by Polly Braden, Claire-Louise Bennett, Sally Williams
First published 2022
Clare Matthews stares out her small flat's window, her six-week-old daughter silent in the bassinet. Her husband works long finance hours, her mother lives hours away, and London feels suddenly cavernous and strange. When a neighbor begins leaving cryptic notes about motherhood—part warning, part threat—Clare realizes her growing exhaustion might be concealing something more dangerous than typical new parent stress. As her perception of safety narrows to the size of her apartment, she must determine whether the danger is external or emerging from within her own fractured mental state. A razor-sharp exploration of maternal vulnerability and urban loneliness.
Genres: domestic-fiction, suspense, mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator, urban-setting
Setting: London
Period: 21st-century
Paperback · Dewi Lewis Publishing
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness