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  • Published: 11 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529980882
  • Imprint: Del Rey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $28.00
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The One



Love Island meets Black Mirror in this nail biting high concept thriller. THE ONE has already topped bestseller lists worldwide and sold over one million copies. Now it's back in this special tenth anniversary edition, complete with an exclusive author letter and five never-seen-before bonus chapters revisiting all of the key characters ten years later.

HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FIND THE ONE?

A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner – the one you’re genetically made for.

That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been Matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless previously secure relationships, and shattered traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.

Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been Matched. They’re each about to meet their one true love. But ‘happily ever after’ isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…

This updated edition of The One comes complete with an exclusive letter from the author, and five never-seen-before bonus chapters catching up with all the key characters ten years later.

  • Published: 11 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529980882
  • Imprint: Del Rey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $28.00
Categories:

About the author

John Marrs

John Marrs is an author and former journalist based in London and Northamptonshire. After spending his career interviewing celebrities from the worlds of television, film and music for numerous national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time author. His books include No1 bestseller and Netflix series The One, The Passengers, award winning What Lies Between Us and The Good Samaritan. Follow him at www.johnmarrsauthor.co.uk, on Twitter @johnmarrs1, on Instagram @johnmarrs.author and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/johnmarrsauthor.

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Praise for The One

Hugely entertaining and hugely enjoyable. This is one to watch in 2017.

Claire Allan

Engaging concept, craftily executed

Adrian J Walker,, bestselling author of The End of the World Running Club

The One is a unique, unpredictable and fast-paced novel that’s in equal parts unsettling and exciting ... If you’re fed-up with the samey psychological thrillers that are churned out each month, The One will restore your faith in the genre.

Culturefly

The One is my kind of book, one that stimulates the mind while warming the heart ... Gorgeously written, and pulsing with heart

Louise Beech,, author of The Mountain in My Shoe

wonderful concept, ridiculously entertaining ... an absolute pleasure, the malevolence and impishness of a young Roald Dahl

T. A Cotterell, author of What Alice Knew

insanely brilliant

Gillian McAllister

Exciting, addictive, and enticing, The One is superbly plotted ... thrilling and intoxicating

Becca's Books

A fascinating thriller … A furiously paced, compelling and hugely entertaining novel which comes recommended

Starburst

Unlike any other psychological thriller … Like a lengthy episode of the dark TV series Black Mirror … so expertly written it gets you thinking that it could happen in real life

Peterborough Telegraph

a compelling read ... intriguing ideas

SFX

Gripping from the start and full of surprises, this kept us up long after lights out

Isabelle Broom, Heat

a high octane read that will satisfy a wide variety of crime fans ... a page turner – deliciously dark, thought-provoking and hugely enjoyable

Paul Burston

A fresh, compelling, psychological thriller that will keep you guessing!

Mandy Baggot

fantastic ... I can't remember the last time I was simultaneously this entertained and this disturbed. The One is a clever story with great pacing but it's the characters that make this a standout thriller.

Hollie Overton,, Sunday Times bestselling author of Baby Doll

This will have you gripped

Woman’s Own

Brilliantly inventive thriller, The One is a must-read for anyone who’s ever braved the dating pool

Good Housekeeping

pacy, thrilling and very original. The plot is fabulous

Askews Newsletter

This smart story (that has a serial killer thrown in) proves that even with science behind it, the course of true love never runs smooth

Sunday Mirror

The One is one of a kind – and singularly good.

Barbara Copperthwaite

[An] exciting new psychological thriller with a dark twist

TV Life (Star on Sunday)

This psychological thriller is a real page-turner

Fabulous (The Sun)

A page-turning psychological thriller with a difference, this is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

Irish Examiner

Really clever concept and some great characters and twists. It's a real joy to read something totally original, smart and thought-provoking.

Peter James

Really clever concept and some great characters and twists. It's a real joy to read something totally original, smart and thought provoking.

Peter James