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'Addictive' Guardian
'A febrile, urgent tale' Sunday Times
'A sizzling new thriller' New York Times
She knows your mind, she possesses your thoughts. What will she take next?
'I think I can help you.'
Beth lives by Camden Lock with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. Life is peaceful, but Beth is troubled by increasing unease.
So she goes to therapy - with Dr Tamara Bywater. Soon their sessions become the highlight of Beth's week. But Beth is in over her head before she realises that Tamara might not be all she seems...
'A classy, compulsive tale of desire and obsession' Mail on Sunday
'An addictive, macabre fairground ride of a novel' Guardian
'This is seduction of the most insidious kind' Spectator
About the author
Joanna Briscoe is the author of five previous novels, including the bestselling Sleep With Me, which was adapted for ITV by Andrew Davies. She has been a columnist for the Independent and the Guardian, is a literary critic for the Guardian, and broadcasts regularly on Radio 4. Joanna lives in London.
joannabriscoe.com
@JoannaBriscoe
Summary
'Addictive' Guardian
'A febrile, urgent tale' Sunday Times
'A sizzling new thriller' New York Times
She knows your mind, she possesses your thoughts. What will she take next?
'I think I can help you.'
Beth lives by Camden Lock with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. Life is peaceful, but Beth is troubled by increasing unease.
So she goes to therapy - with Dr Tamara Bywater. Soon their sessions become the highlight of Beth's week. But Beth is in over her head before she realises that Tamara might not be all she seems...
'A classy, compulsive tale of desire and obsession' Mail on Sunday
'An addictive, macabre fairground ride of a novel' Guardian
'This is seduction of the most insidious kind' Spectator
Report
Page-turning . As Briscoe folds generous swirls of melodrama into the mix, the novel's temperature rises from feverish to volcanic Daily Mail
