Synopsis
'Josh Malerman is such an insidious architect'
- Clay McLeod Chapman
A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist's dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian horror from Josh Malerman, the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.
After a magical night out on the town with her fiancée Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed situated in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve walls, and the deep, dark corners are nothing like the hotel she and Jack rented. More worrisome yet: Emily has no memory of this place from the night before.
A woman’s voice directs her to remain in bed. And beyond the end of the bed, a picture frame upon an easel – a frame with no canvas, no painting, no art. Only . . . there is the silhouette of a person Emily does not recognize. A person emanating demand, danger, evil. And the way the woman talks . . . She’s acting as if Emily herself is the painting. The still life. The art.
Emily is as confused as she is scared. But it’s immediately clear that she is trapped – and that Jack’s life is on the line along with her own.
The clock is ticking . . .
For Emily.
For Jack.
For being forever trapped.
'This is the rare novel that's authentically scary'
- Stephen King on Incidents around the House
Pictures of You is an unforgettable tale of terror that will chill you until the final word – and have you thinking of the destructive cost of jealousy long after.
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Reviews
“Deeply discomfiting, imaginatively ripe, yet ruthlessly efficient”Esquire, Best Horror Books of 2024, on Incidents Around the House
“A disturbing bedtime story told by a broken child, this book IS the monster that lives inside your closet”Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House, on Incidents Around the House
“A gleeful, mean, old-school scare machine . . . You just have to turn the first page to set it off”Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World and Horror Movie, on Incidents Around the House
“A masterwork of unadorned existential terror”Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth, on Incidents Around the House










