The Medicine

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Genres

Suspense Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Suspense, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence and Death

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Publication Date

Mar 25, 2026

Page Length

260 pages

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ePub and PDF

The Medicine

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Blurb

Healing isn't always safe…

When Ashley recognises the face of a murdered woman on the news—someone who looks uncannily like her—her world begins to crack open. Haunted by a brutal assault from her past and trapped in a failing marriage, Ashley makes a desperate choice: travel to the Peruvian jungle in search of healing through an ancient plant medicine ceremony.

But what begins as a spiritual retreat soon spirals into a terrifying confrontation with memory, identity, and the one truth she’s never dared admit. As visions intensify and reality blurs, Ashley sees the unthinkable: the face of her attacker. It’s someone she knows intimately. Someone she trusts.

Now she must decide. Will she unearth the truth, no matter the cost? Or keep it buried, and risk becoming the next woman lost to silence?

The Medicine is a taut, emotionally charged thriller about trauma, trust, and the dangerous secrets we keep, even from ourselves.

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Genres

Suspense Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Psychological Suspense, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Violence and Death

Type of Ending

Series

Not part of a series

Author Prefers A Review On

Amazon

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Mar 25, 2026

Page Length

260 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

Emma Dhesi’s first novel, The Day She Came Home, was published in 2019. Since then she has published a further two novels, most recently More Than Enough.

Emma writes dark suspense novels about women in challenging situations—and all have a secret to hide! The psychological thriller, Follow Me, is due out later this year.

Her first non-fiction book, Launch Pad: The Countdown to Writing Your Book, was published in 2023.

She has appeared on the Overflowing Bookshelves, Writing Away With Kelly and Alchemy for Authors podcasts.

She lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with her husband, 3 children and 3 cats.