Nicci French: What Happened That Night (UK 2026)

From the Publisher:
The new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter? and the Freida Klein series.
After nearly thirty years in prison for the murder of his university friend Leo Bauer, Tyler Green is finally free. Meeting up with the group of friends who were there the night that Leo died, Tyler is looking to reconnect - but he's also looking for answers. When another friend is found dead that night, his new found freedom is put in jeopardy. Detective Maud O'Connor is called to investigate - but can she discover the truth, or is Tyler Green never going to be free?

Nicci French: What Happened That Night. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781398524224 (June, 2026), 448 p., £9.99.

Nicci French: What Happened That Night (USA 2026)

From the Publisher:
From international bestselling master of suspense Nicci French comes a hair-raising locked-room thriller about a group of old university friends with a killer in their midst.

Old friends, new secrets, one deadly reunion.
Tyler Green, convicted of murdering his friend Leo at a student house party in 1993, has been released after almost three decades in prison. He has always protested his innocence.

On a warm evening in London, Tyler summons eight of his university friends who were present on that fateful night. Is it just a reunion - or something else? With wine -- and accusations -- flowing liberally, the reunion descends into violent chaos, and one friend will end the night with their throat slit in the upstairs bedroom... the same way that Leo's was in 1993.

When Detective Inspector Maud O'Connor gets called to investigate, she has her own doubts about Tyler's guilt, despite what his old friends, the rest of the Metropolitan Police Force, and even the Home Secretary would like her to believe... .

Nicci French: What Happened That Night. A Novel. Harpercollins, ISBN: 9780063298453 (February, 2026), 448 p., $30.00, Trade $19.99, eBook $9.99.

Nicci French: What Happened That Night (UK 2026)

From the Publisher:
IF HE'S KILLED ONCE, HE'D KILL AGAIN.
WOULDN'T HE?
After nearly thirty years in prison for fatally stabbing his university friend Leo Bauer, Tyler Green is finally free.
He summons the group of friends who were there the night that Leo died. Is he looking for answers, or is he looking for revenge?
When another friend is found dead that night, all the evidence points to Tyler, putting his new-found freedom in jeopardy. Detective Maud O'Connor is called to investigate - can she discover the truth, or will Tyler Green never be free?

THE NEW PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER? AND THE LAST DAYS OF KIRA MULLAN.

Nicci French: What Happened That Night. Simon & Schuster, ISBN: 9781398524187 (February, 2026), 434 p., £18.99, eBook £4.99.