Claire and Timothy are chilled to discover that the same strange woman keeps popping up in the background of their holiday snaps. Who is this apparent stalker? The answer is more frightening than Claire ever imagined. The Octopus Nest, Sophie Hannahs prizewinning short story from her collection of glittering darkness The Fantastic Book of Everybodys Secrets is the first to be published as an exclusive eBook short.

About Sophie Hannah:

Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction. Her Culver Valley Series featuring Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer have been published in 27 countries and adapted for television in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, she won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybodys Secrets. Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. In 2014 she published The Monogram Murders, a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christies famous detective.Sophie lives with her husband and children in Cambridge.

Reviews:

Voted one of the Top Ten Books to Talk About for World Book Day.

Sophie Hannah's (short story) debut will leave you feeling genuinely tickled and wanting more. The award-winning "The Octopus Nest is menacing enough to keep the pages turning, and astute enough about rocky relationships to make even the narrator wince. Emma Hagestadt,The Independent

Hannah has an uncanny knack for letting you feel you could find your way blindfold amongst the Formica and office furniture, get comfy - only to find yourself tripping over the psychopath lurking by the kitchen sinksuperbly unsettling. Sarah Hilary,The Short Review