Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott is an American author of crime fiction and psychological thrillers. She holds a PhD in literature from New York University and is widely recognised as one of the most talented and distinctive crime writers of her generation. Her novels explore the dark undercurrents of American life, often focusing on female desire, ambition, rivalry and violence in settings ranging from 1940s noir to contemporary suburban America. Beware the Woman is a psychological thriller about a young woman who accompanies her husband to his family's remote property in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, where her father-in-law's solicitous care begins to feel increasingly controlling. Abbott's previous novels include Dare Me, The Fever, Give Me Your Hand and The Turnout, all acclaimed for their psychological acuity and atmospheric tension. Available as both books and audiobooks, Megan Abbott's novels offer compelling listening and reading for fans of literary crime fiction who appreciate razor-sharp prose, complex female characters and stories that find the menace lurking in everyday life.