by Danielle Valentine
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Aug 1, 2023
432 pages
Genre: Thrillers
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The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister figure is going to great lengths to make sure her pregnancy never happens―while the men in her life refuse to believe a word she says.
Anna Alcott is desperate to have a family. But as she tries to balance her increasingly public life as an indie actress with a grueling IVF journey, she starts to suspect that someone is going to great lengths to make sure that never happens. Crucial medicines are lost. Appointments get swapped without her knowledge. Cryptic warnings have her jumping at shadows. And despite everything she's gone through to make this pregnancy a reality, not even her husband is willing to believe that someone is playing twisted games with her.
Then her doctor tells her she's had a miscarriage―except Anna's convinced she's still pregnant despite everything the grave-faced men around her claim. She can feel the baby moving inside her, can see the strain it's taking on her weakening body. Vague warnings become direct threats as someone stalks her through the bleak ghost town of the snowy Hamptons. As her symptoms and sense of danger grow ever more horrifying, Anna can't help but wonder what exactly she's carrying inside of her…and why no one will listen when she says something is horribly, painfully wrong.
"A twisty, page-turner with unsettling details and crackling writing that's also a timely critique of sexism in modern medicine." ―Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here
"A spooky, devour-in-one-sitting story that's guaranteed to have everyone talking."―Leah Konen, author of You Should Have Told Me
"A frightening, propulsive read brimming with brutal truths about motherhood, autonomy, and the everyday horror of not being believed. This twisty horror thriller will have you guessing until the staggering end." ―Rachel Harrison, National Bestselling author of Cackle and Such Sharp Teeth
"Beautifully written, unbearably tense, and deeply scary. A modern fairy tale that asks what we'd be willing to sacrifice for the thing we want most." ―Katie Gutierrez, National Bestselling author of More Than You'll Ever Know
"Both disturbing and unrelentingly captivating, Delicate Condition grabbed me and didn't let go until its final page." ― Darcy Coates, USA Today bestselling author
"What a thrilling, visceral read. So dark, and very fast paced." ― Heather Darwent, author of The Things We Do to Our Friends
"An absolute cracker of a read, one to be read by all women, everywhere. I could not put it down." ― Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me
"Pitch black horror meets smart psychological thriller in this fantastically moreish debut. I devoured it, feeling simultaneously sick and thrilled. And that ending... just perfect." ― S.J.I. Holliday, author of The Deaths of December
"Fabulously original. A deeply unsettling read that plays on women's darkest fears of pregnancy." ― Gemma Rogers, author of The Secret
"A timely, terrifying, heartfelt thriller. I devoured it in one sitting." ― Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of We Begin at the End
"Both a scathing indictment of the treatment of women by medical professionals and a breathless thriller, Delicate Condition paints an unyielding and heart-wrenching portrait of pregnancy that reaches like a clawed hand inside your chest. I could not put it down." ― Katrina Monroe, author of Graveyard of Lost Children
"So many reader emotions, I didn't know who to trust; if anyone! Delicate Condition is a thriller, a horror, a mystery and it's lingering in my mind, an aftereffect of a chilling read!" ― J.M. Hewitt, author of The Life She Wants
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Danielle Valentine is a pseudonym for the young adult novelist Danielle Vega. Her work, which includes The Merciless series and How to Survive Your Murder, has been optioned for film and television by Lionsgate and Warner Bros, and has been translated into dozens of languages worldwide. Danielle lives outside of New York city with her husband, daughter, and two ornery cats. Delicate Condition is her first adult novel.
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