Martin Griffin

"Kate’s energy, enthusiasm and professional insight have been invaluable."

Martin Griffin’s fiction explores the gulf between appearance and reality and our lack of trust in authority figures. His high-concept, high-octane crime thrillers are published by Sphere in the UK, Pegasus in the USA with German, Italian and Czech rights also sold.

Before becoming a thriller writer Martin was a deputy head teacher, and a doomed singer who was once asked to support the British post-punk band The Fall on tour, a gig he had to decline having only composed two good songs.

Martin lives in Manchester with his wife and daughter.

MARTIN’S BOOKS

The Last Visitor, Sphere, 2024; The Second Stranger, Sphere, 2023.

REVIEWERS

“Fresh, gripping and addictive! An absolute gem.”

Allie Reynolds

“Clever and bold.”

Lisa Gardner

"If there’s a finer crime debut this year it will be a surprise…Stunning.”

Daily Mail

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THE WRITERS WHO MOST INSPIRE MARTIN

I admire Tana French’s superb Dublin Murder Squad sequence and I’m also indebted to Louise Welsh, a writer of darkly fascinating thrillers set in grubby, glamorous underworlds.

MARTIN ABOUT KATE

Kate’s energy, enthusiasm and professional insight have been invaluable. She has such an impressive clarity of vision and her measured and thoughtful advice and feedback have been such a help. She’s a joy to work with!

KATE ABOUT MARTIN

Martin is a stunning writer. His characterisation, pace, plotting and prose are pitch perfect. His exceptional skill is to combine a great concept with a cracking story and believable characters.