Three brothers. One in a coffin. Which brother put him there? And why?
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.
Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with
*Lisa Jewell*
Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination
for truly horrible people
*Val McDermid*
MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something
*Marian Keyes*
A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting
*AJ Finn*
Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius
*Lucy Foley*
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
*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*
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