This Immaculate Body

By: Emma van Straaten

Narrated by: Hanako Footman

'Stirring to its very core, This Immaculate Body enthrals beyond measure. It bleeds, burns and beguiles, and asks you, dear reader, to give in to obsession. Truly, a religious experience' LUCY ROSE, author of THE LAMB

'Original, darkly funny and addictive with twists that will leave you reeling' GLAMOUR

'An evocative story that deserves immediate cult status' DAZED

Alice has been cleaning Tom's flat every Wednesday for a year. With every smudge wiped from his coffee cup, every crease smoothed out in his bed, every multivitamin counted from the jar, Alice spirals deeper into infatuation. But as Alice prepares for the moment when they will finally meet face-to-face, she discovers that love might not be the cure she thought it was.

This Immaculate Body is a story of obsession, of the way women view the world and the ways that the world views them. As Alice frantically tries to cling to an imagined future with Tom, the line between fantasy and reality become ever more blurred, putting everything she has dreamed of at risk.

'A momentous, kaleidoscopic portrait of a woman on the edge. A wild ride from start to finish' HANAKO FOOTMAN, author of MONGREL

'Obsessive, delusional, disastrous - but so intricately woven with heart, warmth and empathy' ALICE SLATER, author of DEATH OF A BOOKSELLER

'Rich and delicious and evocative . . . an accomplished and visceral debut' KIRSTY CAPES, author of GIRLS

'Brilliantly tense' CATHERINE AIREY, author of CONFESSIONS

[published in the US under the title Creep]

©2025 Emma van Straaten (P)2025 Hachette Audio UK