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The Chamber

(2024)
(One At A Time)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2025 ITW Award for Best Standalone Thriller Novel (nominee)

HIGH PRESSURE OUTSIDE
On a boat heading out into the North Sea, Ellen Brooke steels herself to spend almost a month working underwater with five other divers. It is a close knit team and it has to be: any error or loss of trust in the living quarters could be catastrophic.

EXTREME PRESSURE INSIDE
All is going to plan until one of the divers is found unresponsive in his bunk. He hadn't left the chamber. It will take four more days of decompression, locked away together, before the hatch can be opened. Four more days of wondering if one among you is a killer. The constant struggle not to give way to panic. Because if someone does unlock the door,
everyone dies...

READERS ARE CAPTIVATED BY ONE AT A TIME!
'Will Dean always comes up with
an innovative thriller, and this is no exception!'
'It was a great twist on a locked room mystery and
it had me absolutely gripped - so much so that I read it in a day'
'Once again Will Dean has written a great read that in many ways can be called
a modern Agatha Christie'
'The characters were likeable and
you cared about them'
'All the stars, a must read!'
' A locked-room, slow burn thriller that
has you racing to find out more'
' The tension ramps up as fast as a diving bell plummeting to the ocean floor'

*previously published as The Chamber


Genre: Mystery

Praise for this book

"THE CHAMBER by Will Dean is the ultimate locked room page-turner. Six saturation divers trapped in a hyperbaric are dying one by one under mysterious circumstances and don't know who to trust. The isolation and fear are palpable, and the impending dread thrums along with a steady, heart-hammering intensity. Dean's meticulous research into the day-to-day duties of saturation divers lays the groundwork, but it's his ability to thrust readers into the metal chamber and slam the door behind them that makes THE CHAMBER a haunting, unforgettable thriller." - Heather Gudenkauf

"THE CHAMBER is a masterful claustrophobic thriller, crafted with the precision of a fine watch and the reveals executed with more depth than a North Sea oil rig. Just brilliant!" - Janice Hallett

"A highly original thriller set in the claustrophobic, high-risk world of saturation diving. The tension is almost unbearable. A masterclass in suspense - I absolutely loved it!" - Shari Lapena

"If you look up the definition of locked-room mystery, don't be surprised to see the cover of THE CHAMBER by Will Dean. Saturation divers dying inside a locked hyperbaric chamber with no way out for four days is one of the most unique and compelling premises I've read in a long time. It was claustrophobic, intense, and as the pressure built and the countdown to the surviving divers' freedom was on, I couldn't put the book down for a single second. THE CHAMBER is perfection, Dean's writing and research are flawless, and I can't wait for whatever new mind-blowing gem he comes up with next." - Hannah Mary McKinnon

"It is a tour-de-force. If your daily job can kill you in multiple ways, you certainly don't expect to be targeted by your colleagues. Chilling, intriguing and educational in a most entertaining way." - Liz Nugent

"I was utterly gripped by THE CHAMBER. This unbearably tense thriller conjured a claustrophobic atmosphere that had me reaching for the escape hatch even in the open spaces of Devon. Well-drawn characters and excellent prose. A superb summer read." - Sarah Pearse

"Breathtaking. Terrifying. Unforgettable. So tense you'll want to put it down, so thrilling you won't be able to. The Chamber is simply brilliant." - Chris Whitaker


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