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

Beware the Woman

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

By: Megan Abbott

Paperback | 30 May 2023 | Edition Number 1

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

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?

About the Author

Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eleven novels, including New York Times bestseller The Turnout, which won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Give Me Your Hand, You Will Know Me, The Fever, Dare Me, and The End of Everything. She received her PhD in literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Guardian, and The Believer. She's the cocreator and executive producer of USA's adaptation of Dare Me, now on Netflix, and was a staff writer on HBO's David Simon show The Deuce.

Abbott lives in New York City.
Industry Reviews
Abbott's novels are often described as crime fiction, and, while indeed she works with mystery and suspense and draws on noir and Gothic tropes, her goal seems less to construct intricate, double-crossing plot problems than to explore the dark side of femininity. Her prose is often incantatory, her dialogue lightly stylized. Frequently her tone has a strong flavour, pungent and fermented. In other words, Megan Abbott is a mood - New York Times on THE TURNOUT

Desire and ballet are entwined in a smoldering pas de deux throughout this tightly choreographed thriller - Washington Post on THE TURNOUT

Abbott's prose has never been more impressive than in this whirlpool of psychological suspense, shocking images, well-wrought metaphors-and one final twist that rattles like a serpent's tail in Eden - Wall Street Journal on THE TURNOUT

Abbott's prose is dazzlingly precise and her portrayal of student rivalries razor-sharp in this taut and psychologically gripping novel - Guardian on THE TURNOUT

This look at the darker side of the dance world demonstrates why Abbott has few peers at crafting moving stories of secrets and broken lives - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) on THE TURNOUT

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