YOU SAW IT. YOU WERE TOO SCARED TO ACT. BUT NOW IT’S COMING FOR YOU... From the mind behind the international bestseller The Whisper Man comes a new nightmare -- You never forget the day you meet a serial killer. Dan was just a teenager when he saw the man made of smoke, silent, watchful, vanishing into the mist. He was too scared to move, too scared to stop him. He’s carried the guilt ever since. Now a criminal psychiatrist, Dan spends his life trying to understand the darkest minds. But when his father disappears, he’s pulled back to the remote island he once called home, where something unsettling is waking. A body has been found. The past is reaching through the fog. And the man made of smoke might never have left. This time, Dan has to face what’s been waiting in the dark. -- Praise for The Man Made of Smoke ‘The Man Made of Smoke was in equal parts terrifying, creepy, thrilling and moving’ Marnie Riches ‘A haunting, atmospheric story...Truly a white-knuckle read from start to finish’ Tracy Sierra ‘Creepy and atmospheric from the first page, The Man Made Of Smoke is as well-written as it is tense’ Rachel Wolf 'Balancing his trademark hint of the supernatural with very real fears, this is a book full of regret and grief, but most of all heart' Sam Holland, author of The Echo Man 'I tore through this gritty tale of guilt, grief and the ghosts that haunt us. The twists are exceptionally well executed, the emotional through line compelling, and the mercurial baddie is genuinely unsettling' Josh Winning, author of Heads Will Roll 'Written with skill and intelligence, and told with empathy and nuance, this is a novel that’s not to be missed. I loved every word' Rebecca Thorne, author of The Grief House 'Creepy, compelling and so fiendishly tricky, I couldn’t put it down. Another surefire winner from the king of haunting!' Natalie Chandler, author of The Voices

アレックス・ノースは、恐怖を人間の後悔や喪失感と鮮やかに結びつける物語の詩人です。本作でも、霧から現れる怪人の影を、主人公が抱え続ける過去の罪悪感のメタファーとして見事に昇華させています。静謐な文体で綴られる緻密な心理描写は、読者の足元を掬うような不穏さと、胸を締め付けるほどの切なさを同時に突きつけてくるでしょう。 物語の核にあるのは、逃れられない血の記憶と、愛する者を失うことへの根源的な不安です。犯罪心理学者という理性の象徴である主人公が、非理性的な恐怖に追い詰められる姿は、読者自身の心の闇を鏡のように映し出します。超自然的な気配と冷徹な現実が混ざり合う境界線で、巧妙な伏線が鮮やかに回収される瞬間の驚愕と感動は、まさに至高の読書体験と言えます。