Into the Fire
The totally gripping thriller you don't want to miss in 2026, from million-copy bestseller M. J. Arlidge
Published on 4. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-1-3987-0830-3 (ISBN)
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The brand-new gripping thriller from the million copy bestseller M.J. Arlidge
Nowhere to hide. No-one to turn to. Nothing to lose.
Helen Grace is sure she made the right decision to quit the force. Until the day she looks out from her window to see a desperate young woman being beaten by two thugs.
Still a force to be reckoned with, Helen races into the night and strikes the men down. For a moment, it feels like she doesn't need her badge to do good, but as she leads the girl to safety, she's struck from behind, regaining consciousness just in time to see the victim being dragged into a white van.
Helen's determined to find the woman and save her, but even begging her former colleagues to help gets her nowhere. It's clear it'll be up to her alone to make the rescue.
Taking matters into her own hands, Helen uncovers more women connected to the first who need her help. But fighting crime as a maverick is a dangerous game. One that could cost Helen her life, and the life of those she holds most dear...
PRAISE FOR THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER M.J. ARLIDGE:
'Chilling'
THE TIMES
'Addictive'
EXPRESS
'Truly excellent'
THE SUN
'Nobody does chilling suspense quite like M.J. Arlidge'
B.P. WALTER
Nowhere to hide. No-one to turn to. Nothing to lose.
Helen Grace is sure she made the right decision to quit the force. Until the day she looks out from her window to see a desperate young woman being beaten by two thugs.
Still a force to be reckoned with, Helen races into the night and strikes the men down. For a moment, it feels like she doesn't need her badge to do good, but as she leads the girl to safety, she's struck from behind, regaining consciousness just in time to see the victim being dragged into a white van.
Helen's determined to find the woman and save her, but even begging her former colleagues to help gets her nowhere. It's clear it'll be up to her alone to make the rescue.
Taking matters into her own hands, Helen uncovers more women connected to the first who need her help. But fighting crime as a maverick is a dangerous game. One that could cost Helen her life, and the life of those she holds most dear...
PRAISE FOR THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER M.J. ARLIDGE:
'Chilling'
THE TIMES
'Addictive'
EXPRESS
'Truly excellent'
THE SUN
'Nobody does chilling suspense quite like M.J. Arlidge'
B.P. WALTER
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
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Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3987-0830-3 (9781398708303)
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M. J. Arlidge
Into the Fire
The totally gripping thriller you don't want to miss in 2026, from million-copy bestseller M. J. Arlidge
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07/2025
Orion
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M.J. Arlidge has worked in television for the last twenty years, specialising in high-end drama production, including prime-time crime serials Silent Witness, Torn, The Little House and, most recently, the hit ITV show Innocent. In 2015 his audiobook exclusive Six Degrees of Assassination was a number-one bestseller. His debut thriller, Eeny Meeny, was the UK's bestselling crime debut of 2014 and has been followed by ten more DI Helen Grace thrillers - all Sunday Times bestsellers.