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 'Super-sophisticated horror' The Times --- 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
