Watching Edie
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4.2 • 41 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A chilling psychological thriller about friendship, deception, betrayal and violence. Perfect for fans of THE GIRL ON A TRAIN and GONE GIRL.
BEFORE
Edie is the friend that Heather has always craved. But one night, it goes terrifyingly wrong. And what started as an innocent friendship ends in two lives being destroyed.
AFTER
Sixteen years later, Edie is still rebuilding her life. But Heather isn’t ready to let her forget so easily. It’s no coincidence that she shows up when Edie needs her most.
NOW
Edie or Heather?
Heather or Edie?
Someone has to pay for what happened, but who will it be?
'WATCHING EDIE has a clever plot, a fateful friendship, a callous betrayal, and an ending that is as twisty as it is inevitable'
–ALEXANDRA BURT, international bestselling author of LITTLE GIRL GONE
Reviews
‘A slow-burning but well-executed tale of a toxic female friendship … both Edie and Heather are utterly believable, and Camilla Way cleverly manipulates the reader into taking sides, first one way, then the other.’ Daily Mail
‘Atmospheric and tense, Watching Edie explores what happens when female friendships turn toxic and reaches a shocking conclusion that will leave you wanting a second instalment’ Closer
‘Gripping’ Good Housekeeping
‘A brilliant balancing act that slowly builds to an explosive, twisty finish’ Sunday Mirror
‘Trust me, once you’ve finished, you’ll turn the book over and start again’ Stylist, Book Wars
‘Gripping psychological suspense, Watching Edie is wonderfully claustrophobic, trapping us as observers of the complex and suffocating relationship between Edie and Heather, compelled to watch until their secret is finally revealed’ Fiona Barton, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Widow
‘Warning: this book will leave you emotionally sucker-punched … Watching Edie is as if The Talented Mr Ripley author Patricia Highsmith grew up in Nineties smalltown Britain … totally gripping’ Stylist
‘A gripping psychological thriller’ Hello
‘An unrelenting sense of dread shadows this story of a friendship gone wrong’ Woman & Home
‘Dark, debut novel about why you should never turn your back on a best friend’ Red Magazine
‘Way expertly explores the dark side of friendship in her psychological suspense novel’ Publisher’s Weekly, Starred Review
‘Compelling, dark and intense, this story of a friendship gone wrong will keep you guessing until the end’ B A Paris, No. 1 bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors
‘A taut suspense novel that drops secrets in all the right places’ Julia Heaberlin, bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans
‘Watching Edie has a clever plot, a fateful friendship, a callous betrayal, and an ending that is as twisty as it is inevitable’ Alexandra Burt, bestselling author of Little Girl Gone
About the author
Camilla Way was formerly an editor on the style magazine Arena and has written for Stylist, Elle and the Guardian.
She first became interested in the theme of toxic female friendships and the question of whether we can ever, truly, escape our past after hearing a news story about a teenage friendship that went horribly wrong.
Camilla is now a full-time writer and lives in south-east London with her partner and twin boys.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Beautifully written and legitimately chilling, Camilla Way’s novel is an intricate study of the obsessive path that female friendships can descend down. Edie is a morose, expectant single mother bitterly at odds with her past. In the book’s present-day, Way focuses on Edie’s perspective, but narrates the events that derailed Edie’s life through the voice of her teenage friend Heather. Watching Edie is an unsettling and spooky thriller, where you’re never able to confidently place your trust or sympathies with either protagonist.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
British author Way (The Dead of Summer) expertly explores the dark side of friendship in her psychological suspense debut. As teenagers in a small West Midlands town, popular Edie McRae beautiful and stylish and outcast Heather Wilcox overweight and socially awkward are unlikely friends. When Edie's relationship with a controlling boyfriend leads to a tragic event, she runs away to London. Now 17 years later, 33-year-old Edie is a single mom, depressed, lonely, and living in a sad little flat in a southeast London neighborhood. Then Heather shows up unannounced, inserting herself into Edie's life, taking charge of baby Maya, and refusing to allow visits from Edie's uncle, the only relative Edie's in touch with. At first, Edie is too morose to object, but as she slowly gains her strength, she wonders about Heather's motives and who is making all those hang-up calls. The shocking revelation about what happened to change these two women's lives casts a surprising light on each character's motives.
Customer Reviews
Not for the faint hearted...
Great debut with solid characters and scenes easy to imagine taking place as a film.
The twist at the end was dark and totally unexpected, I was impressed at how the author could change our feelings towards the characters from one chapter to the next...
Soooo good
Suspense all the way with little twists and turns. Really enjoyed it.
Watching Edie
A bleak story of a toxic female friendship and the redemptive nature of ultimate confession. A psychological thriller which was difficult to out down.