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No Rest for the Wicked

Rachel Louise Adams

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English
Titan Books
13 January 2026
A dark, suspenseful thriller with pitch-black humour, in which a series of grisly murders in the week of 31 October take place in the ‘Halloween town’ of Little Horton – a community famed throughout the Midwest for celebrating the festival with gusto. Perfect for fans of Ronald Malfi and Rachel Harrison.

In one Halloween obsessed Midwestern town, everyone's on red alert after a local politician goes missing. Little do they know it's only the beginning.

It's been close to twenty years since forensic pathologist Dolores Hawthorne left her hometown of Little Horton, Wisconsin. The town is famous for its Halloween celebrations, but also its history of violent deaths linked to the holiday. To Dolores, it's the place she fled, family, bad memories, and all. Until the FBI calls to tell her that her father--the former mayor turned US Senator--is missing under mysterious circumstances.

Some people count to ten to wake up from a nightmare. Dolores always counts the bones of her head instead: sphenoid, frontal, lacrimal. But no matter how many times she counts them, it doesn't change the fact that her father is missing, that his final words of warning to her were to trust no one, and that now, the rest of her family is giving Dolores a chilling welcome. With Halloween fast approaching, Dolores must face the past she left behind before it's too late.
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Imprint:   Titan Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 55mm
Weight:   255g
ISBN:   9781835411681
ISBN 10:   1835411681
Pages:   368
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Rachel Louise Adams was raised in a small town in Brittany by a French father and a North American mother. After spending most of her childhood reading and writing, she went on to study literature at university (Université de Bretagne Occidentale), graduating with honours and getting a PhD scholarship. When she’s not working, reading or writing, she loves spending time with her partner, her friends and family.

Reviews for No Rest for the Wicked

Something wicked this way comes trick-or-treating: No Rest for the Wicked creeps in like a Halloween cozy mystery, then cuts like an autopsy incision straight down the reader's imagination. Rachel Louise Adams writes with a scalpel, and her delicious debut novel reads like a candy corn coroner's report. -Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes An electrifying and intoxicating read. This kept me up at night for all the right reasons. -Irenosen Okojie, author of Curandera No Rest for the Wicked gives Sleepy Hollow crime vibes perfect for Spooky Season. Readers won't want to rest once they enter the world of death and secrets in Little Horton. -V Castro, author of The Haunting of Alejandra and Immortal Pleasures A dark, twisty mystery with a cascade of blood splatter, Rachel Louise Adams's debut had me on the edge of my seat until the very end, with twists I never saw coming and characters to die for. -Kelsey Cox, author of Party of Liars An eerie small-town mystery that builds to a pulse-pounding conclusion. -Olivia Worley, author of So Happy Together An original story with a twist like a knife to the gut' -People magazine, Best Books of the Month Not to telegraph the ending or anything, but sometimes I launch into a book and find myself thinking ""This is a debut novel? Seriously?'... I am experiencing it once again with Rachel Louise Adams' No Rest for the Wicked... The book impresses on every level-suspense, characters, plot, twists, milieu and quality of writing. -BookPage starred review


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