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Holly Watt's next novel, The Good Listener, is coming out in 2026. The Last Truths We Told is out now.
Holly's first novel - To The Lions - won the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger for the best thriller of the year. Her second book, The Dead Line, was named one of the Thrillers of the Year by The Times and the FT. The Casey Benedict series continues with The Hunt and The Kill and The End of The Game.
Before writing novels, Holly was a leading investigative journalist. She started her career at the Sunday Times, before moving to the Daily Telegraph. During six years at the Telegraph, she was the Whitehall Editor and jointly ran the investigations team. She then moved to work on the Guardian's investigations team.
Holly has been nominated for a wide range of journalism prizes, winning awards for her work on stories including MPs’ Expenses at the Telegraph and the Panama Papers at the Guardian.
She has reported from countries all around the globe, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Libya, Jordan and Lebanon. As well as flying around the world on everything from Lynx helicopters to Air Force One, Holly also worked as an undercover journalist.
She now spends most of her time in Devon.
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