The Book of You
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The Sunday Times top ten bestseller
A Richard & Judy pick
The Book of You is a terrifying psychological thriller about obsession, power and control
You left me no choice, Clarissa.
I just want to take you home, Clarissa.
I know your darkest secrets, Clarissa.
Clarissa is becoming more and more frightened of her colleague, Rafe. He won’t leave her alone, and he refuses to take no for an answer. He is always there.
Being selected for jury service is a relief. The courtroom is a safe haven, a place where Rafe can’t be. But as a violent tale of kidnap and abuse unfolds, Clarissa begins to see parallels between her own situation and that of the young woman on the witness stand.
Realizing that she bears the burden of proof, Clarissa unravels the twisted, macabre fairytale that Rafe has spun around them – and discovers that the ending he envisions is more terrifying than she could have imagined.
Readers love The Book of You…
'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' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
About the author
Claire Kendal was born in America and educated in England, where she has spent all of her adult life. The Book of You is her first novel, and it will be translated into over twenty languages. Claire teaches English Literature and Creative Writing, and lives in the South West with her family. She is working on her next psychological thriller.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Obsession masquerades as love in British author Kendal's intimate, chilling first novel, an update of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa. One night, after a launch party at a Bath bookshop for a scholarly study of fairy tales, Clarissa Bourne agrees to let the book's author, academic Rafe Solmes, walk her home. The next morning, she awakens with Rafe in her bed, with no memory of how she got there and the suspicion that he's drugged and raped her. Although she avoids him, he calls and texts constantly, lurks near her house, and showers her with unwanted (but extravagant) gifts. Summoned for jury duty, Clarissa watches a rape victim pilloried on the witness stand, and she realizes how easily Rafe could discredit her stalking allegations. So she meticulously documents his efforts to contact her. Rafe goes from being manipulative to overtly menacing, especially after Clarissa becomes involved with a fellow juror. With flawless timing, the author traces how Rafe isolates Clarissa, threatens her, and pries into the most private details of her life, while also deftly incorporating Rafe's interest in sadistic, sexually violent fairy tales. Kendal spins a tale that's troubling, raw, and gripping.
