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Essential for anyone who thinks they might be in a coercive relationship and for concerned family members and friends. Also for counsellors and for anyone working to protect and support survivors of intimate partner violence.

Jane Monckton-Smith sets out the 8 stages dangerous relationships can go through in a very clear, accessible way. Although it is shocking it’s also a compelling read, and potentially a vital one. It could be life-saving to be able to recognise the warning signs of a coercive relationship before things go too far.

The book is based on Monckton-Smith’s groundbreaking research. It brings together psychology, sociology, law and lived experience from interviews with survivors, family members and killers, to examine how and why a domestic homicide occurs every 4 days in the UK, and what we as individuals and as a society can do about this.