Clever Little Thing
A taut, powerful and gripping psychological thriller with a twist you'll never forget!
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Descrizione dell’editore
A MOTHER KNOWS HER CHILD BEST. DOESN'T SHE?
'Brilliant and creepy, I wolfed it down! One of my favourite reads of 2025' LISA JEWELL
Charlotte's daughter, Stella, is sensitive and brilliant - perhaps even a genius - but after the sudden death of her babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. And what's more unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka's personality, from her accent and repetitive phrases to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian.
Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, depleted and sick, and convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella's transformation. But how could Blanka still be entwined in their lives?
As Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed, it's clear her husband believes this is all in her head and soon, Charlotte is convinced she is the only one who can save her daughter.
Told through a singular, chilling voice, Clever Little Thing holds light to the blurred lines of diagnosis in children and to the vital power of maternal instinct. Kaleidoscopic and tense, pulse-pounding and genuinely creepy, this is an ode to motherhood and a page-turner that will haunt readers long after its epic finale.
'Compelling and creepy' ASHLEY ELSTON
'An eerie, twisty story of a mother trying to protect her daughter' TRACY SIERRA
'Perfectly unnerving' ASHLEY AUDRAIN
'Unsettling in the best way' MARY KUBICA
'Incredibly moving, tense, and deliciously creepy' ASHLEY TATE
Discover for yourself why readers can't get enough of CLEVER LITTLE THING:
'CLEAR YOUR CALENDARS for January. You will be doing nothing but devouring this absolutely breathtaking page-turner of a book. Think THE PUSH - on steroids' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'The best psychological thriller I've read this year!' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Clear your calendar because this one is impossible to put down. I devoured it in one sitting' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'If you enjoy bingeable psychological thrillers, pick this one up . . . it deserves all the praise' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Clever Little Thing explores the complexity of mother-daughter relationships with a supernatural twist . . . a phenomenal read, one that I didn't want to put down' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'A must read . . . a book that I will tell everyone about!' Reader Review, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A newly pregnant London mother notices alarming changes in her eight-year-old daughter in this haunting psychological thriller from Echlin (Gone). Former lifestyle blogger Charlotte Mason's precocious daughter, Stella, has always been difficult—something Charlotte embraces, but others, including her husband, Pete, have concerns about. After Stella's longtime caretaker, Blanka, dies, the child becomes unusually compliant and sluggish, often parroting the simple phrases ("Oh, yes") uttered by her late Armenian sitter. Pete, swamped with work, initially brushes off Charlotte's concerns about Stella, attributing her anxiety to hormone spikes from the pregnancy. Charlotte finds a more sympathetic ear with Blanka's mother, Irina, with whom Stella seems to have a curiously close relationship. As Charlotte's concerns mount, she grasps at wilder and wilder hypotheses about Stella's situation—some of which are supernatural, though none are nearly as jaw-dropping as the climax Echlin eventually delivers. At once a propulsive page-turner and a thought-provoking exploration of maternal attachment, this is a devilish good time.
