Mother Is Watching
A Novel
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- 予約注文
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- リリース予定日：2026年3月17日
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- ¥2,000
発行者による作品情報
The chilling horror debut from a #1 international bestselling author—an art conservator’s obsession with a mysterious painting spirals into a nightmarish descent, where the line between reality and the supernatural shatters, threatening both her sanity and her life
Mathilde "Tilly" Crewson, a thirty-nine-year-old mother and art conservator, is tasked with restoring The Mother. The painting, believed to be the work of a female surgeon-turned-artist after a personal tragedy, is the rumored fourth piece in a collection of only three known works. But this newly discovered painting, scarred by fire, holds more than meets the eye.
Soon after receiving the painting, Tilly discovers she’s unexpectedly pregnant, and strange, inexplicable occurrences begin: terrifying insect swarms, eerie visits from her long-deceased mother, and sinister whispers that invade her mind. As these malevolent forces intensify, Tilly comes to a harrowing realization: the only way to sever the perilous bond she shares with the painting is to destroy it. But The Mother has plans of her own—and they’re darker than Tilly could ever imagine. . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Brown (Recipe for a Perfect Wife) successfully blends horror and science fiction to offer a peek into an all too plausible dystopian future. A recent pandemic has devastated male fertility rates and led to extreme population decline. In its wake, pressure is placed on women to have as many children as possible, with wearable AI fertility trackers used to monitor women's menstrual cycles. Against this backdrop, art conservator Mathilde Crewson balances her job with raising a young daughter, Clementine, grieving a recent miscarriage, and desperately trying to conceive another baby with her controlling husband, Wyatt. Mathilde receives the assignment of her dreams when she is tasked with restoring a painting titled The Mother by an obscure artist who died violently. After getting pregnant, finishing her new assignment before giving birth becomes a race against time—but sinister things start happening as her work progresses, all perhaps connected to the possibly haunted painting. The danger and mystery only increase as Mathilde begins to doubt her own perceptions. Brown packs a lot into the narrative and there are some loose threads left dangling at the end, but, for the most part, it all comes together beautifully. A riveting and insightful ghost story about parental grief and bodily autonomy, this is sure to linger with readers long after the final page.
