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Book SynopsisA psychotic criminal patient claims he personally inspired literature's most famous monsters, and forensic psychiatrist Dr. Dominick must risk everything to find out the truth - the terrifying new thriller for fans of Stephen King, Lauren Beukes and Gillian Flynn.
Trade ReviewPraise for THE ONLY CHILD by Andrew Pyper, the taut, terrifying thriller for fans of Lauren Beukes and Stephen King:
'One of the most talented successors to Stephen King'
* DAILY MAIL *
A
smart, thrilling, utterly unnerving novel. Pyper's gift is that he deeply respects his readers, yet still insists on reducing them to quivering children * GILLIAN FLYNN, bestselling author of Gone Girl and Sharp Objects *
Pyper is
a master architect of dread ... Compulsive and nerve-jangling * LAUREN BEUKES, bestselling author of The Shining Girls *
Genuinely terrifying, don't-read-late-at-night stuff. Thrilling, compelling and beautifully written * SJ WATSON, bestselling author of Before I Go To Sleep *
Horror abounds... Pyper's writing is gripping, and
readers will undoubtedly make comparisons to Stephen King * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
Pyper is the most striking Canadian writer to emerge in recent years * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Cleverly re-imagines the 19th century gothic classics while spinning
a thrilling, touching, and distinctly 21st century monster story * PAUL TREMBLAY, author of A Head Full of Ghosts and Disappearance at Devil's Rock *
Andrew Pyper has become one of my favorite writers. The Only Child is as much a psychological inquiry as it is
an adrenaline-fuelled thriller, layered with menace, mystery, and startling revelations that span centuries * BENJAMIN PERCY, author of The Dead Lands, Thrill Me, Red Moon and The Wilding *
So you're reading The Only Child, Pyper's newest book, and suddenly - kaboom! -
the story is shot like a cannon blast across a very dark sky. Exactly the sort of light we pine for * JOSH MALERMAN, author of Bird Box and Black Mad Wheel *
