Exhumation: A mind-bending speculative thriller from the author of ASCENSION, new for 2026

ARLO'S HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING 'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension ARLO'S HAVING TROUBLE SLEEPING 'Old-school creepy… a five-star horror novel' STEPHEN KING on Ascension Private Investigator Arlo Abbas wakes up to discover £10,000 suspiciously deposited into his account. Except he’s not been approached with a case and he doesn’t know the sender. Then, he finds a scrap of paper stuffed through his mailbox. Find Sophie Banik. His investigation leads him to a mysterious cult and the grave of a murdered girl. But there is no body buried there. Instead, Arlo unearths a coffin full of journals belonging to Liz, a girl who claims to have been underground for sixty-three days and to no longer sleep. Each answer seems to bring new questions: Who is Liz? Can she be telling the truth? What happened to Sophie? And who hired him? Arlo begins to wonder if he even wants to solve this case, but he doesn't have a choice – it’s been keeping him up at night. A mind-bending speculative thriller for fans of Blake Crouch and Ted Chiang.