S M Govett and Adam Southward are both award-winning and best-selling authors of Crime and Thriller novels.
S M Govett is an award-winning YA author turned best-selling adult thriller writer and screenwriter.
Her debut crime thriller, BELIEVE, was out with Penguin Michael Joseph in June 2025 and the follow up, WHEN YOU LOOKED AWAY, is out on 9th July 2026. These will be followed by two more high-concept thriller novels in 2027 and 2028.
Sarah originally read Law at Trinity College, Oxford and has extensive experience teaching creative writing to both adults and teens, having run her own tutoring agency for ten years and been Writer in Residence at King’s College.
Praise for her writing:
‘One of the finest crime stories of the year’ Daily Mail
50 Best Ever Beach Reads – Good Housekeeping
This brilliant psychological thriller will keep you up all night’ Heat Magazine Book of the Week
‘Cancel your plans’ Prima Magazine
‘The very definition of a page-turner’ Janice Hallett
‘Razor-sharp writing and dialogue’ Abigail Dean
‘Haunting and compelling, right to the final page’ Chris Chibnall
Adam Southward is the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of eight thriller novels with major publishing houses.
His debut novel, Trance, hit #1 in the US and UK Amazon book charts.
His latest thriller, Darling Death, hit the top of the Audible charts on release, with a drama series option in development with BBC Studios.
His high-concept novel, Spiral, under the pseudonym Cameron Ward, was a Sunday Times thriller of the year in 2024, and is currently under development with Netflix.
Praise for his writing:
‘A taut fusion of relativistic physics and physical violence, powered by the supreme love of a mother for her son’ – The Times
Highly original. – Crime Monthly Magazine
Fast-paced, gripping and intense – T.M. Logan
A tense, original thriller that perfectly blends the nail-biting suspense and shocks of Silence of the Lambs and Shutter Island. – John Marrs
A brilliantly original idea, with a terrifying villain at its heart –Claire McGowan
A fabulous, action-packed adventure. A genius premise and an absolute joy to read — Jo Spain
Twisty, compelling and incredibly pacy…will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last – Phoebe Morgan