has no memory of what has been written. He isn’t even sure if he is the one who has written it. But if it isn’t him, then who is it?
And what of the things he sees at night? Are they dreams or apparitions? Alone in his house, and within the decaying confines of his mind, Ward struggles to make sense of what is happening around him. His memory is going, that much he’s sure of. But if he can write while in this state, what else can he do? What might he be capable of?
As a writer Ward has always explored the darker side of the human mind. It appears the time has come for him to experience that darkness for real. But when the final revelations begin, Ward finds there are depths even he would rather not discover: his descent leading to a truth more terrifying that anything dredged from the most twisted imagination . . .

First British Edition Macmillan (2001)

Compulsion
A gang of kids from an overcrowded council estate is running riot on the streets. Break-ins, car theft, vandalism - these under-age criminals know they can continue without fear of lawful retribution. The neighbourhood police are at their wits’ end, while terror, hatred and frustration have become part of life for local residents. Then, just when it seems things can get no worse, the gang turns its full attention on Shelby House, a nearby old people’s home.
The supervisor, Veronica (Ronni) Porter, her two staff, and the nine elderly residents in their care become sitting targets as the youngsters mount a hate campaign involving abusive mail, obscene graffiti and shattered windows. As their intimidation escalates, Ronni’s own father is dragged into the horror when, disturbed by a burglary inside his own home, he is mercilessly beaten into a coma.
Apparently helpless, and unable to count on police protection, Shelby House’s senior citizens make a fateful decision. Summoning up all their courage and guile, these seemingly easy victims plan their own campaign of retribution. And when the young thugs launch their most violent attack yet, Ronni finds herself trapped between two equally determined and ruthless forces . . . in a conflict escalating towards an unimaginable and nightmarish outcome.

Paperback - Pan (2001)

Exit Wounds
A new breed of criminal is loose on the streets. They are the future of crime, and the police seem powerless to stop them.
Chased out of Jamaica by his rivals, Yardie leader ‘Papa’ Ernie Codling arrives in London determined to wipe out any competition. But his ambitions soon bring him into conflict with the capital’s most powerful crime lord, William Parker. Though gang warfare seems inevitable, an unlikely and uneasy alliance is formed.
Meanwhile a small-time villain, Frank Newton, gathers his men for one final robbery that will bring them the financial security they all dream of. Once the job is completed, however, they discover that their haul belongs to Parker. They realize they are done for - but then Parker makes an offer.
In return for their lives they must eliminate the merciless Yardie who is carving such a bloody swathe through the city underworld. With no choice but to agree, and constantly hunted by an obsessive and vengeful police officer, they must risk their lives in pursuit of the money and freedom they so badly need.
To Newton and his men, the Yardies represent the savage and ruthless vision of a future in which they themselves have no place. Their two criminal worlds are doomed to collide. And, when that happens, the streets will run red with blood . . .
‘Shaun Hutson again delivers the goods when it comes to first-rate fiction’ Bolton Evening News

First British Edition Macmillan Audio (1999)

Warhol's Prophecy
Read by Amanda Redman with Shaun Hutson
'Everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes,' said Andy Warhol. And some people will go to any lengths to achieve this...
When five-year-old Becky goes missing in a crowded shopping centre, it seems her mother's worst nightmare has come true. But Hailey Gibson's nightmares are only just beginning…
After Becky is safely returned by Adam Walker, Hailey finds her gratitude turning to something warmer. With her marriage close to ruins, she is tempted to begin an affair with this attractive newcomer. And Walker seems entranced by her, only too happy to please - but maybe he has his own agenda?
But when she tries to cool things down she begins to wonder if Walker could be responsible for various acts of minor vandalism committed against her home and family. Or is someone else seeking revenge?
When petty harassment turns to open violence, Hailey finds herself caught in a spiralling vortex of suffering and death. And the truth, when it comes, will be shattering - forcing her to make the most horrendous decision of her life.
Maybe fulfilling Warhol's prophecy?
Amanda Redman trained at the Bristol Old Vic School and is well known for her work in TV and drama. She recently starred in ITV's "The Blonde Bombshell" as the legendary Dianna Dors. Her television work includes "Close Relations" and "Hope & Glory” and her theatre credits include 'King Lear" at the National Theatre, along with 'Our Country's Good" and “The Recruiting Officer" at The Garrick.
2 Tapes: Abridged by Katrin Williams. Approx 3 Hours Listening

Paperback - Little,Brown (1999)

First British Edition Little,Brown (1998)

Purity
Every night on her London talk-radio show, exchange-model Amy Watson hears the twisted morality of the masses; the perverted, the repressed, the bigoted and the bored - no one is beneath calling her. Whenever their idle chat spills over into something more threatening, Amy flicks a switch and laughs: 'You're history.'
A spate of murders in the sordid underbelly of the city has the phone lines buzzing. Two prostitutes, a pimp, a drug addict and a tramp have all been identically, meticulously strangled. But just as it seems a morally righteous serial killer is cleaning up the streets, an arson attack at a Camden hospice takes eleven patients to their deaths earlier than expected, alerting Detective Inspector David Grant to the chilling bond that unites every atrocity. Someone out there is not only very sick - through mercy or malice, they are killing the sick. And Amy is talking to him.
Or, at least, the caller says she is. As Grant's investigation reveals nothing but his own paranoia, Amy finds herself connected to the heart of a terrifying evil. Is ht voice that warns she is the next to die just another late-night loser? Why does she dread the man who has become her neighbour and, so easily, her lover? Perhaps because of the ease with which the killer slips into the lives of his prey; his ability to sense illness wherever it lurks. When Amy discovers she may have contracted breast cancer, her darkest fears are realised. She is no longer protected by flicking a switch. She's history…
Shuttling with turbo-charged tension to its spellbinding climax, Purity depicts a disturbing reality where disease is an imperfection not to be tolerated - at any cost. It is a stunning display of Shaun Hutson's talent.
'Brutally compelling' Mail on Sunday
'An expert in the art of keeping the reader turning the pages ... the energy of their telling is overwhelming' Time Out
'I challenge anyone to put down his latest book once they have read the opening chapter Sunday Independent
'The man who writes what others are afraid even to imagine' Sunday Times
'The twists and teases this type of thriller depend on come thick and fast. Cracking hard-edged stuff' Knave

About The Author
Shaun Hutson is a bestselling author of horror fiction and lives in Buckinghamshire with his wife and daughter. He has contributed stories to Kerrang! and Raw and written novels under several different pseudonyms.

Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

Hybrid (timewarner, 2002)

Compulsion (Macmillan, 2001)

Exit Wounds (Macmillan, 2000) Pan Pbk Aug 01

Warhol's Prophecy (Macmillan Audio, 1999)

Purity (Little,Brown, 1998) Little,Brown Pbk Feb 99

Knife Edge (Little,Brown, 1997) Warner Pbk 1998

White Ghost

Victims

Stolen Angels

Spawn

Slugs

Shadows

Renegades

Relics

Nemesis

Lucy's Child

Heathen

Erebus

Death Day

Deadhead

Captives

Breeding Ground

Assassin