Our Last Wild Days

What lifts Anna Bailey’s marvellous second novel is the hothouse lyricism of their writing, which is as lush as the setting.

THE TIMES Book of the Month

A sweltering fever dream of a novel – brimming with atmosphere, tension, and a truly unforgettable cast of characters.

Colin Walsh, author of Kala

A bewitching slice of southern Gothic, in Our Last Wild Days, Anna Bailey cements her reputation for writing thought provoking, character driven crime fiction.

Paula Hawkins

Sublime. The best thing I’ve read in ages. Beautifully written and utterly immersive.

Will Dean, author of The Chamber

Astonishingly brilliant...The prose sings, the storytelling is exquisite. A rare, extraordinary talent.

CJ Cooke, author of A Haunting in the Attic

Bailey does a remarkable job of conjuring up the haunted swamplands of southern Louisiana… A particularly spicy gumbo of a thriller

Mail on Sunday

Raw and unflinching, Anna Bailey’s Our Last Wild Days is about the mystery of how anyone survives as much as it is the mystery of how one woman didn’t. In a beautifully observed story brimming with singular characters, small-town Louisiana still manages to steal the show.... a stunner.

Ashley Winstead, author of Midnight is the Darkest Hour

With a setting as atmospheric as Where The Crawdads Sing, and characters as memorable as those in All The Colours of The Dark, this is a stunningly written thriller and I savoured single page. Congratulations Anna - another blistering triumph to follow Tall Bones.

Nikki Smith, author of Look What You Made Me Do

Our Last Wild Days has everything I love in a suspense novel: a vivid and gritty setting, characters with sharp edges, atmosphere that seeps through the pages, and a dark, gripping mystery. Best of all is Anna Bailey’s exquisite prose, filled with lines worth tattooing and passages worth framing. This is a book that will sink into your bones.

Megan Collins, author of Cross My Heart and The Family Plot