" Creep is everything I want from a novel—it’s obsessive it’s rapturous it spirals into the
most masochistic corners of the mind. A perfectly twisted debut."—Anna Dorn author of Perfume
& Pain "A chilling book by an exciting new voice."— Vogue (UK) From a blistering new voice in
dark literary fiction a novel of psychological suspense and an unsettling portrait of
loneliness obsession and identity which asks: if a stranger was left alone in your house how
well could they truly get to know you—enough to fall in love with you? Alice and Tom are made
for each other. Deeply connected they share a flat in London go to galleries together enjoy
the same books and wine. They even share a toothbrush. It’s all picture perfect. Except Alice
and Tom have never met. Alice has been cleaning Tom’s apartment every Wednesday for a year.
With every smudge wiped from his coffee cup every multivitamin counted in the jar Alice
spirals deeper into infatuation imagining a love so powerful it might erase a lifetime of
self-hatred and loneliness. But as Alice prepares for the moment when she and Tom will finally
meet face-to-face she discovers that love might not be the cure she thought it was. Instead
the line between fantasy and reality becomes ever more blurred shattering everything Alice
thought she knew. Told in Alice’s compelling deliciously acidic voice Creep is a literary
study of unreliability and unlikability. Exploring alienation class and race it's a skilled
debut with resonance in the way that we view women mental health and the lost in society. A
great psychological thriller for spooky-season nights A perfect addition to any Halloween
reading list for fans of unsettling stalker novels [Published as This Immaculate Body in the
UK]
