The Institute
Five students stepped in front of a train. Only one came back. But what happened on the platform was just the beginning.
$56.70
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2026
Summary
The Sanctuary meets Shutter Island in this chilling speculative thriller from the acclaimed author of The Sisterhood.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. SOME FLY TO THEIR DEATHS.
A group of students step off a platform into the path of an oncoming train.
Only Billie survives.
She remembers nothing. But she knows they weren’t suicidal.
At the secretive Arbor Institute, Billie is diagnosed with ‘flock phenomena’: a terrifying im…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398514300 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398514306 |
| Author: | Katherine Bradley |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for The Institute: ‘Like all the best speculative fiction, takes a real-world problem and pushes it to an inevitable and terrifying extreme… Brilliantly executed, alarming, deeply disturbing and worryingly believable!’ Trevor Wood, author of The Inside Man ‘Both thoughtful and compelling, this is a thriller that will leave you thinking long after the last page… Moving and memorable’ Jo Furniss, author of Dead Mile ‘A clever and disturbing thriller for fans of Stephen King’ The Oxford Bookworm Praise for Katherine Bradley, writing as Kate Bradley: ‘Addictive, original and brilliantly twisty’ T. M. Logan ‘Heart-stopping’ David Nicholls
About The Author
Katherine Bradley
Katherine Bradley enjoyed a twenty-year career managing services for homeless people in Brighton, before retraining as a teacher. She now teaches English in a secondary school academy, finding time to also teach creative writing to adults. She holds a first-class degree in English Literature, in addition to qualifications in teaching, creative writing and coaching.
As Kate Bradley, she has published two suspense thrillers – To Keep You Safe (2020) and What I Did (2021). Her work has been described as ‘addictive, original and brilliantly twisty’ by T. M. Logan and ‘heart-stopping’ by David Nicholls.
Katherine lives near Brighton with her family.
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