Book of the Week with Waterstones of King’s Lynn is All The Colours Of The Dark by Chris Whitaker

In our weekly look at books, we focus on a serial killer thriller, which is Waterstones Thriller Book of the Month for April 2025…

A missing person’s mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each.

Late one summer, the town of Monta Clare is shattered by the abduction of local teenager Joseph 'Patch' Macauley. Nobody more so than Saint Brown, who is broken by her best friend's disappearance. Soon, she will eat, sleep, breathe, only to find him.

But when she does: it will break her heart. Patch lies in a pitch-black room - all alone - for days or maybe weeks. Until he feels a hand in his.

Her name is Grace and, though they cannot see each other, she takes him from the darkness and paints their world with her words. In this hopeless place, they fall in love.

But when he escapes: there is no sign she ever even existed. To find her again, Patch charts an epic search across the country.

And, to set him free, Saint will shadow his journey: on a darker path to hunt down the man who took them. Even if finding the truth means losing each other forever.

Top Ten Chart with Waterstones of Norfolk Street, Lynn

1. The Garden Against Time – Olivia Laing

2. Lights Out – Navessa Allen

3. Floating Hotel – Grace Curtis

4. Death at the Sign of the Rook – Kate Atkinson

5. The Kellerby Code – Jonny Sweet

6. Sunrise on the Reaping – Suzanne Collins

7. The Ministry of Time – Kaliane Bradley

8. There Are Rivers in the Sky – Elif Shafak

9. History of the World in 47 Borders – Jonn Elledge

10. All the Colours of the Dark - Chris Whitaker