Tideline by Penny Hancock, Simon & Schuster UK, $29.99
This chilling psychological thriller navigates through its undercurrent of a 43-year-old woman’s obsession and kidnap of a fifteen year-old-boy, to sway the reader into a dangerous comfort zone.
“These boy-men did not exist quite like this when I was young… taller, broader, softer, gentler,” muses voice coach Sonia, as she seduces Jez into her riverside London house.
“I want to cherish this feeling… like the night after you give birth and stare at the baby you have brought it into the world,” she shares under a cloak of respectability.
But Tideline builds to a brutal climax: a teen hostage gagged and shackled.
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