'RIVALS THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (and beats it for style)' (The Guardian)

The 'shocking' 'haunting' and 'riveting' thriller about the secrets even those closest to us keep, this book will keep you turning the pages late into the night. For fans of Clare Mackintosh, C L Taylor and Erin Kelly.

'A gripping rollercoaster ride of a thriller'

Compelling ... Brimful of tension, twists and darkness, this one grabbed me on the first page and didn't let go

'For lovers of The Girl on the Train ...a tense story with multiple twists and turns'

Couldn't put the lights out until I'd finished it! Gripping, emotional and very well-written

A twisty psychological thriller. I raced through it in one sitting!

'Compelling and intriguing, right from the very first page'

Full of really clever twists, this stylish thriller really grabs you

If you loved The Girl on the Train, then this debut psychological thriller is for you ... dark, thrilling and full of unexpected twists and turns

Sometimes touching, sometimes shocking... this cautionary coming-of-age tale is a thought-provoking one

The Good Girl is vivid and insightful, and Neill has a trained eye for the pressures and poignancies of modern family life

Neill writes with verve, honesty and breathtaking insight. Utterly unputdownable

The Good Girl raises all kinds of contemporary issues with wit and sensitivity

Clever, grown-up and totally gripping

A topical, tense and addictive read

The Good Girl looks set to be the next Gone Girl, with its dark compelling exploration of family secrets . . .

Neill takes a light scalpel to online disaster in this exceptional dual-narrative

Cracking

Two families become embroiled in each other's lives and long buried secrets are unravelled. Contemporary issues are tackled here with both humour and realism, making for an engrossing read

Neill's characters are so cleverly depicted, you feel as if you've met at least one of them before

beautifully told… the reader is taken from heartbreak to hope via a series of twists and turns worthy of the best thrillers

highly entertaining

‘In this dark and captivating novel, the different strands slowly but surely come together, and the result is that rare thing – a thriller that will break your heart’

Taut psychological thriller that’s as sinister as it is thrilling. A real unputdownable effort that examines morality and privilege

Smart, seductive… A sophisticated page-turner

Osborne is a literary writer – and a brilliant one – and this sumptuously written superbly observed study of misplaced idealism and moral expediency reads a bit like a thriller penned by F Scott Fitzgerald

Malevolent, gripping… A compelling read, acutely observed and beautifully written. For all the character defects of the principal protagonists, the reader wants to find out what happens to them. It matters. And there can be no higher praise than that

This complex, thrilling novel focuses on Naomi Codrington, a young lawyer who befriends Samantha, a malleable American teenager, while summering with her father and stepmother on the Greek island of Hydra. When they find a Syrian refugee washed up on the shore, calamity comes rushes in.

Thrilling, chilling and contains the following subtext: best stay at home

Birdcage Walk offers a persuasively grimy period evocation of contemporary domestic peril facing women, not least in an agonising childbirth scene that has traumatic consequences

Gripping historical drama

A story of idealism and possessive love, with strong and memorable characters

Helen definitely has a deft touch when it comes to history but the vividness of Lizzie and Diner's relationship is what stands out in glorious literary 3D. Speaking as someone raised in Bristol, I'll never be able to gaze down into the Gorge again without seeing that rowing boat. Bleak can be hauntingly beautiful and between these covers Helen demonstrates how

She vividly brings to live the struggle of women’s lives in late 18th century Bristol, and I recommend the book for an insight into Bristol in another time

From the swish of a silk dress, to the whoosh of the guillotine, Dunmore uses words with economic precision to build up the detail and suspense of this novel. Which haunts the reader just as the characters in it are haunted by the dead.

Flawless final historical novel from the late, great Helen Dunmore

A lively and inventive voice … by all account as brilliant as her other books

Early feminism and a hint of Grand Designs: a great mix’