The Night Stairs: The addictive new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author
Jul 2026 · Random House
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When schoolgirls start fainting one after the other at a convent boarding school, old legends twist into new scandals. From irresistible bestselling storyteller Erin Kelly comes the new compulsive thriller that will leave you craving to read more.
'Erin Kelly is quite simply one of the best' Jane Casey
Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St Cordula's school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin. But it’s not easy to change things at a school this old.
Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep St Cordula’s safe. But only as long as the words ‘GOD FORGIVE ME’, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, are repainted every year. The words have only been allowed to fade once, in 2002. Then, fits of vertigo spread through the pupils, and a second girl fell to her death on the night stairs. But only three people know the truth of what happened the night of the tragedy.
Now the vertigo is back, and Fiona must stem the outbreak before it threatens St Cordula’s future, or worse, another girl loses her life. But when one of her pupils begins a dangerous investigation into the past, old secrets start to twist into new scandals...
PRAISE FOR ERIN KELLY:
‘So thrilling and unexpected that it made my head spin’ LISA JEWELL
‘Gripping, twisting, furiously clever’ RUTH WARE
‘Erin Kelly is supremely skilled at unusual and intelligent suspense plots’ DAILY MAIL
‘Original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page’ LOUISE CANDLISH
‘An incredibly atmospheric psychological thriller with a clever, elaborate plot’ GRAZIA
‘Incomparable...captivating, cleverly constructed’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘A completely addictive story...Erin Kelly is a genius’ JANE CASEY
‘Magnificent’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done’ GUARDIAN
‘A unique storyteller; impossible to predict, impossible to put down’ JOHN MARRS
‘Propulsive... atmospheric, original’ GILLIAN McALLISTER
‘A taut chamber-piece of psychological suspense’ FINANCIAL TIMES
'The worlds she creates are so rich and alive' JANE FALLON
'Erin Kelly is quite simply one of the best' Jane Casey
Centuries of tradition are coming to an end at St Cordula's school. Deputy Head, Fiona Fox, is about to preside over a controversial move to save it from ruin. But it’s not easy to change things at a school this old.
Legend has it that the ghost of fifteenth-century nun, Sister Matilda, will keep St Cordula’s safe. But only as long as the words ‘GOD FORGIVE ME’, scrawled by Matilda on a chapel staircase wall before she fell to her death, are repainted every year. The words have only been allowed to fade once, in 2002. Then, fits of vertigo spread through the pupils, and a second girl fell to her death on the night stairs. But only three people know the truth of what happened the night of the tragedy.
Now the vertigo is back, and Fiona must stem the outbreak before it threatens St Cordula’s future, or worse, another girl loses her life. But when one of her pupils begins a dangerous investigation into the past, old secrets start to twist into new scandals...
PRAISE FOR ERIN KELLY:
‘So thrilling and unexpected that it made my head spin’ LISA JEWELL
‘Gripping, twisting, furiously clever’ RUTH WARE
‘Erin Kelly is supremely skilled at unusual and intelligent suspense plots’ DAILY MAIL
‘Original, suspenseful, and with complex characters that spring irresistibly to life on the page’ LOUISE CANDLISH
‘An incredibly atmospheric psychological thriller with a clever, elaborate plot’ GRAZIA
‘Incomparable...captivating, cleverly constructed’ PAULA HAWKINS
‘A completely addictive story...Erin Kelly is a genius’ JANE CASEY
‘Magnificent’ MARIAN KEYES
‘A gripping tale of secrets, revenge and obsession, masterfully done’ GUARDIAN
‘A unique storyteller; impossible to predict, impossible to put down’ JOHN MARRS
‘Propulsive... atmospheric, original’ GILLIAN McALLISTER
‘A taut chamber-piece of psychological suspense’ FINANCIAL TIMES
'The worlds she creates are so rich and alive' JANE FALLON
About the author
Erin Kelly is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Poison Tree, The Sick Rose, The Burning Air, The Ties That Bind, He Said/She Said, Stone Mothers/We Know You Know, Watch Her Fall, The Skeleton Key and The House of Mirrors, as well as Broadchurch: The Novel, inspired by the mega-hit TV series. The Poison Tree became a major ITV drama and was a Richard & Judy Summer Read. He Said/She Said spent six weeks in the top ten in both hardback and paperback, was longlisted for the Theakston's Old Peculier crime novel of the year award and selected for both the Simon Mayo Radio 2 and Richard & Judy Book Clubs. The Skeleton Key was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller and was selected as a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Born in London in 1976, Erin lives in north London with her husband and daughters.
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