Come In and Shut the Door

‘A tale for our feverish times … It’s fascinating to wander round Petit’s baroque imagination’ The Times

‘Provocative and multifaceted’ Buzz Magazine

‘[A] nightmarish view of the human capacity for destruction on the personal and political level, rendered with horrible conviction.’ - Telegraph Best New Crime and Thrillers of 2025

‘One of Britain’s most visionary writers’, David Peace

‘That uniquely valuable writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit’, Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘A vertiginous, compulsively readable séance of a book.’ James Riley, 3:AM Magazine

‘One of the most fascinating and forensic voices within British counter-culture.’ The Quietus

‘A nightmarish view of the human capacity for destruction on both the personal and political level, rendered with horrible conviction’, Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

‘Chris Petit weaves a complex web of contradiction and hidden truths, adhering to the principle that the most ‘normal’-seeming lives can conceal sinister reality … Provocative and multifaceted, here Petit challenges complacency, forcing the reader to confront uncomfortable truths.’ Buzz Magazine

‘This provocative patchwork of a novel will stay with you as it excoriates complacency’, Crime Time

‘Chris Petit is a master of the dark thriller arts. Come In and Shut the Door pushes open a clandestine entrance into another dimension, a Visconti-like world beyond the edge of night.’ Nicholas Shakespeare

Chris Petit has written a trio of acclaimed “beyond black” political thrillers covering:

• A serial killer operating in sectarian Northern Ireland (The Psalm Killer)
• Dirty money in World War II (The Human Pool)
• Terror, arms trading, and the bombing of a civilian aircraft (The Passenger)

He also authored The Butchers of Berlin, which features the characters Schlegel and Morgen. Come in and Shut the Door is his latest novel. He is an internationally renowned filmmaker.

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