Blood Orange: The shocking and twisty Sunday Times Bestseller with over half a million copies sold

Harriet Tyce

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The incredibly gripping, must-read Sunday Times bestseller

'Utterly compelling... I couldn't put it down' Lisa Jewell, No.1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

'A classy thriller with complex and compelling characters' Clare Mackintosh, bestselling author of I Let You Go

'Fans of Apple Tree Yard and The Girl on the Train will love this' Guardian

'Twists that keep you frantically turning the pages' Sunday Mirror

FIERCE, UNFLINCHING AND PROVOCATIVE, BLOOD ORANGE WILL HOLD YOU IN ITS GRIP UNTIL ITS FINAL, HEARTSTOPPING CONCLUSION.Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise - she's just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems... Just one more night. Then I'll end it.

Alison drinks too much. She's neglecting her family. And she's having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle.

I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up.

Alison's client doesn't deny that she stabbed her husband - she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss. Saving this woman may be the first step to Alison saving herself.

I'm watching you. I know what you're doing.

But someone knows Alison's secrets. Someone who wants to make her pay for what she's done, and who won't stop until she's lost everything....

BLOOD ORANGE IS:'Gripping' Daily Mail

'Sizzlingly addictive' Heat 'Delicious and addictive - a perfectly crafted treat!' Louise Candlish, author of Our House'Glittering and fierce . . . a glorious bonfire of a marriage thriller' Irish Times

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Praise for Blood Orange: The shocking and twisty Sunday Times Bestseller with over half a million copies sold

  • Harriet Tyce brings a new layer of visceral, addictive dark to domestic noir. Obsession, revenge, lust and murder play out on the pages as a female barrister tries to hold her life together while her personality tries to tear it apart. At once shocking and riveting, I simply couldn't stop reading. Bravo - Sarah PinboroughBlood Orange is destined to be the debut that everyone is talking about in 2019. Dark, original and utterly compelling, I could not put it down. And what a twist at the end! - Lisa Jewell

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Harriet Tyce

Harriet Tyce

Harriet Tyce is the million-copy, Sunday Times bestselling author of four novels. She grew up in Edinburgh and studied English at Oxford University before doing a law conversion course at City University. After practising as a criminal barrister in London for nearly a decade, she subsequently completed an MA in Creative Writing - Crime Fiction at the University of East Anglia. Her i rst novel, Blood Orange, published in 2019 to huge critical acclaim and she has since written multiple Sunday Times bestsellers. Witch Trial is her i fth novel.

In 2026, Harriet was a contestant on series 4 of The Traitors. She lives in North London and can be found on Instagram @Harriet_tyce and on Facebook @harriettyceauthor.

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