The Memory Chamber

by Holly Cave

'Vivid, compelling, and thought-provoking. Utterly original'
Will Dean, author of Dark Pines

'At last a book that has it all. So beautifully written. I loved it'
Amazon Reviewer

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An afterlife of your own design - what could go wrong?

Isobel designs artificial 'heavens' for her clients, created from the memories they treasure most. She works for Oakley Associates, London's most prestigious firm of its kind. Her heavens are renowned for their beauty and perfection.

But Isobel crosses an ethical line when she falls for Jarek, a new - and married - client. Then, in the wake of his wife's murder, Isobel uncovers a darker and deadlier side of the world she works in. As her life starts falling apart, Isobel realises that nothing is as perfect as it seems, not even heaven itself...

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'Wow! I started this book mid afternoon and finished it at 1:15 am. I just could not put it down'
Amazon Reviewer

'An elegant tale of love and loss, memory and murder, set in an edgy near-future'
Daily Mail

• ISBN10: 1786485354
• ISBN13: 9781786485359
• Publish Date: 22 February 2018
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Quercus Publishing
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 368
• Language: English

Reviews

[Leah]

DNF.

The concept of this book is fantastic - if you have enough money and you are not a criminal, you can pay someone to craft you your ideal heaven. You can take your memories with you when you die. It’s unique, it makes you think and I was fascinated.

Unfortunately, the book doesn’t work. The idea does, but the whole plot of Isobel and Jarek is wafer thin. What was it about Jarek that made Isobel lose control? We aren’t told. The book just opens and bam, for the first time ever, Isobel has fallen for a (dying) client. There’s no build up to it - no flirting or connection, he just comes to plan his heaven and Isobel’s world goes upside down. It’s ridiculous, and I could see why Isobel’s colleague, Lela, said it was lust. I personally didn’t see any connection at all, mind.

Why had Isobel suddenly abandoned her morals? What was it about this dying man that was so special? IT JUST DID NOT MAKE SENSE.

I don’t know why you have to take a fantastic, brilliant, unique idea... and then it into the worst love story I’ve ever read, that wasn’t even believable? What a waste.