Alex Finlay

The latest novel by Alex Finlay—cited by Booklist as “one of the genre’s best”—is PARENTS WEEKEND, declared “a genuine page-turner ” by firstCLUE and named a Must-Read Thriller of 2025 by Bookbub. His next novel is THE ANNIVERSARY, to be published by Minotaur in May, 2026, about which People magazine raves: “Alex Finlay’s latest book is killer.”

Alex’s debut, EVERY LAST FEAR, was one of the most anticipated and acclaimed thrillers of 2021. It was named a Best Book of the Month, Mystery and Thriller category, by Amazon; chosen as an Indie Next pick and a LibraryReads pick; and Kobo named it a Best Audiobook of the Month. Newsweek declared it “gripping from the first bone-chilling line to the final page,” and Parade raved: “It’s twisty and unputdownable and intensifies until the very end.” THE NIGHT SHIFT, Alex Finlay’s widely acclaimed follow up, was a LibraryReads pick for March 2022, and it was named on over a dozen “Best of” and “Most Anticipated” lists, including Goodreads, Buzzfeed, Newsweek, BookBub, PopSugar, E! News, The Nerd Daily, and Book Riot. E! News declared: “It’s safe to say Finlay is one of the genre’s most exciting voices.” WHAT HAVE WE DONE, Finlay’s third novel, was chosen by librarians across the country to join the LibraryReads Hall of Fame and has been named on numerous “Best of” and “Most Anticipated” lists, including Goodreads, Buzzfeed, Amazon, BookBub, and BookPage. His work has been licensed in eighteen languages and optioned for film and television.

Alex Finlay is the pseudonym of an author who lives in Washington, DC.