J.A. Baker

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books
  • First Book:
    Undercurrent (April 2017)
  • Latest Book:
    BRAND NEW from J A Baker (March 2026)
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Books in Order: 33 titles

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  • BRAND NEW from J A Baker

    The BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from the BESTSELLING author of The Perfect Parents, J. A. BakerPraise for J. A. Baker:A dark and twisting thrill ride that asks the question: how well do you really know your parents? It kept me hooked un...

  • Mother Knows Best

    The BRAND NEW gripping psychological thriller from the BESTSELLING author of The Perfect Parents, J. A. Baker Praise for J. A. Baker: Engaging characters, a chilling tale - Baker at her best! Bestselling author Valerie KeoghA devoted motherHelena has...

  • The Good Daughter

    The BRAND NEW psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Perfect Parents, J A Baker. She will have her day of reckoning...As a teenager, Penny Collins always tried to be a good daughter. Until the night she was brutally attacked as she...

  • Hush Little Baby

    When she hears the baby crying, she knows she has to do something to keep it safe. To protect it from its terrible parents. Even though the father of the child is Melissa's own son. . . When Melissa Crawford snatches a crying baby from outside a hous...

  • The Guilty Teacher

    A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J. A. Baker!What happens when the past and the present collide?Dominic Rose, a teacher and a recluse, lives in an old cottage at the edge of the woods with his frail, bedridden mother. ...

  • When She Sleeps

    The addictive psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J A Baker!A long-ago trauma and a family mystery may shed light on her troubled sleep -- or pull her into the darkness once and for all . . .As a child, Grace Cooper suffered from bo...

  • The Widower's Lie

    A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J. A. Baker!How well can you really know anyone?Ever since Sophia Saunders was murdered, her husband, Peter, and daughter, Lauren, have been trying to rebuild their lives. Desperate to ...

  • Little Boy, Gone

    A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J A Baker!Every parent's worst nightmare...When five-year-old Leo disappears after leaving school, it sets a chain of events in motion that will change the lives of the local residents ...

  • Little Boy,Gone

    When five-year-old Leo disappears after leaving school, it sets a chain of events in motion that will change the lives of the local residents forever. Ashton committed a terrible crime as a child, but he's determined to put the past behind him and bu...



  • The Passenger

    A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J A Baker, guarenteed to keep you turning the pages!Everyone has their secrets...some are more deadly than others.When Leah caught the train that day, it should have been the escape she...

  • The Perfect Parents

    The gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author J.A. BakerJackson and Lydia Hemsworth are pillars of the community, feted for having the perfect marriage and three wonderful children â€" Florence, Jessica and Ezra.But appearances can be d...

  • The Girl In The Water

    An unmissable psychological thriller from bestselling author J.A. BakerWhen Phoebe and her disabled husband, Martyn, move into a new house in a quiet village, they plan to lead a quiet existence, to keep themselves to themselves. It’s safer that wa...

  • The Quiet One

    Looking for a psychological drama which will have you gripped? Then you will love the unmissable The Quiet One from best-selling author J.A. Baker!Can you ever escape the past?Stella and her partner Wade appear to have the perfect life. They have a l...

  • The Intruder

    Looking for a psychological drama which will have you gripped? Then you will love the unmissable The Intruder from best-selling author J.A. BakerA fragile woman. An unwelcome intruder. A house full of secretsFaye and her husband Hugh have had a traum...

  • The Stranger

    Looking for a psychological drama which will have you gripped? Then you will love the unmissable The Stranger from best-selling author J.A. BakerA village shrouded in mystery. Secrets buried deep....When Ray moves to a new house in the village of Whi...

  • The Woman In The Woods

    Prepare to be hooked by the gripping new psychological thriller by bestselling author J.A.Baker!** I am safe here, in my cottage in the woods where no one knows me or my real name. All is peaceful and calm and the real world can’t hurt me â€" becau...

  • The Toxic Friend

    A brilliant psychological thriller by bestselling author J.A. BakerAfter spending her childhood in care, Eva is desperate to find her birth parents and to get some closure on her difficult past.And so she finishes her relationship with boyfriend Gare...

