The Eighth Girl: A Novel

Alexa Wú is a brilliant young woman living with multiple personalities that control and manipulate her daily life. Only three people know her secret: her therapist Daniel, her stepmother Anna, and her best friend Ella. When Ella takes a job at a high-end gentleman's club in London, she becomes entangled with its powerful owner and drawn into his inner circle. As Alexa's world becomes intertwined with Ella's, she discovers a nightmarish secret that puts lives at risk. With no one to trust and desperate circumstances mounting, Alexa ventures into London's underworld on a rescue mission. Threatened and vulnerable, she must determine whether her multiple personalities will be her greatest strength or her most dangerous liability. This psychological thriller examines life with mental illness and trauma within a misogynist world. The novel explores childhood trauma and its psychological impact through a character study that also functions as a thriller.