Joseph Knox was born and raised in and around Stoke and Manchester, where he worked in bars and bookshops before moving to London. He runs, writes and reads compulsively. His debut novel Sirens was a bestseller and has been translated into eighteen languages. The Smiling Man and The Sleepwalker are the second and third books in the series.True Crime Story is a standalone.
'Knox's pitch-black novels are among crime fiction's most compelling' * i * 'Fierce, funny and flint-sharp. Joseph Knox is the true grit of Brit noir' * Cara Hunter * Dark, gritty and compelling, this will have you turning the pages until the early hours of the morning * The Independent * Oozing dread, full of surprises and with a powerful sense of outraged humanity, The Sleepwalker is Joseph Knox's finest novel yet. * The Times * '[An] ingenious plot ... full of striking revelations' * CrimeTime *