Helpless
the SCORCHING new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected 7 Jul 2026
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- 95,00 kr
Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women comes the highly anticipated, heart-pounding thriller with twists you'll never see coming…
'Dark, twisty, and wildly addictive. Helpless is Jessica Knoll at her boldest and most unsettling’ JENEVA ROSE
‘A dark, twisty and addictive read that you will struggle to put down’ LISA JEWELL
‘A daring, sexy tension-fest with head-spinning twists’ CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'A razor-sharp thriller with a riveting cast of characters’ KIA ABDULLAH
Faye Heron has it all: beauty, a glittering Hollywood career and a powerhouse marriage to her producer husband. Her life is the kind most people can only dream of.
When a beloved former college professor suddenly passes away, Faye is drawn back to campus, and back to Henry Spalding, the man she’s spent twelve years trying to forget.
Henry was her first love, her most intense love. Their love was the kind that consumed… and that Faye chose to walk away from. Their reunion should be nothing more than a polite nod to the past. Instead, it awakens something dangerous.
Henry is full of apologies for how they ended. But as Faye is pulled deeper into his orbit, she begins to wonder if she’s walking into something that she won’t be able to escape from this time.
What starts as an innocent chance to reconnect unravels into a sinister game of obsession and control, one that forces Faye to confront the truth about their past and uncover a sprawling, years-old mystery.
Because Henry isn’t just one of a kind. He’s the kind who doesn’t let go.
Readers can't stop talking about Helpless… (5 star reader reviews *****)
‘This is SO good. I am beside myself with joy that this book was great … It is AMAZING'
‘Very readable and I just had such a good time reading this’
‘A raw, exposing and real book with a story built around some huge and important but hard themes’
‘Jessica Knoll delivers another gripping and unsettling thriller that is both compulsively readable and emotionally confronting’
‘Draws the reader in quickly, blending psychological tension with sharp social observation’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A Hollywood heavyweight's reunion with her former flame turns dangerous in this provocative if problematic page-turner from bestseller Knoll (Bright Young Women). Actor/writer/director Faye Heron returns to her alma matter in the Adirondacks for the first time in 12 years to speak at the funeral of her mentor, film professor Patrick Toner. In attendance is Patrick's hunky nephew, Henry Spalding, a college ex of Faye's whom she's never completely gotten over. Despite Faye's enviable career and marriage to her writing/producing partner, all it takes is one look into Henry's ink-blue eyes to arouse her dormant, decade-old lust. But instead of the X-rated romp Faye fantasizes about, she wakes up woozy and locked inside Henry's isolated cabin. At first blush, it seems like Faye is in dire straits. But is she? Kidnapping, blackmail, and murder enter the frame as Knoll unfurls her devious tale, but the high degree of gamesmanship between the leads makes it increasingly difficult to distinguish between real danger and role-play. The whiplash-inducing twists are fun for a while, but the plot's uncomfortable sexual dynamics eventually become a liability, and Faye and Henry feel more like plot devices than three-dimensional characters. Readers will hope Knoll's next outing marks a return to form.
