Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with

Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people

MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something

A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting

Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius

Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it! - via Twitter

A sizzling thriller - Heat

Fascinating ... Shows how thoroughly families can mess one another up, and how sometimes the greatest mysteries are found within the psyche - New York Times, Books of the Year 2020

The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work -- Tammy Cohen

Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all - Crime Monthly

An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing - Sunday Times

Captivating ... A contemporary psychological thriller that will leave you wondering if you ever really know what someone else is thinking - or what goes on behind closed doors - Sunday Independent

The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy, compelling and totally addictive -- Erin Kelly

The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled - Best

Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat -- Jo Spain

A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava -- Sarah Hilary

This great story of toxic relationships had me up way too late trying to work out who the bad guy was. As always, Liz had me guessing until the end -- Kit de Waal - Irish Times, Best Books of 2020

Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts -- Joseph O'Connor

What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy ... her best book yet - Irish Times

Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book -- Patricia Gibney

Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more -- Louise O'Neill

Unputdownable - Irish Independent

Brilliantly written ... Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters - SHOTS Crime and Thriller

A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent -- Sarah Pinborough

I loved this compelling read -- Dinah Jeffries

The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry - Daily Mail

[An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius -- Sebastian Barry

Thrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating - My Weekly

[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry -- Sarah Vaughan

Smart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT -- Will Dean

Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings -- Paul Burston

Gripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining -- Jane Casey

A darkly humorous tale - Hello!

A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it -- Fiona Kidman

A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith - Guardian

Bloody brilliant

Absorbing, beautifully written - The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep)

A masterful interrogation of a family's undoing ... and a ruthless examination of the pieces left behind - Sunday Business Post

Dramatic and compelling ... a whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting - Irish Independent

Nugent excels at creating a shocking story of a horrible family with huge issues and complexities that keep you hooked to the end - RTÉ Guide

Before becoming a full-time writer, Liz Nugent worked in Irish film, theatre and television. Her three novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait and Skin Deep have each been Number One bestsellers in Ireland and she has won four Irish Book Awards (two for Skin Deep). She lives in Dublin with her husband.