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Medlock

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1st October 2026

Price: £10.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781408731659

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Reviews

Women's Way
With its haunting ambience and psychological tension, Medlock offers a chilling exploration of hidden truths and the darkness lurking within
JOHN BOYNE
S. G. Hartnell's update of The Secret Garden brings a stylish contemporary twist to a much-loved classic. A thoughtful and engaging read
CATHERINE COOPER
A gothic reimagining of The Secret Garden to keep you reading well into the night and awake well beyond that - dark, scary and unexpected
LOUISE SWANSON
I LOVED this book. Once I started, I simply could not stop. Such a clever reimagining, and so beautifully written. It was tense, evocative, moody and shocking
LOUISE CANDLISH
If you grew up on The Secret Garden, park your nostalgia and prepare for a seriously hair-raising revisit. Twisted, exhilarating and very, very creepy, Medlock is a triumph. I raced through it
Good Housekeeping
Want to scare yourself silly this Halloween? This Gothic reimagining of The Secret Garden will send shivers down your spine
HELEN FIELDS
A spine-chilling, nerve-jangling web of secrets and illusions. S.G. Hartnell's Medlock is a thing of beauty, draped in darkness. Breathtaking
MARION TODD
A beautifully written tale of good and evil. Restless, relatable and utterly absorbing. Just make sure you read it with all the lights on
ALEX HAY
This bold reimagining of The Secret Garden is a darkly perfect slice of contemporary gothic. It takes the bones of a classic and rebuilds them into something entirely wild and horrifying and new, tightening the screws on the reader at every turn. I can't wait to see what S. G. Hartnell's imagination conjures next . . .
PAULA HAWKINS
Macabre and frightening, S. G. Hartnell's shocking retelling of the children's classic The Secret Garden will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page until the last
A. A. CHAUDHURI
A dark, sinister, cleverly constructed tale, disturbingly gripping and not for the faint hearted. Hartnell is a shining new talent in the Gothic horror genre
CARLY REAGON
The Secret Garden but not as you know it. Sinister, mysterious, twisty and pulling out all the Gothic stops, this had me hooked from the start to the unexpected and terrifying end
JANE CORRY
A deliciously dark, Gothic mystery. Kept me up beyond my bedtime!