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\"\"Platform Seven<\/em><\/h3>\n

PLATFORM SEVEN is out now from Faber & Faber UK.\u00a0 Order here<\/a>.\u00a0 A four-part adaptation by Paula Milne and Dancing Ledge Productions for ITVX will be broadcast on 7th December.<\/h4>\n

Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he\u2019s alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic \u2013 he\u2019s as far away from the night staff as he can get. What the man doesn\u2019t realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.<\/em><\/p>\n

Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months \u2013 surely they\u2019re connected?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

No-one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die . . .<\/em><\/p>\n

Reviews so far…<\/p>\n

\"\"\u2018Highly literary, by turns tragic and redemptive and gloriously strange, it\u2019s a wonderful book: both a warning and a well-crafted, pacy arc of cause and effect.\u2019 Financial<\/em> Times <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018A quirky and emotional combination of ghost story and psychological thriller\u2026 this sensitive story also addresses loneliness and grief \u2013 but ultimately delivers a message of hope. A powerful book that will haunt you in the very best way.\u2019 Sunday<\/em> Mirror <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018One of Doughty\u2019s successes in this novel is examining characters with ostensibly quite ordinary existences and imbuing their lives with complexity and yearning\u2026although Platform Seven covers bleak territory, this is a hopeful novel.\u2019 The<\/em> Times <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Doughty is known for her terse, intelligent explorations of the darker corners of the human psyche\u2026 [and] paints a claustrophobic and believable portrait of a controlling relationship. I also love her evocation of place and character; each member of staff at the station has a backstory, creating a complex web of human relationships\u2026 never less than chillingly precise.\u2019 The<\/em> Guardian <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018A gripping psychological thriller\u2026 a haunting read in more ways than one.\u2019 Daily<\/em> Express<\/em><\/p>\n

While the novel inhabits many of the conventions of the crime thriller… Platform Seven is distinguished by its emotional intelligence and sympathy, not just for Lisa, but for the considerable cast of struggling, damaged yet deeply human characters whose lives are touched by the events at the station. The result is a book that is simultaneously a gripping thriller and a reminder of the complex and unpredictable ways in which both violence and kindness ripple out and transform all of us.’\u00a0The Australian<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Doughty’s eerie and atmospheric writing combines a calm assurance with sinister darkness.’\u00a0Woman and Home<\/em><\/p>\n

‘I can highly recommend her new novel Platform Seven, an absorbing study of coercive control.’\u00a0Independent (Ireland)<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Nothing could be more gripping than the story of how Lisa initially tries to explain away Matty\u2019s weirdness to herself and then, as the situation escalates, she makes brave but hopeless attempts to escape the relationship\u2026 the book becomes unputdownable and finally very moving.\u2019 Sunday<\/em> Express <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018A scarily plausible story of emotional abuse and coercive control\u2026it is, finally, desperately moving.\u2019 The<\/em> Observer <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018A page-turning thriller\u2026 for a novel full of death, it\u2019s incredibly uplifting.\u2019 Radio<\/em> Times <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Doughty excels at naturalistic, bantering dialogue\u2026 yet the grimness is skilfully leavened, with the various plot strands ultimately resolving into a powerfully moving mediation on the nature of love.\u2019 Daily<\/em> Mail <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018A tale of love and redemption told with careful, incisive writing in a genre that\u2019s totally unexpected. The perfect thriller that\u2019ll grab your attention and keep it there with twists, turns and revelations.\u2019 Stylist<\/em> magazine<\/p>\n

\u2018From the author of Apple Tree Yard comes a thriller unlike anything I\u2019ve read before\u2026 it\u2019s gripping.\u2019 Good Housekeeping<\/p>\n

\u2018Louise Doughty specialises in novels that read like exciting thrillers \u2013 partly, I suppose, because they are \u2013 but that also delve deep into the mysterious business of human relationships\u2026 how beautifully Doughty can time a story, drip-feeding us the information we need with tantalising skill, while somehow making it feel both shocking and utterly inevitable. And just in case that\u2019s not enough, the book also contains one of the great villains of recent fiction.\u2019 Reader\u2019s<\/em> Digest <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Here is a wise writer, unafraid to look at the harm people wreak, but one who also believes in the power of kindness.\u2019 Country Life<\/p>\n

\u2018Doughty has a knack for dissecting the dark side of intimate relationships\u2026 Doughty nails it; as domestic noir goes, it\u2019s top stuff.\u2019 Evening<\/em> Standard <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Utterly mesmerizing, with the pace of a thriller and a sense of profound mystery in the most ordinary of settings. I was hooked from its start to its nerve-wracking, surprising finish.\u2019 Deborah Moggach<\/p>\n

\u2018Really powerful storytelling that got inside me in the best way.\u2019 Gillian Slovo<\/p>\n

\u2018I would read a telephone directory if Louise Doughty wrote it\u2026 A beautifully constructed novel about love of all kinds. A joy from the first page to the last.\u2019 Clare Mackintosh<\/p>\n

\u2018What a gripping work this is: a hybrid of ghost story, whodunit and thriller which opens out into a deeply moving meditation on love, loss and humanity.\u2019 Patrick Gale<\/p>\n

\u2018Profoundly moving, with a blistering depiction of an abusive relationship.\u2019 Best <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Part ghost story, part whodunit and a blistering account of a coercive relationship, Platform Seven is unlike any other thriller I\u2019ve read.\u2019 Red <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Both profoundly moving and utterly terrifying. I read this in one sitting and know it will stay in my mind for a very long time.\u2019 Emma Flint<\/p>\n

\u2018Doughty has the ability to unsettle her readers at the same time as creating real emotional attachment to her characters\u2026Narration by a ghost is always a risky trick that could come across gimmicky, but Doughty pulls it off with aplomb.\u2019 i paper <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018Doughty\u2019s evocative writing encapsulates both sinister darkness and a sense of calm.\u2019 Woman\u2019s<\/em> Weekly <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018You\u2019ll read this in one sitting.\u2019 Press<\/em> Association <\/em><\/p>\n

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