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Rona Halsall

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Rona is the #1 best selling author of twisty psychological thrillers and loves to create mayhem in her characters' lives to keep her readers guessing. She lives halfway up a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales with her three dogs - Maid, Evie and Sandy who are the writing support team.

She is an outdoorsy person, who loves nothing better than stomping up a mountain, and wandering round forests and woodlands while she's plotting her next book. Outside is where the ideas are!

The peak of her writing career was being short-listed for the International Thriller Writers Awards 2024, for THE BIGAMIST. The translation was also shortlisted for an award in Holland.

For the latest news and information on all her books you can check out her website: https ...more

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Publication Day for The Gossip!

My new book, The Gossip, is out today!

Lots of early readers are loving it, but this quote sums it up:

'Tense, addictive, and packed with small-town secrets, this was a brilliant read.'

You check it out here: https://mybook.to/thegossip

One rumour can lead to murder...

Nia – a young widow with a little boy – has just moved house. Breathing in the fresh air from her new doorstep in the pretty rural vill Read more of this blog post »

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Published on February 22, 2026 04:22 • Tags: new-book

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Average rating: 3.81 · 32,448 ratings · 3,514 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Love You Gone 3.87 avg rating — 4,582 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bigamist 3.66 avg rating — 4,409 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Mistake 3.82 avg rating — 4,092 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honeymoon 3.41 avg rating — 4,532 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ex Boyfriend 4.02 avg rating — 1,697 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Her Mother's Lies 3.93 avg rating — 1,691 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiancé 4.02 avg rating — 1,584 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Getaway 3.87 avg rating — 1,582 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Liar's Daughter 3.95 avg rating — 1,498 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife Next Door 3.94 avg rating — 1,490 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rona liked Donna MacRae's review of The Gossip: "Rona strikes again with another who-dunnit. A move to a new village seems to be the tonic Nia and Arthur needed after tragedy but what secrets will unfold as she gets to know her fellow villagers? Fantastic read with the usual surprising revelations."
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Rona liked Nessa's review of The Gossip: "Well that was one heck of a crazy intense story, highly entertaining and dramatic. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to be living in that small Town community, you’d literally never know who to trust and who not to trust. Anyway the story was brilliantly " Read more of this review »
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Rona rated a book really liked it His & Hers by Alice Feeney (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I enjoyed how this was written from the different viewpoints, with both our main characters having secrets. It was also good to have a journalist and a cop, previously married, now circling round the death of a woman they both knew. But nobody is sup ...more
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Rona and 1 other person liked Lindsay's review of The Gossip: "Rona Halsall does it again. Another great rollercoaster of a read about a small village full of lies and secrets and eventually murder. Why has Nia moved to this village and what is she up to? Why is Sue the headmistress so cruel to everyone includin" Read more of this review »
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Rona liked Laura Smith's review of The Gossip: "THE GOSSIP BY RONA HALSALL 5 ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨✨s I love books like this one. It was such a wild ride. I was hooked and engaged throughout. Loved the twists and turns and didn't want to put this book down. Brilliant ☺ Also love the cover" Read more of this review »
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Rona rated a book really liked it The Family Friend by Claire Douglas (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A very enjoyable read, with an interesting cast of characters and a dark back-story for the main character. I thought the premise was really intriguing - a woman inherits a massive house from someone she hardly knew. Lots to unpack there, as well as ...more
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Rona rated a book it was amazing The Stepsister's Secret by Karen King (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've read quite a few books by this author and she always creates such an interesting cast of characters. This time, we start at a wedding, a second marriage, with the biggest surprise being the new groom's daughter, who the bride's daughter already ...more
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Rona rated a book it was amazing Trip to the Moon: Understanding the True Power Of Story by John Yorke	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I've read Into the woods by this author but I found this book so much better. The way he makes his points is so accessible and memorable, using not just literature and films but what is happening in every day life. Stories are all around us if we car ...more
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Another fabulous read by this author. What a great reason for a roadtrip to revisit a highlight and lowlight of your past. As usual the author creates a cast of warm and lovable characters, facing very relatable problems with growing families and ind ...more
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“What happened to teenagers? It was the weirdest thing. One minute they were all cuddly children wanting attention, the next it was like you had just stepped out of the grave and they couldn’t get away from you fast enough.”
― Rona Halsall, One Mistake

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“This was her world, where she'd felt safe bringing up a family, but she had a horrible feeling the past was about to repeat itself, rupturing the life she'd crafted, and there wasn't a thing she could do to stop it”
― Rona Halsall, One Mistake

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“Information is power, she thought as she walked away. And everyone needs an insurance policy, don't they?”
― Rona Halsall, One Mistake

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