The Pact
By (Author) Lisa Walker
HarperCollins Publishers
HQ Digital
13th January 2026
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Psychological thriller
Narrative theme: identity / belonging
Narrative theme: coming of age
Paperback
384
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 24mm
270g
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'Pacy, twisty and layered revenge tale' Joanna Barnard
Tess enters the prestigious and exclusive Ravensthorpe Writing College with dreams of literary greatness, but soon discovers that ambition comes at a cost.
Drawn into a tight-knit group with fellow writers Ethan, Theo, and Jaz, Tesss world is upended when their charismatic tutor is found dead. Believing someone in their circle is responsible, Tess flees the elite literary world and abandons the future she once craved.
Three years later, an enigmatic invitation to walk the Camino de Santiago offers Tess a chance to uncover the truth. Reunited with her former friends, including Ethan, now a literary star, Tess realises the past isnt finished with her. Someone knows what really happened that night, and theyll do anything to keep it buried.
'Pacy, twisty and layered revenge tale' Joanna Barnard
Lisa Walker lives on the far north coast of NSW where she is completing a PhD in creative writing. Lisa has had a radio play produced for ABC RN and was the winner of the Byron Writers Festival short story award. She was a finalist in the ABC Short Story Award and won second placed in the Henry Savery and Port Stephens Literature Awards. Lisa is the author ofLiar Bird(HarperCollins, 2012) andSex, Lies and Bonsai(HarperCollins, 2013) and her debut YA novel is calledParis Syndrome (HarperCollins 2018).