The Treatment

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. **‘A wonderful novel. Big ideas wrapped in a plot that moves like a freight train’ Stuart Turton** **’Compelling and complex, but still emotionally charged and devastating’ Helen Fields** **’ *A Clockwork Orange* for the modern cohort. A terrifying near future imagined perfectly’ Imran Mahmood** The future of law enforcement has arrived, courtesy of private health contractor Janus Justice. Their ground-breaking ‘Offender Treatment Programme’ has been hailed as the most effective way of tackling crime yet. As offenders move through the four-tiered system, their needs are dealt with, each tier more drastic in its methods: **Tier One** : Low-risk crimes. Physical therapy encouraged **Tier Two** : Trauma and addiction. Emotional and psychological reasons for offending are examined **Tier Three** : Aversion therapy & moral punishment **Tier Four** : Siberia, where all hope is lost But **Grace Gunnarsson** , one of Janus’ most highly regarded rehabilitation psychiatrists, has uncovered a terrible flaw in the system, one that is allowing people to get away with murder… **‘A high-octane, spine-shivering thriller, in which neuropsychology, crime, ethics and justice are melded in a mind-stretching concoction’ Philippa East** Praise for *The Treatment* ‘My favourite kind of thriller: intriguing, intelligent and with a complex moral question at its core’ **Simon Lelic** ‘Tense and thought-provoking, *The Treatment* has a bold narrative that’s startlingly relevant’ **Sarah Ward** ‘In *The Treatment* , Sarah Moorhead takes a stunningly original and frighteningly plausible premise of a twisted criminal justice system, and creates a page-turning thriller with characters readers will love and hate. Brilliantly done!’ **Guy Morpuss** ‘Thoughtful and chilling, *The Treatment* offers a terrifying glimpse into a wholly believable dystopian future of crime and the justice system’ **Brian McGilloway** ‘A great plot, very nasty villains but more importantly tackles moral and societal issues you rarely see in crime fiction’ **Trevor Wood** ‘Intelligent futuristic thriller writing at its very best. The central idea is mind-blowing and the characters beautifully realised’ **Victoria Dowd** ‘Intense and unsettling, this Orwellian tale had me gripped to the very last page’ **Marion Todd**