La maternidad es difícil, muchas veces nos equivocamos, pero cuando el instinto alerta, no se puede ignorar.

Un thriller inquietante, oscuro y adictivo.

Stella es una niña muy inteligente y sensible, precoz para su edad, pero de un tiempo a esta parte su conducta ha cambiado y Charlotte, su madre, está muy preocupada. Su comportamiento imprevisible y que en ocasiones puede llegar a ser antisocial, ha desaparecido. Stella se ha convertido en una criatura dócil y complaciente, y hasta parece haber sufrido un retroceso en su aprendizaje. Una actitud que recuerda cada día más a la personalidad de Blanka, su antigua niñera, fallecida recientemente.

Charlotte, embarazada de su segundo hijo, no se siente bien y está convencida de que, de algún modo, Blanka es la responsable de la transformación de su hija. Pero, ¿cómo es posible que la niñera siga formando parte de sus vidas? Charlotte está obsesionada y no duda de que solo ella puede salvar a su hija, incluso cuando su marido tiene claro que todo está en su cabeza.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

“Clever Little Thing taps into the heart of maternal fear and will shock you in the best way. This one will give you goose bumps.” —Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of First Lie Wins

"Sharp and unflinching—a perfectly unnerving story." —Ashley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of The Push

A taut, powerful psychological thriller following a mother who must confront a sudden and terrifying change in her daughter after the abrupt death of their babysitter

Charlotte’s daughter Stella is sensitive and brilliant, perhaps even a genius, but a recent change in her behavior has alarmed her mother. Following the sudden death of Stella’s babysitter, Blanka, the once disruptive and anti-social child has become docile and agreeable. But what’s unsettling is that she has begun to mirror Blanka’s personality, from Blanka’s repetitive phrases to her accent, to fierce cravings for Armenian meat stew after being raised a vegetarian.

Charlotte is pregnant with her second child, and depleted and sick with the pregnancy. She is convinced that Blanka herself is somehow responsible for Stella’s transformation. But how could Blanka, dead, still be entwined in their lives? Has Blanka somehow possessed Stella? Has Stella become Blanka? As Charlotte becomes increasingly obsessed, she is sure that only she can save her daughter. . . even though it’s soon clear that her husband believes this is all in Charlotte’s head.

Helena Echlin’s singular, chilling voice holds light to the blurred lines of diagnosis in children and to the vital power of maternal instinct. Kaleidoscopic and tense, pulse-pounding and genuinely creepy, and infused with shades of the supernatural, Clever Little Thing is an ode to motherhood and a nuanced critique of the caretaking industry, a page-turner that will haunt readers long after its epic, surprising finale.