Do Not Become Alarmed

I swallowed this novel in almost a sitting, eyes on stalks until the early hours. Elegantly and intelligently written... an addictive read

Sunday Times

Here is that perfect combination of a luminous writer and a big, page-turning story. This hugely suspenseful novel will speak to anyone who has ever felt responsible for keeping a loved one safe, whether it was a child, a partner, a parent, or a friend. Meloy's characters-the adults and the children-feel like real, living people I'll never forget

Helen Fielding

This is the book that every reader longs for: smart and thrilling and impossible to put down. Read it once at breakneck speed to find out what happens next, and then read it slowly to marvel at the perfect prose and the masterwork of a plot. It is an alarmingly good novel.

Ann Patchett

Do not start this book after dinner or you will almost certainly be up all night

Kirkus Reviews

I can't remember the last time I gobbled a novel down so fast

Guardian

Ominous, addictive...In crafting this high-stakes page-turner, Meloy excels as a master of suspense

Publisher's Weekly

No character will emerge unscathed as Meloy ratchets up the tension

Mail on Sunday

[Meloy is] a wise and astonishing conjurer of convincing realities

New Yorker

Her characters are drawn sparingly, but they leap off the page

New York Times