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  • Published: 29 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9781844883943
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

Skin Deep



'A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith' Ian Rankin

'I could probably have been an actress.
It is not difficult to pretend to be somebody else.
Isn't that what I've been doing for most of my life?'

Cordelia Russell has been living on the French Riviera for twenty-five years, passing herself off as an English socialite. But her luck, and the kindness of strangers, have run out.

The arrival of a visitor from her distant past shocks Cordelia. She reacts violently to the intrusion and flees her flat to spend a drunken night at a glittering party. As dawn breaks she stumbles home through the back streets. Even before she opens her door she can hear the flies buzzing. She did not expect the corpse inside to start decomposing quite so quickly . . .

  • Published: 29 March 2018
  • ISBN: 9781844883943
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 384

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Praise for Skin Deep

What takes a woman from an island childhood in Ireland to murder and ruin in Nice? - another dark twisted story from No 1 bestseller Liz Nugent.

From the Publisher's Description

Monumentally good. Liz Nugent is a beautiful writer and among the very best storytellers in the world

Donal Ryan

The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work - no one gets under the skin of monstrous characters like she does

Tammy Cohen

I loved, loved, loved Skin Deep - the compassion of it, the beauty of the language, how glamour and horror intersect, how the tension twists tighter and tighter and is brilliantly done

Marian Keyes

Dazzling ... chilling, mesmerising and, ultimately, devastating. Pure storytelling genius

Mark Edwards

A wonderful feat of imagination, totally gripping, with a fascinating character at its heart

Sabine Durrant

A triumph, from first page to last!

Sarah Hilary

Her darkest book yet - a compelling one-sitting read

Sinéad Crowley

Dark, brutal and brilliant

Colette McBeth

Utterly gripping, fast paced, and featuring my favourite sociopathic female character since Lady Macbeth

Louise O'Neill, Twitter

Incredibly dark, twisting and utterly mesmerising - you will not be able to put this down

Sinéad Moriarty, Twitter

Pitch dark and thrillingly original

Jane Casey, Twitter

Bloody brilliant!

Denise Mina

As one woman's singular story unspools with many an unexpected shock, Nugent skewers her targets with skill. Sly humour and dazzling originality deliver a gutsy feminist message.

The Times

It took me two sittings to gobble it up - a page turner. You'll just snap it up and you'll love it. A cracking read

Ryan Tubridy, RTÉ

Absorbing, beautifully written

The Times, Crime Books of the Year 2018

A tour de force ... a genuinely memorable, at times terrifying central character ... will appeal to readers who enjoy an exciting, fast-paced journey of psychological extremes, which delivers a shocking final twist

Crime Club, Killer Women Book of the Month

A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith. A scarred woman brings chaos to those around her, but Nemesis is coming

Ian Rankin, Guardian Books of the Year

Spellbinding

Declan Hughes, Irish Times, Best Crime Fiction of 2018

Utterly compelling ... a storyteller at the height of her powers

RTÉ Guide, Books of the Year

Spectacular

Declan Burke, Irish Times, Best Crime Fiction of 2018

Brilliant

Irish Independent, Best Books of 2018

It's a blast ... Liz Nugent has done it again

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