Books published by Serpentine Books

Reclusive academic Lord Noblet de Beeble doesn't want to get married but his overbearing mother says that he must. He places an ad for a wife in his local newspaper & the national press pick up on it. In a summer packed with suspicious exes, snobbery and social climbers, the village of Gently Rising bear witness to a public courtship like no other.

When Bella Black arrives in a sleepy Wiltshire village, it seems like the perfect place for a new start. A lovely home, exciting job and an attractive colleague or two to take her mind off her recent divorce. When people start disappearing, she realises she holds the key to a mystery bigger than she could have ever imagined.

Dan has worked hard for the perfect life. He has a loving wife, beautiful kids, a fabulous home and is a successful businessman. But one afternoon he steps onto a train with a stranger. It was a simple mistake... Four stops later, Dan is a criminal who has lost everything. Through a web of lies and deceit Dan battles to win his life back.

A gripping and imaginative technothriller, NO SIGNAL (iMe Series Book 2) is the sequel to Jem Tugwell's thrilling debut novel PROXIMITY. For fans of dystopian near future fiction like The Handmaid's Tale, The Wall, Black Mirror and 1984.

The People's Book Prize Finalist 2019-2020Jem Tugwell's thrilling and thought-provoking debut leads the trend in speculative crime thrillers. It sits alongside Black Mirror and The City and the City in an unnerving and compelling exploration into our near future. If the police always know where I am...How do I kill you?