All-absorbing to the very end!” -Minka Kent, Washington Post bestselling author “A deep, dark, and dangerously addictive read. Electrifying and atmospheric, this dark gem of a novel is one I couldn’t put down.” -Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author

This creepy, serpentine tale explores the darkest corners of parenthood and the profoundly unsettling lengths one will go to to keep a family together-no matter the consequences. “A mesmerizing, unbearably tense thriller that will have you looking over your shoulder and sleeping with one eye open. “n the nightmare scale, Lucinda Berry’s thriller may top the charts.” -Popular Culture Association But, needless to say, it’s chilling.” -Gina Kolata, New York Times But in private-well, I won’t give away what happens. She can be sweet and loving, and in public is adorable. They’re told it might take a while for her to learn to behave and trust people. A couple, desperate for a child, have the chance to adopt a beautiful little girl who, they are told, has been abused. It speaks to the fear of every parent: What if your child is a psychopath? This novel takes it a step farther. But there was one book that kept me reading, the sort of novel I can’t put down.

I have been so disappointed when well-known writers came out with books that, to me, were just duds. “A deep, dark, and dangerously addictive read.“I am a compulsive reader of literary novels-but this has been a terrible year for fiction that is actually readable, and not experimental.

But there was one book that kept me reading, the sort of novel I can’t put down… The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry. “I am a compulsive reader of literary novels-but this has been a terrible year for fiction that is actually readable, and not experimental.

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