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  • Published: 3 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529938197
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Her Many Faces





A young woman finds herself on trial for murder, but did she do it? This is the question five men who know her best try to answer. A unique suspense novel for fans of Abigail Dean, Notes on an Execution and Adolescence.

'Unique, punchy and super-smart, Her Many Faces is itself so multifaceted, so rich - a courtroom drama, a character study, a social commentary - but it wears each guise with real heart and style' ABIGAIL DEAN

'Beautifully written, experimental, and fast-paced. I’m addicted' GIlLIAN McALLISTER

Daughter. Friend. Lover. Victim. Murderer. Who is the real Katie Cole?

When four wealthy and influential members of London’s most exclusive private club are poisoned, a young waitress is charged with their murder. As the trial grips the nation, five men begin to question how well they really knew her.

There's her father, who remembers the sweet girl growing up in Devon; her childhood friend, who is swept up in her fascination with conspiracy theories; her lover, who wants to distance himself from a young woman with an obsession; her barrister, who knows she's hiding something; and the journalist investigating the case, who is convinced he knows exactly what she is: a cold-blooded killer.

Five men. Five stories. But are they ready to hear hers?

'An ingenious, indignant, beautifully wrought psychological thriller. Nicci Cloke had me fooled repeatedly and I absolutely loved it' ERIN KELLY

'Stunning: so clever, so gripping, so timely. This deserves to be huge' LUCY FOLEY

  • Published: 3 July 2025
  • ISBN: 9781529938197
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

About the author

Nicci Cloke

Nicci Cloke was born in Cambridgeshire in 1986. She is the author of Someday Find Me, and the co-producer of literary salon Speakeasy, and online story series 1,001 Nights. Before writing novels, she was in charge of permissions at Faber, where she negotiated with people who wanted to put Plath on stamps or translate Eliot into Pirate. Since becoming a writer, she has also worked as an elf, a waitress in a cocktail bar, and a nanny. She lives and writes in London.

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Praise for Her Many Faces

Stunning: so clever, so gripping, so timely. This deserves to be huge

LUCY FOLEY

I can’t remember the last time I read such a quietly sensational page-turner. Astute, compelling and beautifully written, HER MANY FACES shines a light into the dark corners of power, family and obsession

SARAH HILARY

Stunningly original and smart, Her Many Faces had me reading late into the night, promising myself "just one more chapter". I had chills down my spine the closer I got to the end and the perfectly plotted resolution. Relevant and timely. And genuinely SO good

SAM HOLLAND, award-winning author of the MAJOR CRIMES series

Her Many Faces is a tour de force, intricately plotted and yet so readable. I raced to the end, never sure of Katie Cole’s innocence or guilt and fascinated by the many twists and turns. A brilliant read I will be recommending to everyone!

AMANDA REYNOLDS, bestselling author of CLOSE TO ME

Thoughtful, clever, subtle and socially aware. The best suspense I’ve read in a long time. The writing put me in mind of Abigail Dean.

CAROLINE HULSE

Her Many Faces had me gripped from the start and I raced through it in two sittings. Clever, twisty and with such a unique narrative method that I was second guessing Katie Cole's guilt or innocence throughout, this novel firmly stakes Nicci Cloke's claim as the breakout suspense writer of the year, and she can count me as her number one fan!

SARAH PINBOROUGH

Ingenious and gripping – I loved it

HARRIET TYCE

A fresh, original and stunningly written thriller – I couldn’t stop turning the pages to get to the end. So clever.

NIKKI SMITH

A clever, fast paced but emotionally insightful book. I loved it

JO CALLAGHAN

Original, gripping, twisty and so well written

OLIVIA KIERNAN

A brilliantly unique novel; perfectly combining depth of character with suspenseful mystery. I devoured this in a day - a phenomenal read

L.V. MATTHEWS

An ingenious, indignant, beautifully wrought psychological thriller. Nicci Cloke had me fooled repeatedly and I absolutely loved it.

ERIN KELLY

From the very first page, this thriller is unique, punchy and super-smart. Her Many Faces is itself so multifaceted, so rich - a courtroom drama, a character study, a social commentary - but it wears each guise with real heart and style.

ABIGAIL DEAN

Now and again, a crime novel comes along and reinvigorates the genre - HER MANY FACES by the brilliant Nicci Cloke is this novel. Staggeringly good and genuinely unique, with endless twists and moral grey areas. If ever a book deserved a standing ovation, it's this!

CAZ FREAR

So cleverly told, so gripping, so much heart, surprising to the last page. Utterly brilliant

LAURA MARSHALL

Nicci Cloke has pulled off a masterstroke with this dazzling novel. Fresh, thought-provoking and highly original, Her Many Faces is a portrait of a young woman on trial through the lens of the men who think they know her. When we hear her voice at the end, it is all the more devastating for it. Beautifully written, fiercely intelligent and with gripping characterisation, this thriller has it all.

FIONA CUMMINS

HER MANY FACES is a masterfully plotted thriller - original, assured, and emotionally insightful. Cloke has a new fan in me!

LUCY CLARKE

Beautifully written, experimental, and fast-paced. I’m addicted.

GIlLIAN McALLISTER

An insightful, captivating, and multi-layered tale of suspense that perfectly encapsulates the times we’re living in now. Sharp, timely, and impossible to put down

NADINE MATHESON

Fast paced, gripping and so unique. Had me guessing right till the end - and I still guessed wrong!

VICTORIA SELMAN

A unique and twisty thriller told in a kaleidoscope of voices; a smart and timely exploration of who gets to tell their story. Unputdownable!

LILY SAMSON

Clever, twisting, timely, gripping - and like nothing else I've read. Her Many Faces is a unique and satisfying read that you won't soon forget

CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD

A tense, dazzling, brilliantly characterised read that just wouldn't let me go

GYTHA LODGE

This page-turning, multiple viewpoint thriller is a densely plotted novel full of amazing twists

IRVINE WELSH (Guardian)

I loved Her Many Faces, I couldn’t put it down. Layers and Layers of cleverness, I highly recommend

CECILIA AHERN

I devoured this brilliant book. What a joy to read something so original, thrilling and utterly addictive. I loved it

ALICE FEENEY

Smart, surprising, unsettling - a dark-bright jigsaw puzzle that kept me guessing

RACHEL EDWARDS

Masterfully exploring themes of privilege, gender bias and conspiracy theories […] with a narrative that questions the societal forces silencing women’s voices, it’s a powerful novel indeed

Woman & Home, Book of the Month

HER MANY FACES is that rare gem; timely yet timeless, a searing, masterful look at the notion of truth, of gender bias, of the difference between perception and judgement. A story that raises questions about how well we can truly know someone, and answers them with daring, devastating and provocative honesty. My book of the year

Chris Whitaker, author of ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK