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

    Megan Abbott

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    From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Megan Abbott, a chilling and compulsive novel about a family holiday that takes a terrifying turn.

    A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Splendidly tense and atmospheric - a contemporary Rebecca' MAIL ON SUNDAY

    'A novel of almost unbearable tension' IRISH TIMES

    'Stunningly twisty' ASHLEY AUDRAIN, author of The Push

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    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.

    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?

    'Abbott ratchets up the menace towards an unexpected ending in a claustrophobic chiller about how men deny women agency' GUARDIAN

    'Sultry, subversive, shades of Rebecca ... I loved it' HARRIET TYCE, author of It Ends at Midnight

    'Feverish, razor sharp, and pulsing with dread' RILEY SAGER, author of The House Across the Lake

    'Spectacular. Her best yet. Kind of Rosemary's Baby meets Rebecca. Nobody, but nobody does creeping dread like she does' SAM BAKER

    The Turnout by Megan Abbott was a New York Times bestseller in August 2021

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    Praise for Beware the Woman

    • Splendidly tense and atmospheric - a contemporary Rebecca - Mail on SundayA novel of almost unbearable tension - Irish TimesAbbott ratchets up the menace towards an unexpected ending in a claustrophobic chiller about how men deny women agency - GuardianA feminist fable as well as a psychological thriller with horror hints ... What initially looks set to be areworking of Rebecca becomes instead an incisive parable of today's America - Sunday Times

    Megan Abbott

    Megan Abbott

    Megan Abbott is the Edgar-winning author of the novels Beware the Woman, The Turnout, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, The End of Everything, Bury Me Deep, Queenpin, The Song Is You and Die a Little.

    Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and The Believer. Her stories have appeared in multiple collections, including the Best American Mystery Stories of 2014 and 2016.

    Her work has won or been nominated for the CWA Steel Dagger, the International Thriller Writers Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and five Edgar awards. Formerly a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show, The Deuce, she was also co-creator, executive producer and show-runner of Dare Me, based upon her novel, for the USA Network and, internationally, Netflix.

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