The Quickening
The thrilling, feminist page-turner from the bestselling author of What You Did
$47.64
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2026
Summary
‘A white-knuckle ride of a thriller … Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible’ Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key
Your body. Their Choice.
The Hope Party’s new laws have transformed Great Britain: the countryside rewilded, children’s rights prioritised, and births on the rise. But freedom is fading.
Karen has learned to navigate this new world, keeping her head down as her fertility is constantly monitored. As her husband’s career thrives, while hers …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472160409 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472160401 |
| Author: | Claire McGowan |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Corsair |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 460g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 146mm x 218mm |
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Critics Review
So clever and terrifying and moving and compelling and thought-provoking * Laura Marshall, author of Friend Request *
Amazing premise and so well executed … One of my books of the year already * Robyn Delvey, author of The Seven *
A white-knuckle ride of a thriller that’s also a study of motherhood, power, cowardice and courage. In every chapter I found myself wondering what I would do in the characters’ shoes and found no easy answers. Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible. * Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key *
The not-so-distant future is a terrifyingly plausible place in The Quickening, but Claire McGowan has a gift for finding the grace and humanity in our darkest corners. A supremely good read * Louise Candlish, author of Our House *
Relentlessly fast-paced and gripping, The Quickening is a chilling, high-octane blend of The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984. I loved it * Mark Edwards, author of The Magpies *
When teenager Charlotte finds she has a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy, she goes on the run with her mum and doctor aunt, and begins a perilous and gripping journey. * Woman and Home, August’s Book Club *
[A] gripping, dystopian thriller … A timely and frightening take on the age-old battle for women to have rights over their own bodies, The Quickening is an essential - and chilling - read. * Heat magazine *
I’d highly recommend this for book clubs, as there are so many talking points. Dystopian or scarily believable? You decide. * Prima magazine *
A wild and page-turning thriller * the Sun *
This is the sort of novel that stays with you long after you have closed the book. It is gripping, emotional and thought provoking, while also delivering all the pace and suspense of an outstanding thriller. I can already imagine The Quickening creating lively discussion in book groups. Highly recommended. * Random Things Through My Letterbox *
A tense, dystopian thriller grounded in urgent, real-world stakes. * Woman & Home - 12 books our editor recommends this August *
A white-knuckle ride of a thriller that’s also a study of motherhood, power, cowardice and courage. In every chapter I found myself wondering what I would do in the characters’ shoes and found no easy answers. Immersive, enraging and terrifyingly plausible. * Erin Kelly, author of The Skeleton Key *
Amazing premise and so well executed … One of my books of the year already * Robyn Delvey, author of The Seven *
Claire McGowan
Claire McGowan published her first novel in 2012. She has since published numerous other novels in the crime fiction genre, as well as women’s fiction under the pseudonym Eva Woods. She has had three radio plays broadcast on Radio 4. Her thrillers, What You Did and The Other Wife, both reached number one on Kindle in the US and UK.
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