THE author of the bestselling book “The Girl on The Train” is launching her follow-up novel in North Yorkshire next month.

Paula Hawkins, whose smash-hit debut book became a Hollywood film starring Emily Blunt, will be in Harrogate in May for the launch of her second book.

Ms Hawkins is to be a special guest at the Harrogate International Festival event on Thursday, May 4 and will be introducing “Into The Water”, her second novel which is set in a small riverside town and is being billed as “an addictive novel of psychological suspense”.

She will be interviewed by Suzy Greaves, editor of Psychologies magazine for a special insight into her writing and storytelling.

Tickets for the event, which starts at 7.30pm at the Crown Hotel, cost £10, redeemable against a copy of the book.