Books in the Media
Our brilliant authors have received lots of great press recently!
HIDDEN TREASURE by Jessie Burton was included in The Observer’s ‘best new chapter books’ roundup!
Crime Monthly have called THE DEATH OF US by Abigail Dean ‘Bold and so beautiful. 5 stars’. In their April issue they’ve also published a Q&A with Abigail about her writing process and advice for aspiring writers.
The i paper included THE DEATH OF US in their best crime and thriller reading list for April. They write: ‘Revered by everyone from Stephen King to Monica Ali, Abigail Dean is quietly becoming one of our sharpest contemporary thriller writers. The Death of Us is the haunting, multi-layered story of a couple recovering from a devastating attack on their home, a night which blew their world apart.’
The Sun (Fabulous) write that ‘We were big fans of Girl A and Day One, and Abigail’s brilliant new novel is both a love story and a crime thriller’.
For The Daily Mail, Geoffrey Wansell reviewed THE DEATH OF US: ‘It is a superbly imagined, nuanced story of love and anguish that manages to bring a glimmer of hope amidst the despair. Dean’s third novel is so heartbreakingly poignant that it is almost impossible to read at times, but it demands you finish it, and reveals the flowing of the author’s exceptional talent’.
THE DEATH OF US is John Dugdale’s pick of the month for the Sunday Times. He describes it as ‘[a] mesmerising blend of crime and romance…The novel – her third – is remarkably psychologically rich, the couple’s dialogue… is a joy, and the secondary characters.’
THE DEATH OF US was the Press Association’s pick of the week: ‘Focusing less on the spectacle of the attack and more on the impact it caused, The Death of Us is a thrilling exploration of the endurance of love, and its limits, as well as the things we tell ourselves to survive. Gripping, gut-wrenching and powerful, Dean has another sensation on her hands’.
Alison Flood for The Observer has called THE DEATH OF US a ‘classy, elegant thriller.’
The Daily Mirror call BAD BLOOD by Sarah Hornsley ‘an accomplished addition to the ranks of psychological thriller writers.’
