The Followers

'Gripping . . . devastating'
Daily Express

'Moving'
Jim Crace

'Page-turning'
Daily Mail

Judith has been visiting her mother, Stephanie, in prison once a month for the last eight years. Even now, they find it impossible to talk about what brought them here - Stephanie's slow transformation under the influence of a charismatic yet darkly manipulative man, and the horrifying act of violence that changed everything. Some say that Stephanie was a victim too, that she wasn't responsible for her actions. But Judith's own life is in pieces and she's not so easily convinced.

Do you have to love a parent unconditionally? And can you forgive the things you will never forget . . . ?

'The serious questions that The Followers poses about love, faith and responsibility blend with Wait's propulsive plotting . . . left me in tears. Without wanting to proselytize, I'd urge you to buy it'
Guardian

'Profoundly unsettling, brilliantly executed, and deeply humane'
Emily St John Mandel, author of Station Eleven

'Suspenseful and compassionate . . . remarkable'
Sunjeev Sahota, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Year of the Runaways