Our Little Cruelties

A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith

Ian Rankin on Skin Deep, Guardian

Bloody brilliant

Denise Mina on Skin Deep

Absorbing, beautifully written

The Times, Crime Books of the Year (Skin Deep)

The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work

Tammy Cohen

Liz Nugent is a force to be reckoned with

Lisa Jewell

MAGNIFICENT. Her best yet, and that's really saying something

Marian Keyes

Liz Nugent has a gift for filling us with a terrible fascination for truly horrible people

Val McDermid

Dark, beautiful, devastating - pure genius

Lucy Foley

A dark jewel of a novel - finely observed, swift and exciting

AJ Finn

Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts

Joseph O'Connor

Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat

Jo Spain

Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book

Patricia Gibney

The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy, compelling and totally addictive

Erin Kelly

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

A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava

Sarah Hilary

[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry

Sarah Vaughan

Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings

Paul Burston

Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more

Louise O'Neill

Smart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT

Will Dean

Gripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining

Jane Casey

A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it

Fiona Kidman

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

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

Brilliantly observed family life and a plot that is part rollercoaster, part maze. Loved it!

Graham Norton, via Twitter

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

[An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius

Sebastian Barry

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

An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing

Sunday Times

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

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

Kit de Waal, Irish Times, Best Books of 2020

Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all

Crime Monthly

Brilliantly written ... Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters

SHOTS Crime and Thriller

The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry

Daily Mail

A sizzling thriller

Heat

The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled

Best

A darkly humorous tale

Hello!

Thrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating

My Weekly

Unputdownable

Irish Independent