  • The Last Wife

    A gripping thriller from best-selling author J.A. Baker!Welcome to Winters End...Winters End should have been the perfect place for me and my husband Neil to start again. To leave the terrible secrets and guilt of our past far behind us.But from the ...

  • Local Girl Missing

    Don't miss this shocking psychological thriller by best-selling author J.A. BakerMissing without trace...When local woman Deborah goes missing, her colleagues Adrian, Yvonne and Merriel are all left in shock. Gossip around the office begins to swirl ...



  • Here Lies Alice

    A widower lets a new woman into his heart and his home -- but she has her own agenda, in this thriller from the bestselling author of The Girl I Used to Be. Ever since Sophia Saunders was murdered, her husband, Peter, and daughter, Lauren, have been ...

  • The Midnight Child

    A long-ago trauma and a family mystery may shed light on her troubled sleep -- or pull her into the darkness once and for all . . . As a child, Grace Cooper suffered from bouts of sleepwalking. Now, after the unexpected death of her hu...

  • The Face of Clara Morgan

    A small town in northern England is rocked by murder and scandal at the local school in this chilling novel of psychological suspense. Dominic Rose is a North Yorkshire school teacher with an antiquated hobby. He studies physiognomy, the art of judgi...

  • Looking For Leo

    When a boy goes missing from a small English village, deadly secrets and paranoid suspicions collide in this psychological thriller.When Ashton was a child, he committed a heinous crime. Now he’s back in the North Yorkshire town where the traumatic...

  • In the Dying Minutes

    If your life flashed before your eyes, would you have any regrets? Everyone has their secrets, some are more deadly than others... When Leah is involved in a train crash, she goes to a therapist, Will. He attempts to help her through the trauma but w...

  • The Girl I Used To Be

    A settled, happy schoolteacher starts getting unsettling letters -- and plunges back into her painful past in order to identify the sender . . . Stella is a teacher in a secondary school in the village of West Compton, North Yorkshire....

  • The Woman at Number 19

    This summer's must-read psychological thriller from bestselling author J.A. Baker.Esther lost her husband, Julian, and her children, Harriet and Dexter, in a car accident and is struggling with her grief.Spurred on by her own loneliness and a need to...

  • The Cleansing

    An English village appears peaceful -- but terror lurks beneath the surface -- in this chilling psychological thriller by the author of The Face of Clara Morgan.When Ray moves to a new house in the village of Whitchurch, he leaves behind a relationsh...

  • The Uninvited

    Looking for a psychological drama which will have you gripped? Then you will love the unmissable Uninvited from best-selling author J.A. Baker

    A fragile woman. An unwelcome intruder. A house full of secrets

    Faye and her husband Hugh ...

  • Finding Eva

    Some relationships are toxic. Others are deadly . . . “A very clever plot . . . A wonderful, different read.” -- Nicki’s Book BlogAfter breaking up with her boyfriend, Gareth, Eva has left London for Whitby, despe...



  • The Other Mother

    A shocking psychological thriller from bestselling author, J.A. Baker!Three troubled women. One deadly secret.Lissy and her daughter, Rosie, live a quiet life and keep themselves to themselves. But when shocking events at Rosie’s school are reveale...

  • Her Dark Retreat

    The coastguard’s residence Chamber Cottage, which sits high up on the North Yorkshire cliffs, overlooking The North Sea, holds many dark secrets.

    Alec and Peggy are struggling to overcome their marital problems. Both damaged by issues from...

  • The Retreat

    A gripping psychological thriller by bestselling author J.A. Baker!Chamber Cottage holds many dark secrets...Struggling to overcome their marital problems, Alec and Peggy hoped their new life at Chamber cottage would be the retreat they both needed t...

  • Undercurrent

    Getting to know your neighbors can be murder in this psychological thriller from the author of The Woman at Number 19.Phoebe and her disabled husband, Martyn, move into a new house in a village on the edge of County Durham. They plan to lead a quiet ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.A. Baker has published 33 books.

The next book by J.A. Baker, BRAND NEW from J A Baker, will be published in March 2026.

The first book by J.A. Baker, Undercurrent, was published in April 2017.

No. J.A. Baker does not write books in series.
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