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The Ending Writes Itself by Evelyn Clarke (March 2026 Mindsight Exclusive)

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About the product

A PROPULSIVE DEBUT MYSTERY FROM EVELYN CLARKE, THE BRILLIANT AND DIABOLICAL CREATION OF CAT CLARKE AND V.E. SCHWAB.

Six authors. One private island. Seventy-two hours to write the ending that will change their lives.

Arthur Fletch, one of the world’s bestselling novelists, is a reclusive genius known for his iconic protagonists and fiendish twists. When six struggling authors are invited to spend a weekend on his private Scottish island, they arrive to discover a shocking secret: Arthur Fletch is dead . . . and his last book is unfinished.

Desperate to publish the novel, Fletch’s agent and editor have summoned these writers in the hope that one of them will imagine a worthy ending for this final book. To sweeten the deal, they are offering an irresistible prize: in addition to ghost-writing the last chapter––for a mind-boggling sum––they will also help the lucky writer successfully re-launch their own career, guaranteeing future bestsellers. The catch: the writers have just seventy-two hours to finish Fletch’s magnum opus.

It’s the perfect plot. All it needs is a killer ending.

Our Mindsight Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback and features:⁠

  • An exclusive redesigned cover (art by @peterstrain; design by @chattynora)⁠
  • Fine linen hardback with art (by @ember_atelier)
  • Digitally printed fore-edge (by @peterstrain); block-printed top & bottom
  • Illustrated endpapers (by @anna_helme); different front and back⁠
  • Hand signed by the author⁠s
  • POC main characters; LGBTQ representation
  • Standalone adult crime and mystery thriller

Photo by @bookwormgram

About the Author

It was a dark and stormy night (well, it was actually an unusually warm evening in Edinburgh, Scotland) when New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab proposed an absurd idea to long time friend and screenwriter Cat Clarke: that they should write a book together. V had made quite a name for herself, with more than 20 books, including the Shades of Magic series, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, but had sworn she'd never co-write a novel, let alone one without fantasy. While Cat, following a tumultuous career as an editor and the author of several YA novels, including Girlhood and Entangled, had fled the publishing industry to work in the even more tumultuous film industry, swearing she'd never return to books. And yet, fate—and an irresistible idea—made liars of them both. That night, as they switched from tea to something stronger, Evelyn Clarke was born.

Content Warnings for The Ending Writes Itself:

  • Content Warning

    • Alcohol/alcohol consumption
    • Anger (directed at a person)
    • Assault
    • Blackmail
    • Blood
    • Death
    • Divorce
    • Gore
    • Graphic injury or graphic depiction of injury
    • Grief and depictions of grief
    • Injury descriptions
    • Murder
    • Psychopathy
    • Strong language/cursing/swearing
    • Toxic living situations
    • Trauma/PTSD
    • Violence (including: violence against children/animals)
    • Vomiting

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