S.G. Hartnell
@SGHartnell
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Pseudonym for Sunday Times bestselling author @BarnabyWalter. Gothic thriller MEDLOCK arriving October 2025 published by @BooksSphere. Agent: @HardmanSwainson.
United Kingdom
Joined October 2024
It’s MEDLOCK publication day!! 🎉😍 It’s hard to put into words how exciting it is for this book to go out into the world. I started it six years ago, just before the pandemic hit, then wrote it throughout the first lockdown, hoping one day it would find its way into the hands of
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Tomorrow, ten becomes eleven! 📚🎃 I’m so excited for my gothic novel Medlock (written as @SGHartnell) to go out into the world this week! 😍 Thanks so much to everyone who has pre-ordered or read it already! Excited to go and see it in the shops tomorrow 🎉 You can order online
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It’s been a busy autumn so far 😍📚🎉 I’ve had two novels out in a year before, but two within 10 days is a new (and fun!) experience for me 😂 If you like a festive suspense mystery pick up THE WINTER VISITOR (which is currently only 99p on Kindle!), if you’re into chilling
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IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!! 🎉🎄❄️ I’m so excited that my tenth novel is going out into the world today! I had so much fun writing this festive suspense thriller (a snow storm, a castle in the Scottish Highlands, a toxic family and a stranger with a shocking secret - then a dead body
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Even though I was tempted to zoom through it in a day, I forced myself to read this slowly across a couple of weeks and I’m so pleased I did. It’s absolutely stunning, so intricately plotted and beautifully written, and I’m desperate for the ninth instalment. Please, @jk_rowling,
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It's paperback publication day for #HearHimCalling today and I'm so grateful for all the love and support for this book @Taffyagent @rosannaforte @BooksSphere @curtisbrownbooks and all the readers, booksellers and bloggers who have promoted it
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It’s nearly time to enter the secret garden 🔑🌳💀🍂 Just two weeks to go until Medlock goes out into the world 🎃📙 If you’d like to pre-order (and I’d be so delighted if you did) you can find it here: https://t.co/9nbQq2xOHo
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As an avid audiobook listener, I always get excited when my books become available to pre-order on Audible, and you can now find The Winter Visitor on there, wonderfully read by Oliver J Hembrough. If you pre-order now, it should be added straight to your library when it’s
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Can’t believe there’s just ONE WEEK to go until my festive thriller arrives! 🎄❄️ So excited for this book to go out into the world! You can pre-order here: https://t.co/Z2B2ssZRNA 🥰❄️✨
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Nine becomes TEN! 😍📚 In three weeks, my tenth novel will be published!! It’s so thrilling to see this book stack grow, from my debut in 2019 all the way up to my books this year 🥰🎉 The Winter Visitor will be heading out into the world on 23 September! 🎄❄️
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There’s nothing quite like being at a bookshop as soon as it opens so you can get your hands on a book you JUST CAN’T WAIT for! 😍🎉📚 Happy publication day @RGalbraith/@jk_rowling - I’m so excited to be back in Strike & Robin’s world once again 🧡 #TheHallmarkedMan
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Starting my autumn Hammer viewings early this year 💀🍿📺🎃 This one has a 4K release coming up, so decided to give the Icon Films 1080p version one last go. I like how different this feels to the Universal horror (and very different to Mary Shelley’s novel too). Great atmosphere
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RT @BarnabyWalter: 🎉🚨 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨🎉 I’m very excited to reveal the title of my new psychological suspense thriller out next spring:…
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Have just been shown the full cover layout of Medlock before it goes to press and feel quite overwhelmed seeing all these kind quotes from authors whose books I love and admire! 😍 Thank you so much to everyone who has read the book in advance and offered such generous words.
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It’s the last day of the Waterstones pre-order offer and my upcoming gothic novel MEDLOCK is part of it! 🎉📚🎃💀 If you pre-order during the offer period (28-31 July) and use the code SUMMER25 at checkout, you’ll get 25% off! https://t.co/dZiH2E8k7S
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Friday night movie night 🍿📺 One of the first ‘12’ rated movies I was allowed to see as a child 😄 Such a joy to revisit this (and for the first time in 4K!) #MovieNight
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So lovely to see my Christmassy news yesterday has been reported in The Bookseller! 🎄🎉 https://t.co/ue2dlpIaqk
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I’m so excited to be able to share this news! In addition to my psychological suspense and horror-based fiction, I’m going to be writing Christmassy thrillers! I’m so delighted to have signed a two-book deal with @bookouture with the first arriving September this year! 🎄🎉
We are delighted to announce that we have signed a two-book deal for Christmas thrillers with bestselling author of psychological thrillers and gothic fiction @barnabywalter. 🎉 Read more here:
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TWO MONTHS TO GO! 🌳📖 A family holiday goes dark in my new suspense thriller The Treehouse - arriving on shelves this summer! If you fancy pre-ordering (and I’d be overjoyed if you did!) you can find the paperback here: https://t.co/BAHNEuRL7m and the Kindle edition here:
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SIX MONTHS TO GO! 🎃🍂💀📖 So excited for my gothic retelling of The Secret Garden to go out into the world this autumn. It’s available to pre-order from @Waterstones here: https://t.co/dZiH2E8RXq
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