Centred on the increasingly damaging relationship between an anxious mother and her insidious therapist, The Seduction is a coolly crafted work that is impossible to get out of your head.
She knows your mind, she possesses your thoughts. What will she take next?
'I think I can help you...'
Beth lives by Camden Lock with her partner Sol and their daughter Fern. Life is peaceful, but Beth is troubled by increasing unease. So she goes to therapy - with Dr Tamara Bywater.
Soon their sessions become the highlight of Beth's week. But Beth is in over her head before she realises that Tamara might not be all she seems...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9781408873519
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 266 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
Page-turning … As Briscoe folds generous swirls of melodrama into the mix, the novel’s temperature rises from feverish to volcanic - Daily Mail
A probing, sometimes uncomfortable, always gripping study of erotic obsession - Jonathan Coe, Observer Books of the Year
A gripping thriller - independent.co.uk
A tense, skilfully plotted and emotionally perceptive story - Observer
A classy, compulsive tale of desire and obsession, it glitters with menace - Mail on Sunday
Through this addictive, macabre fairground ride of a novel, Briscoe reminds us to value the quieter forms of love - Guardian
The author has a fine eye for aesthetic detail and an even finer one for parental relationships … this is seduction of the most insidious kind - Spectator
A febrile, urgent tale - Sunday Times
Juicy and thrilling - Heat
Joanna Briscoe is one of those writers who manages to pull off that combination of pin-sharp prose with the pull of a plot that keeps you turning the pages. Richly observed, The Seduction is a rewardingly moreish read - Living
A vivid and evocative tale of obsession and deception - Sunday Mirror
A clever, nuanced, elegantly written exploration of obsession - Saga
I loved this straight from the cover - with its artful invitation to be a Freudian fly on the wall for an analysis of what makes love and lust tick.
Following her recent detour into more ghostly realms with the...
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Having read some of Joanna Briscoe's other works I guessed I was in for an intense ride with The Seduction. I wasn't wrong. I might also have been a tiny bit seduced myself by that stunning cover.
Beth is...
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We follow our protagonist Beth; wife, mother and artist. She lives by Camden lock with husband Sol and daughter Fern who has just turned 13. Plagued by guilt, anger and flashbacks of her mother, who left Beth and her... More
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