Kate Riordan is a British writer and journalist who worked for the Guardian and Time Out London.Her new novel is The Heatwave.
[Q&A with Kate Riordan; The Page 69 Test: The Heatwave.]
At The Strand Magazine, Riordan tagged five "novels about maternal fear which challenge as much as they chill," including:
Little Face by Sophie HannahRead about another entry on the list.
New mother Alice returns home from a dutiful postpartum session at the health club to find the front door open, her husband fast asleep and baby Florence missing. Except that there’s a big twist: there is a baby in the crib – it’s just that Alice is certain it’s not hers. With a controlling live-in mother-in-law and a husband whose first wife was murdered, both of whom try to convince Alice she’s lost her mind, the relentlessly creepy and claustrophobic Little Face is not only a great example of modern gothic literature, but slyly political, too – demonstrating that the misogynistic trope of ‘hysterical woman’ is still alive and well.
Little Face is among the Guardian's fifty top thrillers by women.
The Page 69 Test: Little Face.
--Marshal Zeringue
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