About this book
The Understudy is a novel co-written by Sophie Hannah, Clare Mackintosh, B. A. Paris and Holly Brown, published in 2019. It follows The Visitors Book and precedes Haven't They Grown in the reading order. It runs 352 pages. Collaborative anthology thriller co-written with Clare Mackintosh, B. A. Paris and Holly Brown as equal contributors.
Key facts about The Understudy
B. A. Paris, Clare Mackintosh, Holly Brown and Sophie Hannah wrote The Understudy, a book on our list. It has been out since 3 October 2019. The book has 352 pages.
We list 1 edition of this book. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781529303926 to find the main one.
Sophie Hannah has 37 books on our list. 24 of them belong to a series, while 13 stand alone. All 37 are out now. Other books by Sophie Hannah on file include The Last Death of the Year (2025), No One Would Do What the Lamberts Have Done (2025), The Last Death of the Year (2025) and Hercule Poirot's Silent Night (2023).
Earlier, The Mystery of Three Quarters came out in 2018. After it came Haven't They Grown in 2020. Since then, our list has added 10 more books by Sophie Hannah.
Sophie Hannah has 3 series on file, such as Hercule Poirot, Waterhouse and Zailer (Culver Valley Crime) and The New Hercule Poirot Mysteries. Those series sit on our mystery, psychological thriller and cozy mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Opposite of Murder is the latest published Sophie Hannah book on file, from 29 January 2026.
About Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is a British novelist and poet, whose parents are novelist Adèle Geras and political theorist Norman Geras, who published poetry from her early twenties before building parallel careers in crime fiction. She holds academic posts at Cambridge, including a role helping create and run the university's Masters in Crime and Thriller Writing. See every Sophie Hannah book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781529303926