Maps of Hell

“I awake in a windowless room – naked, filthy, bruised, robbed of my every memory. I feel inexplicably drowned in a sea of hatred and rage. I…don’t know who I am. But I know I must escape.” Crime writer Matt Wells could never have conjured a plot this twisted. A secretive militia running brainwashing experiments in a remote location have made him a subject. He knows they have been feeding him instructions, but why? Taunted by maddening snatches of a life he can’t trust as his own – including memories of a woman he feels he should remember – Matt’s accused of three gruesome murders. On the run from his kidnappers and the law, Matt must piece everything together – before it’s too late. “Blood, gore and ingenious twists…I loved it.” Kate Atkinson “Johnston does an expert job…Great stuff.” Laura Wilson, Guardian “Fast, furious and twisted as hell.” Mark Billingham PRAISE FOR THE DEATH LIST AND THE SOUL COLLECTOR

Reviews of Maps of Hell

"Johnston writes with horrifying power." The Times "Johnston does an expert job… Great stuff." – Guardian "There are few British thriller writers gaining more acclaim than Paul Johnston." – The times "Blood, gore and ingenious twists… I loved it." – Kate Atkinson"