In Safe Hands

You’d do everything for your dad. But she’ll stop at nothing. The high life is over. Her business is bankrupt. The marriage is done.

Penniless, Genevieve and her young son arrive in London from Singapore. She plans to care for her ailing, wealthy father and mend their fractured bond. But someone is in the way – his hostile new caregiver. Charming and devoted, she controls his every move and mouthful. She’s perfect in his eyes… and everything Genevieve fears. Her father’s condition worsens, and so does Genevieve’s role. He starts mistaking the caregiver for his own daughter. Genevieve fights to reclaim her place. Instead, she becomes unwelcome and unwanted. But when a man is brutally attacked in East London, Genevieve becomes aware of her family’s dark past. Someone is watching the house. Someone who knows the truth. Genevieve must uncover the dangerous secrets before her father’s mind slips away… and she loses him. Will Genevieve stop the stranger from devastating her family?

Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Lisa Jewell, this new psychological thriller set in London comes from the Straits Times bestselling author of The American Boyfriend—and it will keep you guessing until the final page.

Ivy Ngeow was born and raised in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. She holds an MA in Writing from Middlesex University, where she won the 2005 Middlesex University Literary Press Prize out of almost 1,500 entrants worldwide. The American Boyfriend, published by Penguin Random House SEA in 2023, was longlisted for the Avon x Mushens Entertainment Prize for Commercial Fiction Writers of Colour 2022 and the winner of the Singapore Book Awards 2024 for Best Marketing Campaign. Her debut, Cry of the Flying Rhino (2017), was awarded the International Proverse Prize in Hong Kong. Her other novels include Heart of Glass (2018), Overboard (2020) and White Crane Strikes (2022). She is the commissioning editor of the Asian Anthology New Writing series. In Safe Hands was shortlisted for the Joffe Books Prize 2024. She lives in London.