Run Time

by Catherine Ryan Howard

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Pub Date Aug 16 2022 | Archive Date Oct 13 2022

Horror | Mystery & Thrillers

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Description

An ingenious new high-concept thriller from #1 internationally bestselling author Catherine Ryan Howard (56 Days and The Nothing Man).

Howard’s 56 Days was a New York Times and Washington Post Best Thriller of 2021 and a Book of the Month Club Selection.

The project

Final Draft, a psychological horror, being filmed at a house deep in a forest, miles from anywhere in the wintry wilds of West Cork.

The lead

Former soap-star Adele Rafferty has stepped in to replace the original actress at the very last minute. She can’t help but hope that this opportunity will be her big break—and she knows she was lucky to get it, after what happened the last time she was on a set.

The problem

Something isn’t quite right about Final Draft. When the strange goings-on in the script start to happen on set too, Adele begins to fear that the real horror lies off the page …

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An ingenious new high-concept thriller from #1 internationally bestselling author Catherine Ryan Howard (56 Days and The Nothing Man).

Howard’s 56 Days was a New York Times and Washington Post Best...

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A Note From the Publisher

Catherine Ryan Howard is an internationally bestselling crime writer from Cork, Ireland. Her most recent novel, 56 Days, was named a best thriller of 2021 by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Irish Times; was an Irish number one bestseller; and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Her previous work has been shortlisted for the Edgar Award for Best Novel and CWA’s John Creasey New Blood and Ian Fleming Steel Daggers, and she’s been shortlisted for the Irish Crime Novel of the Year multiple times. She lives in Dublin.

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Advance Praise

“Dizzy and dazzling, Run Time offers enough tricks and treats to fill a dozen Halloweens. Movie lovers and thriller fans will devour it.”— Riley Sager, New York Times bestselling author of The House Across the Lake

“Catherine Ryan Howard is a master thriller writer and Run Time is up there with the best, as the movie set of nightmares she so evocatively conjures starts to turn on its lead actress. The twisty, ingenious plotting, and atmospheric location make for a deeply chilling and unputdownable read. I didn’t want it to end!” —Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium

"A story, within a story, within a story. Nobody writes thrillers like Catherine Ryan Howard. I was hooked from the first page. An original, clever and unputdownable thriller. I highly recommend running to get a copy. I loved it!"—Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author of Rock Paper Scissors

“Run Time is a mind-twisting story about the filming of a horror movie. Compelling doesn’t do it justice, this book is flat-out addictive. Catherine Ryan Howard never fails to write something that’s inventive, creative, and captivating.” —Samantha Downing, internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wife.

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