Long-listed for the 2024 Mslexia Novel Prize, Jane Barrie's second novel does not disappoint with another page-turning and compelling read you will not want to put down. Karen and Archie look like they have it all from the outside; a long marriage, a beautiful home, successful careers, not to mention three beautiful children. When an horrific accident changes everything, it soon becomes clear that all may not be as it seems for this idyllic family. Told from three very different points of view, The Emperor Reversed is a forensic analysis of love, control and revenge. Once again, Jane Barrie explores the darker underside of intimate relationships with unflinching, pinpoint accuracy, never flinching from revealing the reality of the worst and the best of human nature. Detailed and believable characterisation is at the heart of this must-read book.