Happy Now

Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events, Mark Billingham's Mirror is an off-beat, atmospheric novel, and Will's diary details his house-breaking activities. Tom Kendall discovers Will's diary and decides to adopt the same quest for happiness, with problems of his own.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 03 March 2022
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

From the author of the latest official James Bond novel, Charlie Higson's thrillers are major events. Mark Billingham describes his novel, "Mirror," as an off-beat, atmospheric novel. Written with chilling perception, Time Out states that I do not believe that a man can be truly happy unless he fully understands what he is and can act accordingly. How can it be wrong to be happy?

These lines are taken from Will's diary, a seemingly innocuous exercise book that details his house-breaking activities. Will carefully selects houses, forty-seven so far, ensuring their owners will be in. As they cook their supper or watch television, Will (wearing surgical gloves and leaving no trace behind) enters not only their houses but their secret lives. A secret museum, housed in his loft, is held together by sex. All his trophies are carefully catalogued, and he keeps a very precise diary of his activities and his thoughts. All his life, Tom Kendall had lived as quietly and normally as possible. But he gave people the creeps. Kids didn't like him, or the cat. When Tom discovers Will's diary, he decides to adopt the same quest for happiness. Tom has problems of his own—a difficult temper, problems with his girlfriend, Maddie, and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness. Perhaps Will's diary holds the key?

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349144856