First Born

A twin learns her sister has been murdered in New York and travels to the city to piece together what has happened. Fast-paced and full of twists and turns, this is edge-of-your-seat reading.

Will Dean writes a mean thriller , with a keen ear for what scares us. The streets of New York shine off the page, and the action rarely lets up . Highly recommended

This thriller promises to be unforgettable

Original, imaginative, thrilling !

This taut, twisted thriller kept me guessing until the very last page. Clever, compelling and utterly thrilling

Tiptoes into Highsmith territory here. Pacy, exhilarating and jaw-dropping , it's a meditation on identity and loneliness as well as a bloody good pageturner . New York buffets the characters about its ruthless streets, just as the reader is propelled from one twist to the next

Will Dean manages to accomplish the rare blend of excellent writing and intriguing, ingenious plotting

Taut, suspenseful, chilling and surprising

Equal parts murder mystery and psychological thriller, Will Dean dazzles with FIRST BORN. A tense, taut plot that blows through unexpected twists and turns , you won't be able to look away until the final, shattering page

Great pace, great twists , a perfect psychological thriller

A clever and sophisticated construction . . . A jolly good read

Rather special short, sharp shocker

one of the most twisty-turny and, ultimately, satisfying stories of the year

Powerful . . . Dean takes on issues of personal identity and familial responsibility

Dean has plenty of surprises for the unwary reader

The storyline is truly original , with one of those brilliant endings only a great thriller writer can dream up

Spine-chilling

The talented Mr Ripley would have enjoyed every moment of its tortuous plot . There is no higher praise

Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands and had lived in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. After studying Law at the LSE and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden where he built a house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. His debut novel in the Tuva Moodyson series, Dark Pines, was selected for Zoe Ball's Book Club, shortlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize and named a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year. Red Snow was published in January 2019 and won Best Independent Voice at the Amazon Publishing Readers' Awards, 2019. Black River was shortlisted for the Theakstons Old Peculier Award in 2021. Will also writes standalone thrillers: The Last Thing to Burn, First Born, the top twenty hardback bestseller The Last Passenger and One at a Time.