The Only Child, Andrew Pyper
The Only Child, Andrew Pyper
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The Only Child

Author: Andrew Pyper

Narrator: Christina Delaine

Unabridged: 9 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2017

Synopsis

As a forensic psychiatrist at New York's leading institution of its kind, Dr. Lily Dominick has evaluated the mental states of some of the country's most dangerous psychotics. But the strangely compelling client she interviewed today—a man with no name, accused of the most twisted crime—struck her as somehow different from the others, despite the two impossible claims he made.

First, that he is more than two hundred years old and personally inspired Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Bram Stoker in creating the three novels of the nineteenth century that define the monstrous in the modern imagination. Second, that he's Lily's father. To discover the truth—behind her client, her mother's death, herself—Dr. Dominick must embark on a journey that will threaten her career, her sanity, and ultimately her life.

Fusing the page-turning tension of a first-rate thriller with a provocative take on where thrillers come from, The Only Child will keep you up until its last unforgettable revelation.

About Andrew Pyper

Andrew Pyper is the internationally bestselling author of ten previous novels, including The Demonologist, which won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Hardcover Novel, and The Killing Circle, which was selected a New York Times Best Crime Novel of the Year. He lives in Toronto. Visit AndrewPyper.com and follow him on Twitter @AndrewPyper.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Always on August 22, 2018

Lily Dominick is a forensic psychiatrist that works with criminals in New York coming face to face with some of the most deranged individuals. So when someone is admitted into the institution she works at and claims things impossible things it shouldn't throw her the way it does. Some how though the......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the chutzpah!" on October 02, 2023

The Only Child was an odd choice for me. I'll admit to scratching my head and wondering just why in the heck did I think I'd want to read this book? A monster based on Jeckel and Hyde, Dracula and Frankenstein. 3 books I loathe. Still, I stuck with it, and it was slow reading at times. Very slow. Ar......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 24, 2021

3.5 stars The killer in this book - who calls himself Michael - claims to be the REAL creature that inspired three of the best known literary monsters in history: Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein'; Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Mr. Hyde'; and Bram Stoker's 'Dracula.' We meet Michael at New York's 'Kirby For......more

Goodreads review by Erin on March 12, 2017

Thank you to the author, who provided my school with an advanced signed copy, which allowed me to get my greedy hands on it.  Andrew Pyper’s newest release, “The Only Child” is about fathers and daughters, demonic secrets, and characters from the folklore we know so well. Dr. Lily Dominick is a for......more

Goodreads review by Toni on January 01, 2018

I knew before asking for this book that Mr. Pyper had a gothic taste and could deliver a darkly atmospheric thriller layered with visual scenes. “The Only Child”, is a mesmerizing journey and a brilliantly crafted intrigue into the heart of a monster and the only woman who had a chance of discoverin......more

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