Swimming Pool Sunday

Oct 8, 2024 6:20 PM

Author:Sophie Kinsella

The perfect summer read from the international bestselling author of the Shopaholic novels.

On a shimmeringly hot Sunday in May, Louise is at a neighbour's pool with her daughters - and glaring at her resentfully is her estranged husband Barnaby. While the children splash and shriek in the cool blue waters, she lies blissfully back in the sun and dreams of Cassian, the charismatic new lawyer in her life. The day seems perfect.

But suddenly the bliss is shattered. The consequences of a terrible accident develop into a drama of recriminations, jealousy and legal power-play. Friendships crumble, the village is split, and the needs of a child become secondary to the dangerous contest in which the grown-ups are engaged.

Reviews

A fine entertainment

—— The Times

Superbly designed, beautifully conceived, admirably written - everything about them is terrific.

—— Philip Pullman, on the GRANDVILLE series

I've never come across a fictional world as fully-realised as Bryan Talbot's Grandville... It's a world you'll never tire of exploring.

—— Ian Rankin, on the GRANDVILLE series

Eschewing the colour of 1999's Heart Of Empire, he [Talbot] returns to the black and white art of the original Adventures of Luther Arkwright, imbuing his linework with a rugged naïveté that harks back to his roots in '70s underground comics

—— SFX

The Legend of Luther Arkwright... is image based storytelling, at its most entertaining, provocative and visually striking.

—— Morning Star

A stunning, beautiful work.

—— Fortean Times

Nobody can beat Miss Tey at characterisation or elegance of style: this novel's a beauty

—— San Francisco Chronicle

First-rate mystery, ably plotted and beautifully written

—— Los Angeles Times

Suspense is achieved by unexpected twists and extremely competent storytelling . . . credible and convincing

—— Spectator

Tey's style and her knack for creating bizarre characters are among the best in the field

—— New Yorker

Honest, compassionate, and clear-eyed, Ducks is a stunning achievement in storytelling that I will be thinking about for a long time.

—— Jung Yun, author of O Beautiful

Engrossing.

—— Irish Examiner

Ducks moves into dark territory - including sexual assault - but Beaton... balances light and shade. No place or person is wholly good or bad, not even the oil sands with their dark satanic drills.

—— Telegraph

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