A stylish and immersive new novel of ambition, legacy, and betrayal from the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Girl on the Train.

An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared after visiting her twenty years ago. A present-day discovery that intimately connects three people and unveils a web of secrets and lies.

A masterful and propulsive novel that asks searing questions of ambition, power, gender, and perception,The Blue Hourrecalls the very best of Shirley Jackson and Patricia Highsmith and cements Hawkinss place among the very best of our most nuanced, powerful, and stylish storytellers.