The Times Thrillers of the Year 2020
’Superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. A new star has arrived in the thriller firmament’ The Times, Book of the Month
’Superbly crafted with heart-stopping twists and chills galore. A new star has arrived in the thriller firmament’ The Times, Book of the Month
AN UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘I'm so impressed I want to tell everyone… Police procedural with real imagination and heart, and a marvellous lightness of style and wit’ PHILIP PULLMAN
FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
‘Bittersweet … dazzling’ Guardian
‘Deeply pleasurable … the ending made me cry’ The Times
‘Told with a wealth of detail and narrative intensity’ Penelope Lively
Scotland, 1940In a house on the east coast, Jane faces motherhood alone. With her husband away at war, there is no one to protect her from small town suspicions and she must learn to keep her secrets to herself.
Shortlisted for the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award
‘A therapeutic dose of high-strength emotion’ GUARDIAN
‘A dazzling debut by an exciting and essential new talent’ George Saunders, Man Booker Prize winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo
For Sol and Liz, competition is everything. On the road or in the lab, it’s all on the line.
‘A captivating tale …This novel is a delight’ THE TIMES‘A terrific novel … It springs off the page’ DEBORAH MOGGACH'Vividly engaging’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘The best fictional treatment of the possibilities and horrors of artificial intelligence that I’ve read’ Guardian
In 1997 Laura Bow invented Organon, a rudimentary artificial intelligence.
'A wonderful, artfully addictive novel' IAN MCEWAN
When Jonah and Raff wake up on Monday, their mother Lucy isn’t there.
’A rich tapestry… distinctive and compelling’ Observer
’A stunning whodunnit’ Mail on Sunday
‘A beautiful, original novel, at once funny and tragic and brave’ Sarah Pinborough
WINNER OF THE ROONEY PRIZE 2018
‘Inventive, funny and, ultimately, moving’ GUARDIAN
‘Wildly funny’ THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘Beguiling’ THE IRISH TIMES
‘Delightfully quirky’ THE IRISH INDEPENDENT