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Paperback
Published: 9th September 2025
Paperback
Published: 10th September 2024
Hardback
Published: 5th October 2024
Then Things Went Dark
By (Author) Bea Fitzgerald
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
9th September 2025
5th June 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery: police procedural
Paperback
400
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
Taylor Jenkins Reid meets The Hunting Party in the hottest thriller of the summer! Six people land on a desert island ready to make their reality show debut. But three weeks and eighteen episodes later, five of the six contestants sit in a Portuguese police station, and none of them are winners. Because twelve million people were watching when Rhys Sutton died. The best friend, the rival, the girlfriend, the lover, and the sworn enemy are left standing. And no-one is talking. But how do you keep secrets when the world has been watching Especially when, just a day before his murder, Rhys was the most hated man on television.
True crime meets juicy reality TV * Kimberly Belle, internationally bestselling author of The Paris Widow *
A true delight. * Rebecca McKanna, author of Dont Forget the Girl *
Shocking, addictive and utterly exquisite! * L.C. North, author of Clickbait *
Then Things Went Dark is the perfect holiday thriller! * Natali Simmonds, author of Good Girls Die Last *
Deliciously dark and moreish ... I could not put it down. * Lizzie Huxley Jones, author of Make You Mine This Christmas *
It is such a tightly plotted thriller with plenty of twists and turns in store. * Reader Review *
This is a twisting, psychological mine field that examines what people will really do for their five minutes of fame. * Reader Review *
I loved every second of this sun-soaked nightmare. * Reader Review *
This is a must read. * Reader Review *
Fitzgerald plays a scathing, thrilling game of worst case scenario, poking fun and critiquing dystopian reality TV tropes * Iman Hariri-Kia, author of A Hundred Other Girls and The Most Famous Girl in the World *
Bea Fitzgerald is the award-winning author of the instant Sunday Times bestselling novel, GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN. THEN THINGS WENT DARK is her adult debut. Before becoming a writer, she worked in publishing for a number of years. Bea is passionate about stories and fascinated by the way they endure. She shares her love of Greek mythology - and ancient tragedy - on TikTok and Instagram at @chaosonolympus.