The Body Lies

A propulsive #MeToo thriller investi­gating consent and male entitlement as well as the borders between truth and fiction. * Guardian *Build-up of tension is EXCELLENT * Daily Mail *Packs a powerful punch on every page * Red Magazine *Gripping … with lots to say about sexual politics * Good Housekeeping *This superior thriller looks at how novels represent violence through the story of a creative writing teacher who finds herself trapped between the borders of life and fiction after recognising herself in a story written by one of her students * METRO *Powerful read * Prima Magazine *Jo Baker’s THE BODY LIES is gripping and strange in the best possible way: the perfect marriage of risky literary fiction and full-on thriller. * MARIA SEMPLE, bestselling author of Where d’ya go, Bernadette? *This page-turning thrilller has a sympathetic and utterly believable heroine, but it’s also an examination of how women’s bodies are treated, in life and in fiction. * The Bookseller *A literary exploration of consent, entitlement and how narratives can be bent, misappropriated and wrested back. I loved it. * SARAH VAUGHAN, bestselling author of THE ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL *A shrewdly layered thriller that unflinchingly tackles the quagmire of pressure, judgement and ever-present danger women navigate in their daily lives * Herald Scotland *

Jo Baker is the author of the acclaimed and bestselling LONGBOURN and A COUNTRY ROAD, A TREE. Her latest novel, THE BODY LIES, is a thrilling contemporary novel that explores violence against women in fiction but is also a disarming story of sexual politics. Jo Baker lives with her family in Lancashire.

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