Don't Turn Around

Jessica Barry is a pseudonym for an American author who grew up in a small town in Massachusetts and was raised on a steady diet of library books and PBS.

She attended Boston University, where she majored in English and Art History, before moving to London in 2004 to pursue an MA from University College London.

She lives with her husband, Simon, and their two cats, Roger Livesey and BoJack Horseman.

"Barry's adrenaline-fueled adventure explores the Me Too movement, cancel culture, reproductive rights and white male extremism. Buckle up for a heart-stopping ride." - People

"Hair-raising... Barry digs deep down into the topic of internet trolling...with a sense of awe at the level of depravity she finds on the dark web. [But] to me, the most illuminating aspect of this book is that it's absolutely humorless. In male versions of the road-trip novel, the guys manage to have a lot of fun between the obligatory car chases [and] highway shootouts ..From the perspective of women being chased across the country by men with a vicious agenda, the open road looks a whole lot scarier - and much too scary to joke about." - New York Times

"A novel like razor-wire: elegant, sinister, bristling with hooks. Who is the predator - and who is the prey? Is the danger behind you, a pair of headlights on that lonely highway... or right beside you, gripping the wheel with white knuckles? As you race down the roads that slice across Jessica Barry's American Southwest, you might catch a glimpse of the desperate fugitives from No Country for Old Men, or the wayward college kids of Joyride, - but Don't Turn Around is very much an original vehicle, part chase thriller, part psychological suspense, altogether audacious, wholly ingenious." - AJ Finn, author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Woman in the Window

"Jessica Barry has written a grab-you-by-the-throat novel of suspense that follows the trail of two women pushed to the extreme. Don't Turn Around is the female-driven thriller you've been waiting for. " - Danielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of Angelology

"Barry's latest is a fiercely feminine, continually tense and perfectly paced tale that simply does not let up." - Parade