The Body (Shocking Short Stories #2) by Daniel Hurst
Genre: Psychological thriller, Short story, Quick reads
Read: 11th January 2026
Published: 13th December 2025
★★★★★ 5 stars
DESCRIPTION:
A short story with a shocking twist...
As my wife's body lies on the floor of our home, I know it's not going to be easy getting her from the house to the woods where I can bury her without anybody seeing me.
It's going to be hard to get away with this. But I could never have imagined just how hard it would be.
One body is bad enough. But what happens if there's two?
A shocking standalone short story from Daniel Hurst, the bestselling psychological thriller author of the UK #1 The Doctor's Wife, My Neighbour's Affair and The Couple's Revenge
MY THOUGHTS:
Oooh now I liked this one!
Short, snappy and darkly shocking this is one of Hurst's better short stories (though it will take a bit to outdo "The New Years Party" which I loved!!) It is very cleverly written and at only 54 pages it certainly packs a punch.
We meet each new character with every chapter as the story snowballs from something relatively simple into something far more complex...in just 54 pages! For the most part I didn't think any of the characters were going to be named which would have made it even more genuis. With each chapter a new perspective unfolds as one event leads to the involvement of several others and the repercussions of each. Ending with the Hurst trademark twist with a BANG! Didn't see that one coming either!
Twisted, tangled and thrilling this short story is unpredictable and very very clever. Loved it!
MEET THE AUTHOR:
He has been employed in several glamorous roles in his lifetime, including bartending, shelf stacking and procurement administration, all while based in some of the most exotic places on the planet, like Bolton, Preston and South London.
Daniel writes psychological thrillers and loves to tell tales about unusual things happening to normal people. He has written all his life, making the progression from handing scribbled stories to his parents as a boy to writing full length novels in his thirties. He lives in the North West of England and when he isn’t writing, he is usually watching a game of football in a pub where his wife can’t find him.
Since following his lifelong passion for writing in 2020, he has amassed a loyal and devoted set of readers, and regularly has several books in the top 100 of the Psychological Thriller Charts on Amazon. His title The Passenger became the #1 selling psychological thriller in the UK in October 2021. The Doctor's Wife is his first publication with Bookouture.
A prolific writer, Daniel likes to keep readers on their toes by self publishing even more books in between those released through his publisher.
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