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Longlisted for the Guardian's Not the Booker Prize and described by British bookshop chain Waterstones as: "an exciting new voice in crime fiction", Eve Smith's debut novel The Waiting Rooms was shortlisted for the Bridport Prize First Novel Award and was selected as a Book of the Month in The Guardian just after launch.
"Smith combines the excitement of a medical thriller \xe0 la Michael Crichton with sensitive characterisation and social insight in a timely debut novel all the more remarkable for being conceived and written before the current pandemic."
Eve writes speculative fiction with a splash of Thriller thrown in. Her latest novel Off Target is chilling page turner set In an all-too-possible near future, when genetic engineering has become the norm for humans, not just crops, parents are prepared to take incalculable risks to ensure that their babies are perfect \u2026 altering genes that may cause illness, and more\u2026
She attributes her love of all things dark and dystopian to a childhood watching Tales of the Unexpected and black-and-white Edgar Allen Poe double bills.
OFF TARGET:
A longed-for baby
An unthinkable decision
A deadly mistake
In an all-too-possible near future, when genetic engineering has become the norm for humans, not just crops, parents are prepared to take incalculable risks to ensure that their babies are perfect \u2026 altering genes that may cause illness, and more\u2026
Susan has been trying for a baby for years, and when an impulsive one-night stand makes her dream come true, she\u2019ll do anything to keep her daughter and ensure her husband doesn\u2019t find out \u2026 including the unthinkable. She believes her secret is safe. For now.
But as governments embark on a perilous genetic arms race and children around the globe start experiencing a host of distressing symptoms \u2013 even taking their own lives \u2013 something truly horrendous is unleashed. Because those children have only one thing in common, and people are starting to ask questions\u2026
Bestselling author of The Waiting Rooms, Eve Smith returns with an authentic, startlingly thought-provoking, disturbing blockbuster of a thriller that provides a chilling glimpse of a future that\u2019s just one modification away\u2026
Praise for The Waiting Rooms
\u2018Combines the excitement of a medical thriller \xe0 la Michael Crichton with sensitive characterisation and social insight in a timely debut novel all the more remarkable for being conceived and written before the current pandemic\u2019 Guardian.

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