Sarah A. Denzil Founding author

I write moody and dark psychological thrillers. United Kingdom
About the author

Sarah A. Denzil is a Wall Street Journal bestselling thriller writer from Derbyshire in the U.K. Her books include SILENT CHILD, which has topped the kindle charts in the UK and Australia, as well as being a top ten Amazon bestseller in the US. SAVING APRIL and THE BROKEN ONES are both top thirty bestsellers in the US and UK Amazon charts.

Sarah lives in Yorkshire with her partner, enjoying the scenic countryside and rather unpredictable weather. She loves to write moody, psychological books about ordinary people in extraordinary situations.

Genres: ThrillersNoirCrime FictionPsychological ThrillersSupernatural suspenseSuspense

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Silent Child

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Theo Faber is a therapist who recently started working at The Grove, a secure psychiatric facility for violent patients. At this facility, he begins therapy with Alicia, a woman a...
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Theo Faber is a therapist who recently started working at The Grove, a secure psychiatric facility for violent patients. At this facility, he begins therapy with Alicia, a woman arrested for the murder of her husband, who hasn't spoken since the event. Theo believes that he can pull Alicia out of her silence. He's obsessed with her, both as a patient and a person, and despite advice against it, he contacts Alicia's family, hoping to learn more about her background. Slowly, he begins to piece together the puzzle and uncover what really happened the night Alicia's husband died.

Once I started reading Silent Patient, I found it difficult to put down. It's definitely a book that's easy to devour in one sitting. You'll find yourself trying to resist the urge to skip ahead to the reveal.

There are lots of clues along the way, but they are cleverly disguised with much misdirection. You'll find yourself coming up with a dozen different theories as you read, not sure which thread to pull. And in the final chapters, you may find that you were almost there but not quite.

I really enjoyed this book. It's a fantastic thriller that tells a story we know but in a different way. If you enjoy psychological thrillers, you'll enjoy this.
Another emotional and powerful book by Vikki Patis!

Fifteen-year-old Izzy sent an intimate picture of herself to someone she trusted, but soon that picture is spread around her s...
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Another emotional and powerful book by Vikki Patis!

Fifteen-year-old Izzy sent an intimate picture of herself to someone she trusted, but soon that picture is spread around her school and cruelly mocked by the other students. She's devastated.

In The Dark follows the aftermath of the incident and how it affects the families of Izzy, her boyfriend Seb, and the teenagers' friends. Every character feels fleshed out and real, with interesting backstories and problems of their own. The complexities of difficult subjects are handled sensitively, and I think parents will really identify with the themes in this book. In The Dark is a great, slow-burn family drama with some dark themes, that is packed with emotion and heart.
He Started It is about the worst road trip ever. Three siblings and two of their significant others take their grandfather's ashes across America in order to collect their substan...
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He Started It is about the worst road trip ever. Three siblings and two of their significant others take their grandfather's ashes across America in order to collect their substantial inheritance. The road trip follows the same path as a holiday the siblings took with their grandfather as children, stopping at the same attractions along the way. Only something very dark and very wrong happened on that road trip, and the same is happening now, too.

I loved this book. It's an absorbing page-turner you can't put down. And most of all, it's fun. Great fun.

I don't think I've ever read a psychological thriller that centred around a road trip, and now I'm wondering why, because it's such a great idea. The crazy attractions along the way were ingenious, such as the memorial to Bonnie and Clyde's last stand or the Codger Pole, which prompts one of my favourite lines in the book.

There isn't a dull moment in He Started It from beginning to end. The ending is going to be divisive, but I think it was fitting to the story. Highly recommend this one!
Four Wall Street bankers meet at an office building to enter an escape room. That's the extent of the information they have, but they suspect this event might be linked to corpora...
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Four Wall Street bankers meet at an office building to enter an escape room. That's the extent of the information they have, but they suspect this event might be linked to corporate restructuring and potential job losses. In the cut-throat industry of financial investment, everything is a competition with high-stakes.

The POV then shifts to the past where Sara has just joined Stanhope and Sons and is navigating the alien but glamorous lifestyle at the firm. The past and present gradually reveal the story leading to an explosive climax. From Sara's experience at the firm to the four bankers solving puzzles in an over-heated elevator.

