Description: "Expertly paced and brilliantly conceived."- New York Journal of Books "You have to hand it to a writer who can make a children's choir spooky...Hannah builds uneasiness with so many odd touches:an out-of-place gesture, an exasperated husband, increasingly aberrant behavior by the main character."- The News & Observer "This stand-alone novel, a break from Hannah's series of psychological police procedurals featuring Charlie Zailer and Simon Waterhouse, is a riveting story in which suspense snowballs to a climax that is all the more dire for its everyday contemporary English setting. Absolutely haunting, in every sense of the word."- Booklist "Chilling. A must read."- Daily Express (London) "Horrifically good."- The Independent (London) "This bestselling thriller writer knows how to pile on the tension, and her ending is chillingly, memorably disturbing."- The Sunday Times (London) "An old-fashioned horror story, given a modern spin by the likeable narrator. It has a creepy cinematic feel and races along to its frightening ending."- Sunday Mirror (London) "A creepy, tension-filled surprise."- Independent on Sunday Praise for Sophie Hannah "Sophie Hannah is a prodigous talent. I can't wait to see what she does next."-Laura Lippman, author of What the Dead Know "Hannah [writes] persuasively and with style and wit about modern women who buckle under the stress of motherhood."- The New York Times Book Review "Gripping...It's like watching a nightmare come alive."-Tana French on The Truth Teller's Lie

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