138 Main Street

'A fantastic premise, brilliantly executed and a great new detective duo to cherish' Elly Griffiths

'A killer premise, beautifully executed' C. S. Robertson

'One of the most compelling concepts I've read in years' Robert Rutherford

'Taut, gripping, and ingenious' Tony Kent

Every town has a Main Street. Now every town is a target.

Four murders. Four weeks. One impossible connection: every victim lived at 138 Main Street.

FBI Special Agent Ben Walker and rookie officer Zoe Hill know the killer's next address. But with more than seven thousand Main Streets across America, they have no idea where he'll strike.

Then the Main Street Killer releases his manifesto - and the murders become a warning.

His threat is nationwide. His deadline is closing in. And unless Ben and Zoe can find him, the heart of every town in America will become a killing ground.

The ultimate needle-in-a-haystack thriller, perfect for fans of Harlan Coben and Linwood Barclay. Gavin Bell is a thriller writer and author of the Carter Blake series published by Orion under the pseudonym Mason Cross. The first, The Killing Season, was published in 2014 and was longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award. It was followed by four further novels in the series, including the Richard and Judy Book Club selection The Samaritan. He has also written standalone thrillers as Alex Knight, including Hunted and Darkness Falls. He lives in Glasgow with his wife and three children. Real readers are loving 138 Main Street:



'I loved this story – I loved the characters and Zoe the underdog detective!'



'I devoured the book and it was such an easy read that kept me intrigued the whole way through'



'What can I say . . . I absolutely LOVED this book!'



'From the strong female investigator, Zoe, who was one step ahead of everybody else, to the fast paced storyline, this twisty thriller left you wondering what was going to happen next'



'It was really well written and the concept is so clever, the tension just builds and builds'



'A tense, slow-burn thriller where one address holds far more secrets than it should'



'Atmospheric, twisty, and quietly unsettling, it's a gripping read that proves some places never let go of their history'



'Murder mysteries are a dime a dozen, but every now and then you come across a plot so fiendishly clever that you can only admire the creativity of the author . . . This is one such #story!'



'This is a clever, slick, and original piece of story telling, which is also enormously entertaining'



'It will keep readers fully engaged throughout'



'A fast, high-stakes thriller with a killer premise: literally'



'The idea of a murderer targeting the same address across the entire country is such a clever hook, and Bell keeps the tension tight as the FBI races to predict where he'll strike next'



'This was a treat, a serial killer thriller with an added plot point of the same house being targeted all over the US'



'Definitely a book for all thriller fans'



'138 Main Street is a very good and thrilling read'



'I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it started off really well and grabbed my attention and interest straightaway and held it all the way through'



'The author certainly knows how to increase the tension and suspense in his writing and engage with readers'



'Gavin Bell's 138 Main Street is a high-concept, high-tension cat-and-mouse thriller built on a brilliantly simple but terrifying premise: a killer is targeting one address: 138 Main Street'



'Fast-paced, cinematic, and cleverly structured, it's a gripping 4/5'



'138 Main Street is a slick, addictive thriller with a killer concept and a propulsive execution'



'I was so engrossed in this that I had hardly anything to go on'