Beware the Woman von Megan Abbott
The twisty, unputdownable new thriller about family secrets by the New York Times bestselling author

Kategorie: Bücher
Seiten / Format: 304 S
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Verlag: Little, Brown Book GroupVirago
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN: 9780349012506

A haunted, woozy, suspenseful Midwest Gothic Noir ... A slow-burning novel ofalmost unbearable tension...Megan Abbott is always essential readingDeclan Hughes, Irish Times

FromNew York Timesbestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, a chilling and compulsive novel about a family holiday that takes a terrifying turn.<br><br>CHOSEN AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THEGUARDIAN, NPR ANDTHE TABLET<br><br>'Splendidly tense andatmospheric -a contemporaryRebecca'MAIL ON SUNDAY<br><br>'A novel of almost unbearable tension'IRISH TIMES<br><br>'Stunningly twisty'ASHLEY AUDRAIN, author ofThe Push<br>*******************************************************************<br>Newly married and with a baby on the way, Jacy has everything she ever wanted. When she and her husband, Jed, go to visit his father in his remote cottage, Jacy feels bathed in love by Dr. Ash, if less so by his housekeeper, the enigmatic Mrs. Brandt.<br><br>Then Jacy has a health scare. Swiftly, all eyes are on Jacy's condition, and whispers about Jed's long-dead mother seem to be intruding upon the present. As the days pass, Jacy feels trapped in the cottage, her body under the looking glass. But are her fears founded or is this -as is suggested to her-a stubborn refusal to take necessary precautions to protect her unborn child? The dense woods surrounding the cottage are full of dangers, but are the greater ones inside?<br><br>'Abbott ratchets upthe menace towardsan unexpected ending ina claustrophobic chillerabout how men denywomen agency'GUARDIAN<br><br>'Sultry, subversive, shades ofRebecca... I loved it'HARRIET TYCE, author ofIt Ends at Midnight<br><br>'Feverish, razor sharp, and pulsing with dread'RILEY SAGER, author ofThe House Across the Lake<br><br>'Spectacular. Her best yet. Kind ofRosemary's BabymeetsRebecca. Nobody, but nobody does creeping dread like she does'SAM BAKER<br><br>'The most interesting crime writer in the US today'AN WILSON

Megan Abbottis the award-winning author of eleven novels, includingEl Dorado Drive, winner of theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize,New York TimesbestsellerThe Turnout, which won theLos Angeles TimesBook Prize,Give Me Your Hand,You Will Know Me,The Fever,Dare Me, andThe End of Everything. She received her PhD in literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared inTheNew York Times,The Wall Street Journal, theLos Angeles Times Magazine, theGuardian, and theBeliever. She's the cocreator and executive producer of USA's adaptation ofDare Me,now on Netflix, and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon showThe Deuce. Abbott lives in New York City.

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