Looker: 'A slim novel that has maximum drama'

A gripping portrait of one woman's descent into madness, "The Professor" is a short, bracing shock of a novel that will leave readers wondering what they would do in the same situation.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 25 July 2019
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group

Dazzlingly creepy storytelling, reminiscent of NOTES ON A SCANDAL




Grazia


A short, bracing shock of a novel, easily gulped down in one sitting.




Metro


Written with a precise, sinister elegance, this is a gripping portrait of one woman's descent into madness.




Heat


The Professor lives in Brooklyn; her partner Nathan left her when she couldn't have a baby. All she has now is her dead-end teaching job, her ramshackle apartment, and Nathan's old moggy, Cat. Who she doesn't even like.




The Actress lives a few doors down. She's famous and beautiful, with auburn hair, perfect skin, a lovely smile. She's got children - a baby, even. And a husband who seems to adore her. She leaves her windows open, even at night.




There's no harm, the Professor thinks, in looking in through the illuminated glass at that shiny, happy family, fantasizing about them, drawing ever closer to the actress herself. Or is there?




Unsettling and compelling.




Tammy Cohen


Laura Sims has pulled off the high-wire act of making bitterness delicious.




Vogue

Weight: 174g
Dimension: 130 x 196 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472258809