The Knock-Knock Man

Who is The Knock-Knock Man? A ghost, a killer, or simply a creepy urban legend?

This is the question that continues to haunt disgraced police officer Ali Davenport, fifteen months after the devastating case that changed the course of her life.

Now, after the death of her former colleague, Ernie, Ali has returned home to face a past that won’t stay buried. Found in the disused office building where he worked as night security, Ernie’s death has been ruled as suicide. But not everyone is convinced. Wild stories are circulating about a supernatural presence in the building, an entity that might have attacked Ernie that fateful night.

With the sale of the building about to go through, Ali is hired by its owner to work Ernie’s remaining night shifts and debunk the potentially damaging story. An easy enough job, if you don’t believe in ghosts. But then Ali meets Will, a teenage ghost hunter who claims to have evidence on film…

Ali and Will soon fall headlong into a mystery that takes them through their town's macabre history and into Ali’s own dark past. As the pieces of the puzzle come together, Ali is forced to face the question of The Knock-Knock Man. What she doesn’t know is The Knock-Knock Man has already been watching her for a very long time…

Russell Mardell is a novelist, playwright, and producer based in the South West of England. He is the author of several novels including Stone Bleeding, and the short story collection Silent Bombs Falling on Green Grass. Having studied film production in London he has also worked on various short films and is an associate producer on the award-winning documentary Rise: The Story of Augustines. He works at The Rocketship Bookshop in Salisbury, an independent bookshop for children and young people, and is also one of the founders of The Salisbury Literary Festival.