The most mesmerising unsettling novel of 2025 perfect for fans of David Mitchell Julia
Armfield and Margaret Atwood. 'Sinister mysterious and gorgeously realised' KALIANE BRADLEY
author of The Ministry of Time 'Old Soul will sneak into your dreams and haunt you' CLAIRE
FULLER author of Unsettled Ground --- The woman never goes by the same name. She never
stays in the same place too long. She never ages. She never dies. But those around her do.
When two grieving strangers meet by chance in Osaka airport they uncover a disturbing
connection. Jake's best friend and Mariko's twin brother each died 6 000 miles apart in
brutal and unfathomable circumstances. Each encountered a mesmerising dark-haired woman in
the days before their deaths. A woman who came looking for Mariko - and then disappeared. Jake
who has carried his loss and guilt for a decade finds himself compelled to follow the trail
set by Mariko's revelations. It's a trail that weaves across continents and centuries leading
back to the many who have died - in strange and terrifying and eerily similar ways - and those
they left behind: bewildered disbelieved yet resolutely sure of what they saw. And at the
centre of it all there is the same beguiling woman. Her name may have changed but her purpose
has never wavered and as Jake races to discover who or what she is she has already made her
next choice. But will knowing her secret be enough to stop her? --- 'Snags the reader in
its claw and mesmerizes from page one' Monique Roffey author of The Mermaid of Black Conch
'Like nothing else I've ever read ... The kind of story you tell around a campfire as the
lights of civilization begin to flicker out around you' Kristen Roupenian author of 'Cat
Person' 'Beguiles terrifies and utterly seduces you ... At once a thriller a postmodern
mystery and an existential horror tale' Megan Abbott author of El Dorado Drive 'Brilliant
horrifying ... So much fun fantastically tense and wonderful' Evie Wyld author of The Echoes
'Clever spooky ... Kept me guessing to the end' Chloe Benjamin author of The Immortalists
'A mesmerizing story brilliantly told' Ian McGuire author of The North Water 'Smart taut
and twisty ... Deftly delivers the chills' Karen Joy Fowler author of We Are All Completely
Beside Ourselves
