"THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY TOP TEN BOOKS OF THE YEAR. THERE WERE TIMES WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SCARED OF TURNING OVER THE PAGE. THIS IS A MIND-BENDING PSYCHOLOGICAL HEAD F**K OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. I LOVED IT!" Anne Cater, Random Thing Through my Letter Box
"WHAT A WONDERFUL, DARK, PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER - THIS HAD ME QUESTIONING MY OWN SANITY MANY TIMES. HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK AND CAN'T WAIT TO READ MORE FROM THIS TALENTED AUTHOR."Tracy Fenton, CompulsiveReaders.com
"A WONDERFULLY OBSERVED TALE. CLEVER, COMPELLING AND UTTERLY CAPTIVATING." Caroline Smailes, author of The Drowning of Arthur Braxton
Cassandra and a group of her friends enjoy Sunday lunch together on a perfect summer's day. They're pleased to welcome their glamorous new neighbour and novelist, Ellie, who has rented a house in the village to work on her book. She likes to place herself in the centre of her plots, she says, although it's hard to see what she'll find to write about in this quiet country backwater. As Ellie slots effortlessly into the village social scene, Cass begins to feel increasingly alienated from her friends and isolated from her family but, for the life of her, she can't fathom out why . . .