One Dark Night, Hannah Richell
One Dark Night, Hannah Richell
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One Dark Night

Author: Hannah Richell

Narrator: Beth Eyre

Unabridged: 11 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/19/2025


Synopsis

When a body is found the day after Halloween, a small British community must reckon with its past and the dangers lurking in its present in this spine-tingling novel from “not to be missed” (Hayley Scrivener, author of Dirt Creek) author Hannah Richell.

On Halloween, a group of teenage students meet in the woods near Sally in the Wood, a road steeped in local lore and rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a murdered girl. By the end of the night, one student will be dead.

Rachel, the school guidance counselor, is trying to keep a handle on her increasingly distant teenaged daughter, Ellie, while students and parents panic and mourn. Her ex-husband and detective Ben, dealing with a personal crisis of his own, has concerns about his daughter’s safety as he investigates the death. Meanwhile, Ellie is keeping secrets from both her parents, including one about where she was that night.

Told from multiple perspectives and with Hannah Richell’s distinct “atmospheric and ever-twisting” (Emylia Hall, author of the Shell House Detective Mysteries) prose, One Dark Night is a white-knuckled and suspenseful thriller about urban legends, privilege, and how the past continues to haunt us.

About Hannah Richell

Hannah Richell was born in Kent, United Kingdom, and spent her childhood years in Buckinghamshire and Canada. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, she worked in the book publishing and film industries in both London and Sydney. She is a dual citizen of Great Britain and Australia, and currently lives in the southwest of England with her family. She is the author of several international bestsellers, such as The Search Party and One Dark Night. Her work has been translated into twenty-one languages. Find out more at HannahRichell.com. 


Reviews

Goodreads review by Debra on May 09, 2025

Dark, mysterious, and thrilling. What happened that dark night in the woods on Halloween Night???? First off, going into the woods where the ghost of a murdered girl is rumored to haunt on Halloween sounds spooky, eerie, and dangerous. For one young student, it will be deadly! A party on Halloween t......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on July 24, 2025

This was a dark compelling read which I thoroughly enjoyed. Halloween night a body is found a murder investigation starts so who is the girl in the woods, she haunts the woods as she was killed on her wedding day is it a myth or is it real? I enjoyed this a lot compelling, dark creepy don’t read with......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on September 28, 2025

Deliciously dark, oh so very twisty, and downright addictive, One Dark Night followed through on all of the promises from the synopsis. From the sinister atmosphere loaded with urban legends to the realistic family drama that grew worse at every turn, this book delivered everything I wanted and more......more

Goodreads review by Ceecee on May 15, 2025

3.5 rounded up Sally in the Wood - urban legend or something real and menacing? The day after Halloween a young, female body, dressed in a long white dress, is found at the base of a folly. As if that’s not disturbing enough, half of her face is covered with a grotesque mask with a black beak and rav......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on November 26, 2024

Another great read from Hannah Richell. Last year I read and loved The Search Party so that is now 2 from 2 with this author. I did think that I had this one all worked out so I was really surprised by the ending. I was close but not quite. A teenage Halloween party in the woods ends in tragedy. The......more