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Make You Mine
- Author
- Claire Kendal
- Narrator
- Emily Stride
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 26 February 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Esmeralda Avelar was a teenage girl who vanished without a trace. When she was found months later, safe but with missing memories, the world was stunned.
Now it's the case she can't escape.Decades later, Esemeralda has grown up, changed her name and forged a new career as a police detective. But her past won't let go.
Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession…to find the girl who got away, an dmake her his.
Readers love Claire Kendal's thrillers…'Terrific, proper page-turning stuff' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Chillingly good' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'An absolutely terrifying psychological thriller, which not only had me on the edge of my seat but gave me actual goosebumps' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Hard to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Such an amazing, creepy, weird page turner! I was instantly hooked from the first page' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A brilliant, all too believable read, I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Should come with a 'seriously addictive' warning..!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I was hooked from page 1 and read in almost one sitting! … Well thought out, tense and darkly humorous at times' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Critics Review
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Praise for The Book of You
‘Any thriller that has you checking over your shoulder and peeking from behind your curtains must be gripping so hats off to Claire Kendal’s hard-hitting debut for doing just this’ Stylist
‘Both brutal and unbearably tense, The Book of You announces the arrival of a fierce new talent, a writer not afraid to grasp a woman’s fears in stark detail and to invoke nightmares’ Daily Mail
‘Clever, claustrophobic and chillingly good’ Good Housekeeping
‘Gripping with some very smart twists’ Woman Magazine
‘A gripping read!’ Closer
‘Truly riveting’ New York Times Book Review
'A gripping tale, well-written and cleverly plotted' Literary Review
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Details
- Author
- Claire Kendal
- Narrator
- Emily Stride
- Duration
- 9 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008256906
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Thriller: serial killers, Crime and mystery: women sleuths / detectives, Crime and mystery: police procedural
Synopsis
The brand new psychological thriller from the Top 10 Sunday Times bestselling author It was the case of the decade. Esmeralda Avelar was a teenage girl who vanished without a trace. When she was found months later, safe but with missing memories, the world was stunned. Now it's the case she can't escape. Decades later, Esemeralda has grown up, changed her name and forged a new career as a police detective. But her past won't let go. Because notorious serial killer Jason Thorne has escaped from his secure psychiatric hospital, and he has a new obsession…to find the girl who got away, an dmake her his. Readers love Claire Kendal's thrillers… 'Terrific, proper page-turning stuff' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Chillingly good' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An absolutely terrifying psychological thriller, which not only had me on the edge of my seat but gave me actual goosebumps' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Hard to put down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Such an amazing, creepy, weird page turner! I was instantly hooked from the first page' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A brilliant, all too believable read, I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Should come with a 'seriously addictive' warning..!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I was hooked from page 1 and read in almost one sitting! … Well thought out, tense and darkly humorous at times' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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