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In a world where image is everything, the quiet streets of suburbia hide deadly truths. Ambitious psychiatrist Dr Geddes is rising fast at a respected practice – until a troubling young patient threat

by Harriet Lane (£20, HB, Orion) What lies beneath the image we construct of ourselves? Ruth, newly divorced and drifting as her daughter leaves home, feels invisible – until Sookie, her dazzling form

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by Daphne du Maurier, foreword by Stephen King (£25, HB, Little, Brown Book Group) Introduced by Stephen King, discover 13 of Daphne du Maurier’s most chilling and uncanny short stories. In the twisti

by Rosie Hewlett (£16.99, HB, Transworld) Written during the Covid lockdown, this story offers a unique take on Greek mythology. The monster of legends, shown to be a victim of the gods, becomes a mov