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Keeper

Keeper

The breath-taking literary thriller

Summary

'A fabulous new writer' Richard Osman
'
Compelling, tense and pacy' Observer
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HE LOVES YOU. HE CONTROLS YOU. HE'LL NEVER LET YOU GO.


He's been looking in the windows again. Messing with cameras. Leaving notes.
Supposed to be a refuge. But death got inside.


When Katie Straw's body is pulled from the waters of the local suicide spot, the police decide it's an open-and-shut case. A standard-issue female suicide.

But the residents of Widringham women's refuge where Katie worked don't agree. They say it's murder.

Will you listen to them?

An addictive literary page-turner about a crime as shocking as it is commonplace, KEEPER will leave you reeling long after the final page is turned.

AN OBSERVER TOP DEBUT NOVELISTS OF 2020
A SUNDAY TIMES STYLE HOT DEBUT: 'READ IF YOU LIKED GONE GIRL AND LULLABY'
A COSMOPOLITAN BOOKS TO WATCH

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'Gripping, devastating... breathtaking' Clare Mackintosh, Hostage

'Powerful and chilling, with a shocking twist'
Guardian

'A compelling story . . . a writer to watch'
Independent

'A feminist whodunnit'
Sunday Times

'A powerful book telling stories that need to be heard'
Rosamund Lupton, Three Hours

'A new young writer I believe in'
Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

'Extraordinary and compelling'
Cara Hunter, The Whole Truth

'Vastly impressive . . . Deeply affecting and superbly told, it demands to be read'
Daily Mail

'Jess Moor's debut novel made me want to shout out in anger'
Val McDermid, 1979

'This is a thriller, but its pacy insights make it one that you need to read'
Cosmopolitan

'A pacy crime novel that will have you gripped, and get you thinking'
Stylist

'Grips from the first page' Erin Kelly, Watch Her Fall

Reviews

  • A literary thriller, KEEPER is a compelling, tense and pacy read
    The Observer, 10 Best Debut Novelists of 2020

About the author

Jessica Moor

Jessica Moor studied English at Cambridge before completing a Creative Writing MA at Manchester University. Prior to this she spent a year working in the violence against women and girls sector and this experience inspired her first novel, Keeper.
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