Make You Mine

The brand new psychological thriller from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author

You can run. You can hide.

But you belong to me.

It was the case of the decade. A 15-year-old girl on her way to school, vanished without a trace. The world feared the worst – but then, after months, she was discovered in a church crypt, lying alive beside the dead body of her kidnapper.

Now, 26 years later, Esmeralda Avelar has worked hard to leave her traumatic past behind. She has forged a new identity, and a new career as a police detective.

But the past refuses to stay buried. Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession… to find Esmeralda, the girl who got away, and make her his.

Readers love Claire Kendal's thrillers…

'Terrific, proper page-turning stuff' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Chillingly good' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'An absolutely terrifying psychological thriller, which not only had me on the edge of my seat but gave me actual goosebumps' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Hard to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Such an amazing, creepy, weird page turner! I was instantly hooked from the first page' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'A brilliant, all too believable read, I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Should come with a 'seriously addictive' warning..!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'I was hooked from page 1 and read in almost one sitting! … Well thought out, tense and darkly humorous at times' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Reviews

Praise for The Book of You

‘Any thriller that has you checking over your shoulder and peeking from behind your curtains must be gripping so hats off to Claire Kendal’s hard-hitting debut for doing just this’ Stylist

‘Both brutal and unbearably tense, The Book of You announces the arrival of a fierce new talent, a writer not afraid to grasp a woman’s fears in stark detail and to invoke nightmares’ Daily Mail

‘Clever, claustrophobic and chillingly good’ Good Housekeeping

‘Gripping with some very smart twists’ Woman Magazine

‘A gripping read!’ Closer

‘Truly riveting’ New York Times Book Review

'A gripping tale, well-written and cleverly plotted' Literary Review

About the author

Claire Kendal was born in America and educated in England, where she has spent all of her adult life. She teaches English Literature and Creative Writing and lives in the South West with her family. She writes page-turning psychological thrillers including The Book of You, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and has been translated into over twenty languages.