All You Ever Wanted

A claustrophobic psychological thriller about privilege, family trauma – and what happens when you’re robbed of a fair start in life

You are inside. With your husband and baby.
Your life warm and calm and untroubled.
I am outside. Alone. Looking in. Watching you.
You have all I ever wanted.
Now it’s time for you to share.

EMILY has a picture-perfect life; gorgeous house, handsome husband and beautiful baby, Bonnie. But she is plagued with the sense that someone is watching her home. As she becomes more and more convinced, we wonder (as does her duplicitous husband, Simon) whether she’s being paranoid. After all, she’s still recovering from the birth of her daughter, Bonnie, she’s sleep deprived, she’s trying to hold down a job as a teacher, and she’s drinking too much.

When spirited and capable Anna appears, returning Emily’s lost cat, she quickly becomes a much-needed friend for an increasingly self-obsessed Emily.

But why is Anna so intent on mimicking Emily and Simon, and why is she so invested in their life?

When Anna takes Bonnie for the day without telling Emily, we begin to wonder if Emily’s paranoia may not be a construct of her imagination as she realises that those closest to you are far more dangerous than any stranger…

Susan Elliot Wright grew up in Lewisham in south-east London. Before becoming a full-time writer, she did a number of different jobs, including civil servant, cleaner, dishwasher, journalist, and chef.  She has an MA in writing from Sheffield Hallam University, where she is now an associate lecturer, and she lives in Sheffield with her husband. She is the author of The Things We Never Said and the Secrets We Left Behind.

Susan is represented by Kate Shaw at The Shaw Agency