One Came Back Event with Rose McDonagh - Wednesday 4th June 2025

Join us in the bookshop to hear Rose McDonagh in conversation with Rhiannon Grist about One Came Back.

6.30pm on Wednesday 4th June at Golden Hare Books, 68 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AQ.

Buy a copy of One Came Back and receive free entry to the event, or choose our Ticket-Only option for £6 (which can be used towards a purchase of the book at the event).

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About One Came Back It's New Year's Eve in Edinburgh when Emily sees Nicky. Or at least she thinks she does.

He looks, laughs, and moves just like Nicky. But how can that be? Nicky died when they were teenagers, in an accident on a remote road up in the Highlands... didn't he?A week later, Emily sees the man again.

He says his name Nicholas. This man not only looks like an adult version of her friend, but he also knows things that only Nicky should know. As her encounters with Nicholas become more frequent and her fixation intensifies, the truth becomes murkier, and more unsettling.

Is Emily being haunted, is she going mad - or is something altogether darker going on... ONE CAME BACK is a powerfully tense debut novel combining the chill of the modern gothic with the hook of a thriller, exploring the depths of grief, memory, and obsession.

About Rose McDonagh Rose McDonagh was born and grew up in Edinburgh. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, the London Magazine Short Story Competition, the Dinesh Allirajah Prize and the Bristol Prize. She studied English Literature & History and has worked in community health for many years including working as a trauma counsellor. She lives in Midlothian with her husband, their son, and two cats. Her first short story collection, The Dog Husband, was published in 2022. One Came Back, her debut novel, was longlisted for the Caledonia First Novel Award and the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize and was a BBC Book at Bedtime on Radio 4.