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Postpartum thriller?

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ThrilledForAThriller · 14/08/2024 15:14

Hi everyone!
A couple of years ago I read a novel titled "The city mother", by Maya Sinha. It was kind of a thriller (although I'm sure many people would disagree), it felt that way to me. There was a mystery, some supernatural elements, and all with the background of a lonely young mother and her transformation.
Anyway, modest as it is, it's a novel that stuck with me.
I'm looking for novels with a similar vibe (which I took the liberty to name "postpartum thriller").
Any recommendations?
Thank you very much in advance :)

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ThrilledForAThriller · 15/08/2024 18:53

Bump!

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JaneJeffer · 15/08/2024 23:10

Have you read Something Might Happen by Julie Myerson? It's a strange one but I enjoyed it!

ThrilledForAThriller · 16/08/2024 08:04

Ooh thank you for the suggestion, I'll check it out!

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Buttalapasta · 18/08/2024 07:46

I think you might like The Hour Before Dawn by Celia Fremlin.

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 18/08/2024 07:51

Little Face by Sophie Hannah? I've copied the blurb from Amazon.

"She's only been gone two hours.

Her husband David was meant to be looking after their two-week-old daughter. But when Alice Fancourt walks into the nursery, her terrifying ordeal begins, for Alice insists the baby in the cot is a stranger she's never seen before.

With an increasingly hostile and menacing David swearing she must either be mad or lying, how can Alice make the police believe her before it's too late?"

wherethewaterisdarker · 18/08/2024 07:57

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder. Really fantastic book.

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 14:24

I thought of another: The Little House by Phillipa Gregory

Notellinganyone · 18/08/2024 14:34

JaneJeffer · 18/08/2024 14:24

I thought of another: The Little House by Phillipa Gregory

This really stayed with me. Utterly chilling.

merryhouse · 18/08/2024 16:04

Ha, as soon as I saw the thread title I thought "ooh, that one with Ruth"...

ThrilledForAThriller · 18/08/2024 19:19

Ooh! Thabk you everyone, I'll be taking notes! Keep them coming!
I probably should add: nothing where the children get hurt (can't stomach it). Probably should have put this in the op 😅

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