The House at the Edge of the World

Darkly comic debut about a curious death in Cornwall intrigues to the very end

Sunday Times Best Summer Reads

Intricate and involving, this is a writer to watch

Daily Mail

A story that carries you along - clever plotting and a startling outcome. An impressive first novel

Penelope Lively

Wonderfully crisp and funny, and so full of vivid, surprising images that the reader almost doesn't notice the moment that deep secrets begin to be revealed. I enjoyed this book so much

Emma Healey, author of 'Elizabeth is Missing'

The sheer intelligence and wit of the writing is often funny, but as the story deepens the emotions darken . . . This is a terrific debut - and like that unhappy image of father, turning in his spangled arc, it stays in the mind

Sunday Times

The House at the Edge of the World is, like its narrator, funny, sharp and also terribly sad

Emerald Street

An obviously gifted writer. . . its strength lies in the understanding of human behaviour that underlies the unexpected twists and turns, each one of which moves from romanticism to credibility in a bracing way, so that the book's charm resembles that of a building such as Brighton Pavilion: engagingly fantastic in appearance, but structurally sound

Diana Athill, Guardian

Darkly funny... sharp-as-knives observations brilliantly capture the black undertow of this family story

Sunday Express

A slippery tale of perception and manipulation... The text echoes of a thriller, though it is a character study in how much people can alter themselves to meet the wills of others; for marriage, family or the bond of twinship

Scotsman