Possession

Possession
Katie Lowe
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Hardback
h235 x 155mm - 352pg
26 Jan 2021
International import eta 7-19 days
9781250200280
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Possession is a chilling psychological thriller written with Katie Lowe' s signature "subtle, persistent, and unmistakable creepiness" (Kirkus, on The Furies). The past haunts her. The present hunts her. Conviction @ConvictionPod - 1m The investigating officer: "I' ve seen a lot of homicides in the years since, but. . . that' s the one that keeps me up at night. " The husband' s best man: "They had everybody fooled. Or at least, she did. But I always knew something was off. " Hannah, the wife: "I told you. I don' t remember anything. I don' t know. " That' s all to come, this season, on Conviction. Get ready for our most twisted season yet. Ten years ago, Hannah' s husband was brutally murdered in their home, and she (conveniently) doesn' t remember a thing about that night. But the police charged someone else--a stranger--and put him away for life. And Hannah packed up her six-year-old daughter and left London behind. But now her hard-won countryside peace is threatened. Conviction, a viral true crime podcast known for getting cases reopened and old verdicts overturned, has turned its attention to Hannah' s husband' s murder for its new season. They say police framed the man who was found guilty, and that Hannah has more suspicious secrets than just her memory loss: a history of volatility; citations at the clinic where she worked as a psychiatrist; dependencies on alcohol and pills; and a familicidal grandmother, locked away in a Gothic insane asylum until her death. As Hannah loses the trust of everyone she loves, the only person she feels she can confide in is a former colleague, Darcy, who' s come back into her life--but who may have motives of her own. But Hannah can' t tell even Darcy her deepest secret: that she' s still tormented by the memory of her husband and the crater he carved through her life.
Praise for Katie Lowe' s The Furies: "[With] a subtle, persistent, and unmistakable creepiness. . . . Murder and witchcraft mix with a heady cocktail of drugs, booze, and revenge in this elegant, pitch-perfect coming-of-age story. " --Kirkus"Drugs, sex, magic, and murder infuse this quick-paced read that will entertain teen and adult readers alike. " --Library Journal"Dark and alluring, Katie Lowe' s debut novel, The Furies, is a sensory buffet of beautifully gritty prose and a plot that combines witchcraft, murder and the power of angry young women searching for vengeance. " --Shelf Awareness"Powerful and atmospheric. . . those who thrill to dark coming-of-age tales with a dash of the uncanny will find much to enjoy. " --Publishers Weekly"Lowe' s dark, suspenseful debut combines the teenage sisterhood of The Craft and Emma Cline' s The Girls with the violent schoolyard vengeance of Heathers. Poetic, lurid prose captures the girls' teenage self-possession, while a heady swirl of adolescent hormones, drugs, and alcohol adds a layer of distortion to the plot. Fans of Greer Macallister, Paula Hawkins, and Janelle Brown will devour Violet' s journey. " --Booklist"Witchcraft. Murder. A town with a dark history. And scariest of all--adolescence. This sinister book follows what happens to a group of 16-year-old girls after they explore the history of witch trials at their school, Elm Hollow Academy, with their mysterious art teacher, Annabel. Soon, they become convinced that the magic is real, and it could be theirs. " --Refinery29"In the late 1990s, a study group at a girls' boarding school brings together four young women with an interest in mythology, whose studies quickly turn toward the dark and dangerous. Their anger and intensity is given space in a way we don' t often see in coming-of-age stories about young women, and the result is gripping and satisfying. " --LitHub "A book compared to The Craft, The Secret History, and the novels of Megan Abbott? This one both caught my eye and jumped to the top of my Halloween reading list. . . . Simultaneously a coming-of-age tale, a murder mystery, and a story of female friendship, power, and rage, The Furies is the perfect wild and spooky read for the season. Toil and trouble await. " --BookBub
KATIE LOWE is a writer living in Worcester, UK. A graduate of the University of Birmingham, Katie has a BA (Hons) in English and an MPhil in Literature & Modernity, and is currently at Birmingham doing a PhD in female rage in literary modernism and contemporary women' s writing. She is the author of Possession and The Furies.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250200280
Published: 26 Jan 2021
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Imprint: St Martin's Press
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Pages: 352

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