Fifty Minutes

'This is one helluva read. Incredibly raw and visceral' - Harriet Tyce, author of BLOOD ORANGE'Thought-provoking and honest' - Winnie Li, author of COMPLICIT'A page-turner' - Louise Dean, author of BECOMING STRANGERS'I couldn't put it down' - Tasha Coryell, author of LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER'A riveting study of power and control...' - Louisa Reid, author of THE POET'Keeps the reader on their toes in the best way' - Kate Riordan, author of THE HEATWAVETherapy was meant to solve her problems, not make them worse...Smart twenty-year-old Dani is desperate to overcome her eating disorder, leave her dead-end job and return to her hard-won place at university. Using her limited earnings, she decides to start seeing a psychotherapist.Richard Goode is educated, sophisticated and worldly-everything Dani aspires to be. As he intuitively unpicks her self-loathing, Dani assumes the fantasies she's developing about him live only in her head. That is, until things take a shocking turn...Descending into a maelstrom of twisted desire, manipulation and mistrust, the power struggle between Dani and Richard escalates until she's forced to make a decision that might finally give her the freedom she deserves.Perfect for fans of MY DARK VANESSA, Fifty Minutes is a propulsive and bold debut that marks Carla Jenkins as a vital new voice in fiction.