You / Caroline Kepnes

Kepnes, Caroline. You. New York : Atria / Emily Bestler Books, 2014.

Told from the second person,
You is a book you can't miss.

Perhaps most well-known for its Netflix adaptation of the same name comes You, a twisted story of a jealous, possessive stalker obsessed with ‘you’ – a girl named Beck who just so happened to enter his bookstore.

Having just started at a local university and aspiring to be a writer, Beck bonds with bookstore owner Joe Goldberg over literature and all things books. What she wasn’t expecting was to walk away with more than just a new tome – she also became the object of Joe’s obsession. He goes to great lengths to stalk her, from hacking her social media accounts to her emails. And for Beck, who’s little more than a deer in the headlights, she unknowingly walks straight into his trap.

What happens when Joe’s obsession spirals out of control? Will Beck realise who – what – Joe is before it’s too late?

Told from the second person, You is a disturbing tale of a stalker who knows no limits. Read the book before watching the series, or head straight for the show and come back to the original – there’s no rules, least of all when Joe Goldberg is involved.

Intrigued? Get started on your reading adventure by checking out the links below.

• Wollongong library: print
• Wollongong library: ebook
• Add You to your Goodreads shelf
• Caroline Kepnes' website
• Watch You on Netflix.

The wife between us / Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

Hendricks, Greer. The Wife Between Us. New York : St. Martin’s Press, 2018. 

She's being followed... but
why, and by whom?

Writing duo Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen burst onto the thriller scene in 2018 with The Wife Between Us and sufficiently took it by storm. Redefining what it means to craft a complex and suspenseful domestic thriller.

Richard is the kind of husband any woman would want: rich, protective, and well-connected. Nellie, a fledgling preschool teacher, is spoiled by him – raised out of barely scraping by to suddenly being at the top of the social echelon. And even if she’s giving up her old life to be with him, she’s gaining something infinitely more precious – or so she tells herself. But when her past anxieties prove themselves to be founded in the form of a stalker pursuing her through the streets of New York, Nellie wonders if there’s more to this than just bad memories.

Told through multiple perspectives that keep you guessing as to their true identity, Hendricks and Pekkanen deliver a twisting, mind-bending psychological thriller. With gasp-out-loud plot twists, The Wife Between Us keeps readers guessing, right to the very end.

Up for a scare? Check out where you can find The Wife Between Us today.

• Wollongong library: print
• Wollongong library: large print
• Wollongong library: ebook
• Wollongong library: audiobook
• Add The Wife Between Us to your Goodreads shelf
• Greer Hendricks' website
• Sarah Pekkanen's website