Synopsis
From the author of One Yellow Eye, discover a glossy femgore horror novel where The Devil Wears Prada meets The Exorcist. Perfect for fans of Rouge by Mona Awad and Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder.
Ilona Darke has never found a look that fits. In the high-stakes world of New York advertising, her clothes aren't just uninspired - they seem to have it in for her. So when Ilona suddenly finds herself having to fight for her own job, she decides to dress for success while doing it.
For weeks, she's coveted a magnificent purple pinstripe suit in the windows of Le Fays, an intimidating women's boutique. So Ilona musters the courage to try it on and discovers the suit fits like a second skin. At work, she dazzles everyone in her path. She becomes a new person.
But such power comes at a visceral price, and Ilona begins to realize that the suit is as much a malevolent force as it is a positive one. She’ll have to decide how far she’s willing to go trading in her rags for riches and what sacrifices she is prepared to make along the way.
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Gripping, grisly and wonderfully written
Compulsively readable. A propulsive, page-turning descent into all that is lovely and grotesque about grief, obsession and love
Radford shapes the subgenre into something new and fresh . . . The reanimated corpses are just icing on the rotting cake
An acidic, funny, queasy debut . . . What seems initially to be tense pandemic fiction reveals a tender, harrowing love story