It's not often that I find myself glued to the pages, but in the case of The Escape Room, I truly was. Between the jaw-dropping extravagance of Wall Street and the tension in the lift, I was hooked. I found the past as interesting as the present and raced between chapters to find out what was going to happen next.

There are no heroes in this book, only flawed human beings, and the extraordinary lengths flawed human beings will go for greed. My only complaint is that the US book cover is so much lovelier than the UK version. I need that gorgeous book on my shelf!

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Theo Faber is a therapist who recently started working at The Grove, a secure psychiatric facility for violent patients. At this facility, he begins therapy with Alicia, a woman a...
more

Theo Faber is a therapist who recently started working at The Grove, a secure psychiatric facility for violent patients. At this facility, he begins therapy with Alicia, a woman arrested for the murder of her husband, who hasn't spoken since the event. Theo believes that he can pull Alicia out of her silence. He's obsessed with her, both as a patient and a person, and despite advice against it, he contacts Alicia's family, hoping to learn more about her background. Slowly, he begins to piece together the puzzle and uncover what really happened the night Alicia's husband died.

Once I started reading Silent Patient, I found it difficult to put down. It's definitely a book that's easy to devour in one sitting. You'll find yourself trying to resist the urge to skip ahead to the reveal.

There are lots of clues along the way, but they are cleverly disguised with much misdirection. You'll find yourself coming up with a dozen different theories as you read, not sure which thread to pull. And in the final chapters, you may find that you were almost there but not quite.

I really enjoyed this book. It's a fantastic thriller that tells a story we know but in a different way. If you enjoy psychological thrillers, you'll enjoy this.
Another emotional and powerful book by Vikki Patis!

Fifteen-year-old Izzy sent an intimate picture of herself to someone she trusted, but soon that picture is spread around her s...
more

Another emotional and powerful book by Vikki Patis!

Fifteen-year-old Izzy sent an intimate picture of herself to someone she trusted, but soon that picture is spread around her school and cruelly mocked by the other students. She's devastated.

In The Dark follows the aftermath of the incident and how it affects the families of Izzy, her boyfriend Seb, and the teenagers' friends. Every character feels fleshed out and real, with interesting backstories and problems of their own. The complexities of difficult subjects are handled sensitively, and I think parents will really identify with the themes in this book. In The Dark is a great, slow-burn family drama with some dark themes, that is packed with emotion and heart.
He Started It is about the worst road trip ever. Three siblings and two of their significant others take their grandfather's ashes across America in order to collect their substan...
more

He Started It is about the worst road trip ever. Three siblings and two of their significant others take their grandfather's ashes across America in order to collect their substantial inheritance. The road trip follows the same path as a holiday the siblings took with their grandfather as children, stopping at the same attractions along the way. Only something very dark and very wrong happened on that road trip, and the same is happening now, too.

I loved this book. It's an absorbing page-turner you can't put down. And most of all, it's fun. Great fun.

I don't think I've ever read a psychological thriller that centred around a road trip, and now I'm wondering why, because it's such a great idea. The crazy attractions along the way were ingenious, such as the memorial to Bonnie and Clyde's last stand or the Codger Pole, which prompts one of my favourite lines in the book.

There isn't a dull moment in He Started It from beginning to end. The ending is going to be divisive, but I think it was fitting to the story. Highly recommend this one!
Four Wall Street bankers meet at an office building to enter an escape room. That's the extent of the information they have, but they suspect this event might be linked to corpora...
more

Four Wall Street bankers meet at an office building to enter an escape room. That's the extent of the information they have, but they suspect this event might be linked to corporate restructuring and potential job losses. In the cut-throat industry of financial investment, everything is a competition with high-stakes.

The POV then shifts to the past where Sara has just joined Stanhope and Sons and is navigating the alien but glamorous lifestyle at the firm. The past and present gradually reveal the story leading to an explosive climax. From Sara's experience at the firm to the four bankers solving puzzles in an over-heated elevator.

It's not often that I find myself glued to the pages, but in the case of The Escape Room, I truly was. Between the jaw-dropping extravagance of Wall Street and the tension in the lift, I was hooked. I found the past as interesting as the present and raced between chapters to find out what was going to happen next.

There are no heroes in this book, only flawed human beings, and the extraordinary lengths flawed human beings will go for greed. My only complaint is that the US book cover is so much lovelier than the UK version. I need that gorgeous book on my shelf!

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