BELIEVE came out in hardback in June 2025 and in paperback in March 2026 https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/461543/believe-by-govett-sm/9781405968454
WHEN YOU LOOKED AWAY is out on 9th July and available to pre-order now: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470025/when-you-looked-away-by-govett-sm/9780241765142
Praise for BELIEVE
‘One of the finest crime stories of the year … Govett is a name to Watch’ Daily Mail
‘This fast-paced police procedural had me hooked from the start’ Good Housekeeping’s 50 Best Ever Beach Reads
‘This brilliant psychological thriller will keep you up all night,’ Heat Magazine, Book of the Week
‘Cancel your plans – you won’t put it down’ Prima Magazine, Best Books of 2025
‘Believe is absolutely stunning. The very definition of a page turner. A thought-provoking mystery, brimming with suspense, it twists and writhes into an accomplished psychological thriller that retains its emotional power and its pace, from first page to last.’ Janice Hallett, best-selling author of The Appeal
‘Believe had me wondering which way was up as I tried to work out whodunnit! A properly good, tense thriller which had me guessing until the end.’ Jennie Godfrey, best-selling author of The List of Suspicious Things
‘Propulsive and provocative, taut and timely – that rare thriller that you can’t read fast enough and then can’t debate long enough. Too many crime novels play it safe; here’s one that makes choices, takes risks and breaks ground and readers of Lisa Jewell, Freida McFadden, Harlan Coben and Gillian McAllister will love it.’
AJ Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window
‘A spine-tinglingly brilliant thriller. Believe the hype, because Believe is the must-read thriller of the summer.’ Matthew Blake, bestselling author of Anna O
‘An addictive domestic thriller with razor-sharp writing and dialogue that will keep you up all night.’ Abigail Dean, best-selling author of Girl A and The Death of Us
‘An accomplished crime debut. This is a must-read for police procedural fans.’
Jo Callaghan, bestselling author of In the Blink of an Eye and winner of the CWA New Blood Dagger and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year
‘A superior psychological thriller from an exciting new name in crime fiction. Believe is gripping,
clever and full of twists you won’t see coming.’
Mark Edwards, bestselling author of The Magpies and The Wasp Trap