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Baby Doll
Oct 26, 2024 10:19 AM

Author:Hollie Overton

Baby Doll

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

Read the novel that kept Tess Gerritsen transfixed and entertained until the very last page

You’ve been held captive in one room.

You’ve been mentally and physically abused every day since you were sixteen years old.

Then, one night, you realise your captor has left the door to your cell unlocked.

For the first time in eight years you’re free.

This is what happens next.

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Praise for Baby Doll

‘What a compulsiveread! A brilliant first novel that kept me transfixed and entertained until the very last page.’- Tess Gerritsen

'An incredibly powerful debut' - Sunday Mirror

Compelling psychological thriller.’ - Daily Express

‘With a narrative that can only be described as 'nuclear', the story of newly freed Lily and her daughter Sky moves at breakneck speed ... It's a really good read.’ - Stylist

‘Compelling first novel ... Overton throws in enough twists, turns, and surprises to keep the reader wondering what on earth can happen next.’ - Publishers Weekly

‘If Overton’s debut is anything to go by, she’ll soon be up there with the best of them!’ - Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Riveting from the first line.’ - Woman's Own

‘Gritty, captivating thriller.’ - Love Reading

‘A gripping page-turner that will make you think about what it means to be free.’ - Glamour South Africa

‘Riveting and difficult to put down.’ - News Gazette

‘You’ll feel the sudden urge to check the locks on your front door.’ - The Line Up

‘A fast paced and intense story that once I started I found I could not put down… the sheer heartbreak and horror of this story will keep you hooked…’ - Feminisia Libros Reviews

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If you love Baby Doll, try Hollie Overton's chilling latest novel, THE RUNAWAY

Reviews

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK

Read the novel that kept Tess Gerritsen transfixed and entertained until the very last page.

You’ve been hold captive in one room.

You’ve been mentally and physically abused every day since you were sixteen years old.

Then, one night, you realise your captor has left the door to your cell unlocked.

For the first time in eight years you’re free.

This is what happens next.

—— from the publisher's description

What a compulsive read! A brilliant first novel that kept me transfixed and entertained until the very last page.

—— Tess Gerritsen

an incredibly powerful debut

—— Sunday Mirror

Compelling psychological thriller

—— Daily Express

With a narrative that can only be described as 'nuclear', the story of newly freed Lily and her daughter Sky moves at breakneck speed ... It's a really good read.

—— Stylist

If Overton’s debut is anything to go by, she’ll soon be up there with the best of them!

—— Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Riveting from the first line.

—— Woman's Own

Gritty, captivating thriller.

—— Love Reading

It's a refreshingly brisk and efficient read.

—— Irish Independent

a gripping page-turner that will make you think about what it means to be free.

—— Glamour South Africa

riveting and difficult to put down.

—— News Gazette

You’ll feel the sudden urge to check the locks on your front door.

—— The Line Up

A fast paced and intense story that once I started I found I could not put down… the sheer heartbreak and horror of this story will keep you hooked
four fabulous stars, I’m definitely on the lookout for more from this author.’

—— Feminisia Libros Reviews

...this all too believable thriller is fast-paced, taut and super scary

—— The Sun on Sunday’s Fabulous Magazine

Belinda Bauer is probably Britain's most original crime writer.

—— Crime Scene

...polished and breathtakingly tense, this novel of obsession and murder takes a firm grip from the start

—— Woman & Home

I have read serial killer-yarns that are more frightening but few as entertaining or, in its low-key way, as moving.

—— Telegraph

excellent and disturbing crimer

—— Sunday Sport

Loved I Let You Go and Behind Closed Doors? My Sister's Bones is guaranteed to be this year's most twisty and twisted read - you'll never see what's coming!

—— Ava Marsh, author of UNTOUCHABLE

This book is amazing - harrowing and compelling...a clever plot that twists right to the very end

—— Luana Lewis

A beautifully written, spine-tingling thriller that had me on the edge of my seat. My Sister's Bones is a compelling tale about the evil unleashed by war and the evil that can lurk in the very heart of our homes. Heart-wrenching and compelling

—— Sanjida Kay, author of Bone by Bone

If you loved The Girl on the Train, then this debut psychological thriller is for you ... dark, thrilling and full of unexpected twists and turns

—— Take A Break

Very different from every other psychological thriller I have read ... the perfect book for a book club

—— Irena_BookDust

Full of tension, questions, secrets and lies... a spectacular finish with fireworks and an unbelievable turn

—— @Agi_mybookshelf

A gripping and meaty book ... a must read for anyone who loves a domestic psychological thriller.

—— @LynseyMummaDuck

A terrific book - compelling and exquisitely told by an author with exceptional talent

—— Bestselling author, Susan Lewis

A great read with an astonishing twist

—— People's Friend

Goes straight on the shelf marked 'unputdownable'... scenes of great beauty and moments of great drama ... a splendid debut.

—— Robert Miller , Redburn Review

A great thing to read

—— Inside Soap

A fast-paced mystery thriller ... Thanks to Cotterell's convincing characters, you'll find yourself questioning right and wrong, and how far a woman should go to protect her family.

—— Cosmopolitan

All I can say is WOW! If you are a fan of the psychological thriller genre, then this needs to go on your 'must get' list... Excellent.

—— @bookkaz

The story is clever, well-paced and well-constructed

—— Irish Independent

The Book of Mirrorsis a very clever and well written novel

—— Reading in Wellies

It keeps you guessing right to the last page and, even afterwards, leaves you wondering how much of what we accept as reality exists only in our own minds

—— Bridport News

I found The Book of Mirrors extremely difficult to put down

—— For Winter Nights blog

An entertaining, clever story, told in an engaging manner that fit the story. I’ll be keen to read more work by EO Chirovici in the future

—— From First Page to Last blo

This is an interesting, well-written book with plenty of layers and depth ... E.O. Chirovici writes really well, and creates a novel which you’ll want to keep reading. It’s different and deliciously deep, drawing you in as you try to unravel the details

—— Snazzy Books

Set for global success

—— Daily Express

This intelligent multi-layered psychological thriller examines human memory, recollection, self-delusion and how memories can be manipulated. If you want to immerse yourself in a compelling ‘whodunit’, this book will not disappoint!

—— Candis

An absorbing thriller

—— Fantastic Fiction blog

I couldn't put it down

—— Brew and Books Review blog

This is cerebral crime in the manner of Umberto Echo and Paul Auster ... Readers will be spurred on to keep turning the pages by feeling that the ending will reveal not just what the truth is, but what is Truth

—— Daily Telegraph

A gripping yarn

—— Sunday Times (Ireland)

There’s so much to like about The Book of Mirrors. The story is clever, well-paced and well-constructed

—— Belfast Telegraph

Even the twists have twists

—— i paper

Chirovici has written a very clever book. The plot twists and turns, backtracks and goes round in circles, so you can never be quite sure where it’s going to go next.

—— Watford Observer

The Book of Mirrors will keep you up until you’ve finished it

—— Metro

Twisty novel full of unexpected developments and untrustworthy characters

—— Sunday Times Culture

Chilling

—— Steph’s Book Blog

a must read

—— Femina

An intriguing whydunit underpinned by a treatise on memory, as a number of witnesses create a cat’s cradle of conflicting testimony designed to keep the reader guessing to the very end

—— Irish Times

The Book of Mirrorsengages on a number of levels. Chirovici delights in leading the reader down various blind alleys and keeps us turning the pages

—— Times Literary Supplement
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