Fifty Minutes

"e;This is one helluva read. Incredibly raw and visceral"e; - Harriet Tyce, author of BLOOD ORANGE"e;Thought-provoking and honest"e; - Winnie Li, author of COMPLICIT"e;A page-turner"e; - Louise Dean, author of BECOMING STRANGERS"e;I couldn't put it down"e; - Tasha Coryell, author of LOVE LETTERS TO A SERIAL KILLER"e;A riveting study of power and control..."e; - Louisa Reid, author of THE POET"e;Keeps the reader on their toes in the best way"e; - Kate Riordan, author of THE HEATWAVETherapy was meant to solve her problems, not make them worse...Twenty-year-old Dani is desperate to overcome her demons, 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 she never would have anticipated.Fifty Minutes is a propulsive and bold debut that marks Carla Jenkins as a vital new voice in fiction.