"Eye of the Beholder has metabolized Vertigo with such skill and originality, it transcends the concept of homage on its own terms, becoming a masterful work in itself." —Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine

“Hitchcock’s works are sophisticated, thrilling, destabilizing and lightly violent. So is Bamford’s Eye of the Beholder.” —Washington Post

"Emma Bamford has crafted a haunting tale of intrigue with stunning simmering prose that kept me reading into the early hours. I devoured it!" —Emily Freud, author of Her Last Summer

"I really enjoyed this eerie, atmospheric mystery" —Louise Jensen, author of The Intruders and The Fall
 

 

"Bamford’s novel isn’t a strict update of Hitchcock’s masterpiece, but it borrows incidents and plot devices, like the use of a double, to create a clever homage. The medicalized wing of the beauty industry hovers icily in the background, while the sense of unease in the house on the moor is fitfully paranoid. Like Hitchcock, Bamford is interested in how appearances can deceive—and what our obsession with them reveals about ourselves." —Air Mail 

“In tribute to Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Bamford (Deep Water, 2022) pens a perilous and nuanced thriller on the dangers of the beauty industry and the lengths people will go to to get what they want...Highly recommended for fans of Vertigo and readers who enjoy the intricately plotted novels of Ruth Ware, Sarah Pearse, and Riley Sager.” —Booklist

 

"I prefer reading scary books in well-lit public spaces. That makes Emma Bamford’s 2024 thriller one of the best books to read by the beach this summer. A Gothic-esque setting in the Scottish Highlands? Check. Mysteriously unreliable characters? Check. A compelling premise that totally sucked me in? Check and check... I fell head over heels for this chilling novel inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller Vertigo." —Reader's Digest

“Ruth Ware fans will eat this up!”—Publishers Weekly