From the author who broke out big with The Girl with All the Gifts, this supernatural thriller stars Liz Kendall, whom everyone considers a sweetheart. But she has a dark and dangerous side that is taking her over. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

Liz Kendall is a divorced mom, raising two children. To those who know her, she's gentle and loving. But one night, after she's assaulted by her abusive ex-husband, it's as if another force takes over her body, helping her to escape. Liz then begins to act strangely and wonders if there's something seriously wrong with her. For Fern Watts, hallucinations and a childhood attack means lots of meds, but her imaginary fox friend Jinx is always there and ready to protect her. When Fern encounters Liz in her psychiatrist's office, she believes she's seeing herself and attributes it to being part of her condition—but is it? Creative characters and a twisting plot absorb readers in an intense journey of the mind, begging the question of how far you will go to protect those you love? VERDICT This latest from Carey (The Girl with All the Gifts) offers a dark, supernatural thriller that blurs the edges of the world we know. [See Prepub Alert, 5/23/18.]—Kristi Chadwick, Massachusetts Lib. Syst., Northampton

The author of The Girl with all the Gifts is back with a mind-blowing psychological thriller. Liz, a recently divorced mother of two, snaps when her ex-husband brings her kids back late one weekend. He assaults her, and this time, finally, she fights back. But it isn't Liz who bloodies him—it's Beth, Liz's other self. At Liz's psychiatrist's office, her teenage son Zac befriends a classmate he sees across the waiting room, Fran. Still in therapy from a kidnapping that happened years ago, Fran is the only person who can see Liz and Beth at the same time, and she is terrified. This is a horror tale of two characters who have dual selves in order to survive trauma. Liz and Fran's experiences are similar and eerily connected through the same location—the run-down Perry Friendly hotel in Pittsburgh. The two teens try to find out why Liz isn't acting like herself, and barely make it out alive. Like the author's previous novel, this thriller is teen-friendly. Fran and Zac investigate on their own, travel to courthouses and prisons, and don't put much trust in adults. Adult characters are well developed. Liz's other personality, Beth, acts like the mom no teenager would ever want to have, while Fran's father is ideal. The author incorporates the Abenaki Indian legend of a skadegamutc, a ghost-witch, into the paranormal elements. VERDICT Highly recommended for all horror and psychological thriller collections.—Sarah Hill, Lake Land College, Mattoon, IL