2.5 stars

Billed as a ROSEMARY’S BABY for today’s world, (look, ROSEMARY’S BABY is a classic. ROSEMARY’S BABY is ROSEMARY’S BABY for today’s world, no updates needed. Even her outfits still look great.) a group of anti-capitalists kidnap a pregnant heiress, (they don’t know she’s pregnant) twenty-three year old Adeline Woolsaw, in order to expose the Woodsaw Group, who own pretty much everything.

However, when they take her she’s about to go into labor. Oh, and she’s really not that upset about being kidnapped. And this doesn’t seem to be an ordinary child (“He has his father’s eyes.” (“Rosemary’s Baby” joke.)). Fun and hijinks ensue.

Apparently Kit Burgoyne is a pen name for Ned Beaumont who has been “Booker-listed,” and I assume that means he’s actually been up for the award, versus just being eligible for the award, which I think just means your book was published in English and maybe you are from the UK, which means, imagine the dreck that is “Booker-listed.” Anyway, this was pretty standard caper mixed with horror, but nothing new here. Not a bad book, but not a great one, either, and got a little schlocky at the end.