His Final Patient
the chilling psychological thriller full of twists that will grip you from start to finish in 2026
Will be published approx. on 13. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-80110-943-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Brainy, twisty, inventive' AJ Finn author of The Woman in the Window
Don't let him get in your head.
THE PSYCHIATRIST claims he can predict when people will die and has been using his skills with chilling accuracy.
THE PATIENTS trust their shrink. They believe him when he tells them their date and the predictions have always come true.
THE DETECTIVE is shaken when a man shoots himself after announcing it's his 'death day'. On his body, DI Silas Hart finds an hourglass, catapulting him back to two suspicious deaths that have haunted him for years.
When the psychiatrist turns his sights on Hart, the countdown to his own death day begins.
Will he survive? Or is there no escaping fate?
Why readers love J.S. Monroe
'Full of unpredictable twists' THE TIMES
'Intricately woven and heart-stoppingly believable, this has bestseller written all over it' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Intelligent writing, original and disturbing ideas and a tightly coiled and crafted plot' DAILY MAIL
'The most ingenious thriller you will read this year. I couldn't put it down' M. J. ARLIDGE
'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON
Don't let him get in your head.
THE PSYCHIATRIST claims he can predict when people will die and has been using his skills with chilling accuracy.
THE PATIENTS trust their shrink. They believe him when he tells them their date and the predictions have always come true.
THE DETECTIVE is shaken when a man shoots himself after announcing it's his 'death day'. On his body, DI Silas Hart finds an hourglass, catapulting him back to two suspicious deaths that have haunted him for years.
When the psychiatrist turns his sights on Hart, the countdown to his own death day begins.
Will he survive? Or is there no escaping fate?
Why readers love J.S. Monroe
'Full of unpredictable twists' THE TIMES
'Intricately woven and heart-stoppingly believable, this has bestseller written all over it' CLARE MACKINTOSH
'Intelligent writing, original and disturbing ideas and a tightly coiled and crafted plot' DAILY MAIL
'The most ingenious thriller you will read this year. I couldn't put it down' M. J. ARLIDGE
'Highly recommended' MICK HERRON
Reviews / Votes
Brainy, twisty, inventive... and, remarkably, grounded in research at once fascinating and horrifying. The Hart novels are mind-meddling, sleep-defying stories, the sort that remind you what real suspense feels like -- AJ Finn, author of The Woman in the WindowMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80110-943-7 (9781801109437)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
J.S. Monroe read English at Cambridge, worked as a foreign correspondent in Delhi, and was Weekend editor of the Daily Telegraph in London before becoming a full-time writer. His psychological thriller Find Me was a bestseller and, under the name Jon Stock, he has authored six spy thrillers and the expose The Sleep Room: A Very British Scandal.