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Everyone鈥檚 talking about writer Paula Hawkins, and now we know some of what her next project will be about.聽

Hawkins is the author behind the bestseller 鈥淭he Girl on the Train,鈥� which was first released this past January. The novel centers on Rachel, a divorced woman who often sees a couple inside their apartment from her vantage point on a train and imagines what their life is like. When the wife disappears, Rachel herself becomes a suspect when she is said to have been near the couple鈥檚 apartment at the time of the disappearance and Rachel herself cannot refute this because of her drinking problem.

Some critics called the book 鈥渢he next 鈥楪one Girl鈥欌�� and the novel received many positive reviews, with Amazon selecting it as one of the best books to come out that January. Sales have been great, too; the book is still at number one on the IndieBound hardcover fiction bestseller list for the week of March 19 and it鈥檚 currently ranked at number one on the combined print and e-book fiction list for the week of March 22.聽

So what鈥檚 next for Hawkins? The author told in a recent interview that her next book will take place in northern England. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a similar genre [as that of 鈥楾rain鈥橾 and it鈥檚 also going to be narrated by women but a very different book,鈥� the author said. 鈥淚 haven鈥檛 really talked about his much because it鈥檚 quite a difficult thing to explain. Because it sounds weird. It鈥檚 got quite a gothic feel to it. It鈥檚聽not聽about witch-hunting,聽I can tell you this. However, I wanted there to be something聽about聽women being accused of witchcraft. That didn鈥檛 happen much in the south of England. Mostly that happened in聽Scotland and the north. That part of England really lends itself to a dark and gothic and brooding novel, so it worked out.聽I鈥檓 not at the point where I鈥檝e got an elevator pitch, as you can tell!聽But I鈥檓 working on it and I think聽that it will be out next year.鈥澛�

So 鈥淭rain鈥� fans, keep an eye out for Hawkins鈥� newest work.