The Ending Writes Itself

´In the running for the best mystery of 2026´ Stephen King Evelyn Clarke is the pseudonym for Number One Sunday Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab, and screenwriter and YA author Cat Clarke. SELECTED FOR 2026 ONES TO WATCH: Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Radio Times, BBC News Online, Stylist, Scotland on Sunday, The Herald Scotland, My Weekly, The Scotsman, Muddy Stilettos Berkshire ´A cracking read´ Val McDermid ´Smart, original and completely addictive´ Karin Slaughter ´And Then There Were None meets Yellowface´ Kate Mosse ´The most fun I´ve had with a book in a very, very long time´ A. J. Finn, Number One Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window * * * * It´s the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending. Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending. * * * * World-famous author Arthur Fletch is dead. His final novel, the most anticipated book in history, remains unfinished. But the ending won´t write itself. When six struggling authors are invited to Fletch´s private Scottish island and presented with the opportunity of a lifetime, the plot thickens: whoever writes a worthy ending will receive a game-changing book deal and two million dollars. Why have they been chosen to attend? Who is behind the invitation? And just how far would they go to secure a place on the bestseller list? They have just seventy-two hours, a typewriter and a blank page. All they have to do is write… Starting is often the hardest part. But getting to the end could be murder. * * * * ´Hugely entertaining and thrilling´ B A Paris ´Full of twists and turns … A must-read for any mystery fan!´ G.T. Karber ´Fiendishly clever and compulsively readable… An absolute must read´ Ellery Lloyd ´Funny, razor sharp and scarily relatable´ Sarah Crossan ´A wonderfully twisty mystery that plays with all the tropes we know so well. An absolute delight to read!´ Phoenicia Rogerson