One Yellow Eye

Compulsively readable. A propulsive, page-turning descent into all that is lovely and grotesque about grief, obsession and love – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six and Masters of DeathAn acidic, funny, queasy debut … What seems initially to be tense pandemic fiction reveals a tender, harrowing love story – Emma van Straaten, author of This Immaculate BodyAn equally charming and grim zombie novel about undying love. Every page simmers with exquisite dread. Original and smart and heartfelt, an unmissable debut that blends and transcends genre – Rachel Harrison, bestselling author of So Thirsty and Black SheepWitty, propulsive and heartbreaking. Radford’s dark, zombie love-story is intelligent and refreshing – Rebecca Netley, author of The WhistlingYou wouldn’t expect a zombie novel to have so much to say about love. Radford’s suspenseful One Yellow Eye is driven by various fears – the fear of a virus that could return to rip the world apart, the fear of a terrible wrongdoing being discovered – but in the end the zombies take a backseat to the greatest horror of all: losing the one closest to our heart – Mason Coile, author of WilliamComplex and utterly brilliant, One Yellow Eye had me in a chokehold from the first word to the last as I was swept up into Kesta and Tim’s harrowing journey, navigating the fine line between love and selfishness; grief and obsession. Leigh Radford has created a genre all her own (fitting for a tale about zombies) that was darkly comedic, gruesome and compassionate – to say I absolutely loved this beautifully macabre story is an understatement – Ashley Tate, bestselling author of Twenty Seven MinutesA post-apocalyptic heartbreaker, dosed with high tension and threaded with the profound hope that love brings, One Yellow Eye is a new classic – Christina Henry, author of Alice and The House That Horror BuiltReaders will be moved and thrilled in equal measure by this unique supernatural extravaganza – Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Leigh Radford trained as a broadcast journalist. She produced and presented arts and entertainment content and documentaries for UK commercial radio, BBC Radio, Time Out, The Times and The Sun. A former book publicist, she is a 2023 graduate of Faber Academy. She is currently developing content for film and television through her production company, Kenosha Kickers. One Yellow Eye is her debut novel.