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Killer Who Lived Here

Matt Blake
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  • ISBN 9781783968367
  • Dimensions: 1290 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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A TALKSPORT BOOK OF THE WEEK

TIME OUT ‘BEST BOOKS OF 2025’

 

'Captivating. What begins as a modern horror story slowly reveals itself as something more ambiguous and, ultimately, heartening. Blake is a very winning narrator.’ Julie Myerson

 

A haunting blend of true crime, psychological thriller and paranormal investigation.

 The doorbell rings in the middle of the night with no one there. The shower turns on by itself. So does the radio. Some rooms always stay colder than others, no matter how high the heating is turned up.

 

Maybe it’s all down to an overactive imagination, or settling into an unfamiliar house. But what would you do if you saw shadows where there shouldn’t be any? If slugs started to fall from the ceiling? If you constantly felt something eerie following you around?

Matt Blake tells the powerful true story of discovering that his new home – meant to be a refuge for him and his four-year-old daughter after a painful divorce – was once the lair of the E17 Night Stalker. Now he must unravel the house’s frightening secrets.

Can a place be haunted by a dark history? And how does a rationalist who doesn’t believe in religion or ghosts make sense of the paranormal?

The Killer Who Lived Here is a razor-sharp exploration of how the chilling events of the past can ripple into the present, and of our innate desire to feel safe and find peace at home.

 

For fans of investigative writing, domestic noir, and those fascinated by the horrors that lurk behind closed doors.

 

‘Expertly crafted and blisteringly honest … I was drawn in from the very first sentence.’ Manni Coe, author of brother.do.you.love.me

 

PUBLISHED IN HARDBACK AS HEARTH OF DARKNESS
About Matt Blake
Matt Blake is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Grazia, Esquire, and Men’s Health, and is a former crime reporter for the Daily Mirror and Independent. During his journalism career, he has covered everything from gang murder and police corruption to terrorism and serial killing – reporting from crime scenes, doorsteps, and courtrooms on some of Britain’s most high-profile criminal cases. He once unknowingly interviewed a murderer in his own front room. His story House of Horror, which appeared in the Guardian and formed the basis of Hearth of Darkness, proved an international success, garnering more than half a million reads in its first week of publication alone. Hearth of Darkness is his first book. 

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