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'Shockingly real, twisty and dark' - INDEPENDENT
'Tense, thrilling and darkly comedic' - HEAT
'The feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed' - ANDREA BARTZ
I wanted this baby so badly.
But she may be the death of me...
Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her public life as an actress with a gruelling IVF regime, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Medicines are lost. Appointments are moved. She's sure she's being followed. And when she finally does get pregnant, someone steals the precious ultrasound photograph of her baby. But despite everything she's gone through, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone is playing twisted games with her.
Then her doctors tell her she's lost the baby. Despite her grief, Anna ignores them - because she can still feel the baby moving, can see the toll it's taking on her body. Isolated in a remote snowbound town, Anna is sure that whoever has been following her is closing in on her and her unborn child. As her symptoms become more terrifying, she can't help but wonder what exactly is growing inside her. And why no-one will listen when she says that something is horribly wrong...
'A timely, terrifying, heartfelt thriller' - CHRIS WHITAKER
'Perfectly terrifying & terrifyingly perfect' - JANICE HALLETT
'A thrilling, visceral read' - HEATHER DARWENT
Genre: Mystery
'Tense, thrilling and darkly comedic' - HEAT
'The feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed' - ANDREA BARTZ
I wanted this baby so badly.
But she may be the death of me...
Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her public life as an actress with a gruelling IVF regime, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Medicines are lost. Appointments are moved. She's sure she's being followed. And when she finally does get pregnant, someone steals the precious ultrasound photograph of her baby. But despite everything she's gone through, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone is playing twisted games with her.
Then her doctors tell her she's lost the baby. Despite her grief, Anna ignores them - because she can still feel the baby moving, can see the toll it's taking on her body. Isolated in a remote snowbound town, Anna is sure that whoever has been following her is closing in on her and her unborn child. As her symptoms become more terrifying, she can't help but wonder what exactly is growing inside her. And why no-one will listen when she says that something is horribly wrong...
'A timely, terrifying, heartfelt thriller' - CHRIS WHITAKER
'Perfectly terrifying & terrifyingly perfect' - JANICE HALLETT
'A thrilling, visceral read' - HEATHER DARWENT
Genre: Mystery
Praise for this book
"Delicate Condition is the feminist update to Rosemary's Baby we all needed-a twisty page-turner with unsettling details and crackling writing that's also a timely critique of sexism in modern medicine." - Andrea Bartz
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." - Heather Darwent
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life. Beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary." - Katie Gutierrez
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." - Lisa Hall
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." - Rachel Harrison
"So many reader emotions, I didn't know who to trust; if anyone! Delicate Condition is a thriller, a horror, a mystery and it's lingering in my mind, an aftereffect of a chilling read!" - J M Hewitt
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." - SJI Holliday
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it's like for your body to no longer be your own. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that's guaranteed to have everyone talking." - Leah Konen
"A darkly visceral and magically evocative novel. You won't be able to put this one down until you've absorbed every last terrifying word." - Sarah Lawton
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." - Gemma Rogers
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." - Heather Darwent
"A visceral rallying cry against the horrors of medical gaslighting, our culture's indifference to birthing people's pain, and the complete terror of creating and sustaining life. Beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary." - Katie Gutierrez
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." - Lisa Hall
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." - Rachel Harrison
"So many reader emotions, I didn't know who to trust; if anyone! Delicate Condition is a thriller, a horror, a mystery and it's lingering in my mind, an aftereffect of a chilling read!" - J M Hewitt
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." - SJI Holliday
"Heartbreakingly visceral, eerie and intense, feeling, with every new turn of the page, what it's like for your body to no longer be your own. A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that's guaranteed to have everyone talking." - Leah Konen
"A darkly visceral and magically evocative novel. You won't be able to put this one down until you've absorbed every last terrifying word." - Sarah Lawton
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." - Gemma Rogers
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