Thomas Ludlow
A foggy, unlit footpath running between high walls before dawn, lit only by a bicycle lamp.

London thrillers

Two books about
a darker London

A novel set in one disused railway cutting under north London, and a collection of twelve short thrillers set across the rest of the city.

Cover of Nothing Stops at Crouch End Now by Thomas Ludlow: a stone figure leaning out of a Victorian brick archway.

The novel

Nothing Stops at Crouch End Now

Six in the morning. Dark. A nurse cycling home from a night shift. Her road home is the Parkland Walk — a dead railway cutting under north London. No lights. No signal. No way out but the bridges.

Paperback and eBook


Cover of Mind the Dark: Twelve London Thrillers by Thomas Ludlow: a hooded figure walking away along a night-time Underground platform.

The collection

Mind the Dark

Twelve ways the city can turn on you — from a stalled Tube train near Cockfosters to a council flat on the Isle of Dogs that fills with light at three in the morning.

Paperback and eBook · twelve standalone stories

A lone cyclist riding towards a graffiti-covered railway bridge in the fog before dawn.

Trailer · 43 seconds

Watch the ride