The Empty Cradle
A completely gripping and chilling suspense novel, with a shocking twist
Author: Lisa Rookes
A hair-raisingly compelling psychological thriller. A modern-day Rosemary's Baby packed with suspense and with a twist you WON'T see coming. Guaranteed to leave you sleeping with the lights on...
10th November 2025
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A hair-raisingly compelling psychological thriller. A modern-day Rosemary's Baby packed with suspense and with a twist you WON'T see coming. Guaranteed to leave you sleeping with the lights on...
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Amy's so sure that her husband, Joel, is deeply invested in their future together. After all, it's his dream of a family together that has them trying so hard to have a baby, despite a series of disappointments. It's this certainty that leaves Amy absolutely floored when she learns of Joel's affair with her best friend.
Heartbroken and horrified, Amy flees to a dilapidated cottage in a Yorkshire village, a place she'd bought with dreams of making it feel homey and warm. In the new village, she feels like a clear outsider, but a group of local women soon take her under their wing. They gather for a routine book club, they say. Before Amy knows it, these women are in her life, and in her home. Amy wakes one night to find herself outside in the fields. Strange offerings seem to be left on her doorstep. And the surveillance camera she installs shows shapes creeping around her house in the night. Strangest of all, she suddenly finds she's pregnant. A pregnancy that feels like a cruel joke.The book club is incredibly invested in Amy's pregnancy. And it might just be in Amy's mind, but the women's interest doesn't always seem safe. What do the women want with her? And what do they want with her baby?About the Author
Lisa is an award-winning journalist and lecturer. She spent the start of her career as a crime reporter and news editor before moving to national newspapers and women's magazines. She is currently head of the undergraduate Journalism programme at the University of Sheffield and has won further multiple awards for her teaching.
Her debut gothic thriller The Vanishing of Joni Blackwood is published 2024. She lives in Holmfirth in South Yorkshire with her husband, two sons, an arthritic Labrador and a disabled pug.Product Details
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10th November 2025
