An astonishing novel-a mind-blowing blend of page-turning mystery and deep philosophical inquiry into the nature of memory and reality itself. Karen Thompson Walker has created an unputdownable book with a haunting twist ending I’ll be thinking about for a long time.

A tantalising and satisfying mystery.

The Strange Case of Jane O. is a brilliant and unforgettable novel, at once a metaphysical thriller, a psychological mystery, and a profound love story-a book for every haunted heart. I couldn’t put it down.

In her brilliant and mesmerizing new novel, Karen Thompson Walker invites readers to consider the mystery of the human brain and asks thrilling and vital questions about perception, memory, consciousness, and the limits of our known world. Elegant, propulsive, ingeniously structured, and intellectually rich, The Strange Case of Jane O. is both mind-bending and soul-altering. I loved it.

The mesmerizing latest from Walker (The Age of Miracles) is a fantastical tale of a mother’s mysterious visions and memory lapses . . . As [the] tone becomes more confessional, the narrative opens up an alluring vision of how personal history and memory intertwine. This one is tough to shake.

A novel that begins quietly becomes an exhilarating and riveting must-read and then read-again.

A captivating, deeply psychological novel with restrained yet potent characterisations that jump off the page. I couldn’t put it down.

Stunning. I know I’m going to think about this book for the rest of my life.

I absolutely loved this astonishing novel. It’s so beautifully written, with a central puzzle – elegantly narrated, and deeply, deeply unnerving . . . It’s a subtle, eerie and profoundly moving story, truly haunting, and I can’t recommend it highly enough.

Heart-expanding . . . inquisitive, brilliantly-crafted. If you enjoyed Kazuo Ishaguro’s Never Let Me Go, Stephen Gosz’s non-fiction The Examined Life, or The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks, then I think you’ll love this novel.